Acting
Asao Koike
- Titles
- 69movies8TV shows
- Career
Active from 1961 to 1981, busiest in 1969 and 1972 with 5 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 8top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.9average 2.6
- Violence7.2average 4.3
- Crime6.1average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism5.5average 3.3
- Adrenaline6.7average 5.1
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.6
- Fantasy3.1average 1.8
- Politics3.8average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.5, average 5.2
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.5, average 2.7
- Cringe Humor1.3, average 2.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 7
- Japanese Cinema 5
- Historical Drama 3
- Family-Friendly 3
- Gang Warfare 3
- Yakuza Film 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Yakuza Influence 2
- Cult Classic 2
- Martial Arts 2
- Classic Anime 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tomisaburō WakayamaActorLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril, Sympathy for the Underdog, Eighteen Years in Prison, Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game, Gambler's Legacy
Noboru AndōActorViolent Streets, Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex, Sympathy for the Underdog, Street Mobster, Eighteen Years in Prison
Hideo MurotaActorViolent Streets, Sympathy for the Underdog, Street Mobster, Great Jailbreak
Bunta SugawaraActorViolent Streets, Street Mobster, Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro, Great Jailbreak- TToshiaki TsushimaComposerStreet Mobster, Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger, Heiji, the Detective, Gambler's Legacy
Asao UchidaActorLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril, Street Mobster, Living Skeleton
Shintarō KatsuActorKeishi-K, Zatoichi in Desperation, Keshi K
Hitoshi TakagiActorA Thousand and One Nights, Animal Treasure Island, Yakyukyo no uta
Norifumi SuzukiWriterShogun's Ninja, Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game, Girl Boss Blues - Queen Bee's Challenge- FFumio SodaEditorViolent Streets, Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger, Great Jailbreak
- OOsamu FuruyaCinematographerEighteen Years in Prison, Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game, Heiji, the Detective
Kazuo MoriDirectorKeishi-K, The Saga of Tanegashima, Keshi K
Movies and TV shows
761980s
7 titles · average score 61
Fireflies in the North (1984)
as Yuhara
The Yoshida School (1983)
as Inejirō Asanuma
Swan Lake (1981)
as Rothbart (voice)
61
Shogun's Ninja (1980)
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Keishi-K (1980)
TV show
Keshi K (1980)
TV show
Drive for the Future (1980)
as Iwataro Okabe
1970s
37 titles · average score 68
61
G.I. Samurai (1979)
as Koizumi Yukinaga
Yakyukyo no uta (1977)
as Tetsugorō Iwata
Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex (1976)
as Yuji Tadokoro
69
Violent Streets (1974)
as Yoshii Haruo
73
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
as Narrator
73
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
as Kunimatsu Takanashi
70
Street Mobster (1972)
as Kizaki
67
Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
as Boss Mangoro
80
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
as Tokugawa Yoshinao
65
Animal Treasure Island (1971)
as Silver (voice)
1960s
31 titles · average score 66
58
Inferno of Torture (1969)
as Horitatsu
71
The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (1969)
as Lucifer (voice)
66
A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
as Kamarkim (voice)
69
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)
as Tetsunosuke Kanehara
60
Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
as Hirukawa
59
Living Skeleton (1968)
as Tsuji
Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)
as Tsukada
Heiji, the Detective (1967)
as Tatsunosuke
64
Kimba the White Lion (1965)
TV show · as Panja
73
The Insect Woman (1963)
as Sawakichi
I Hate But Love (1962)
as Toshio Kosaka
66
The Sun's Burial (1960)
as Black Glasses
1950s
1 title · average score 79
79
Throne of Blood (1957)
as Tsuzuki soldier