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Koji Nanbara is a Actor Japonais born on 7 june 1927 at Yokohama City (Japon)

Koji Nanbara

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Nationality Japon
Birth 7 june 1927 at Yokohama City (Japon)
Death 20 december 2001 (at 74 years) at Chōfu City (Japon)

Koji Nanbara (南原 宏治, Nanbara Kōji, June 7, 1927 – December 20, 2001) was a Japanese actor. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He died of a myocardial infarction in Chōfu, Tokyo at age 74.

Usually with

Toru Abe
Toru Abe
(4 films)
Teruo Ishii
Teruo Ishii
(2 films)
Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
(4 films)
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Koji Nanbara (18 films)

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A Taxing Woman's Return, 2h7
Directed by Jūzō Itami
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Actors Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarō Mikuni, Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦), Tetsurō Tanba, Chishū Ryū, Tarō Ishida
Roles Yoneda
Rating66% 3.3376053.3376053.3376053.3376053.337605
Ryōko Itakura revient en tant qu’agent fiscal du gouvernement coriace. Cette fois, elle doit trouver un moyen d’exposer un culte religieux fanatique dirigé par un sociopathe corrompu.
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance, 1h29
Directed by Toshiya Fujita
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Meiko Kaji, Jūzō Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yoshio Harada, Toru Abe, Koji Nanbara
Roles Toad
Rating63% 3.1506953.1506953.1506953.1506953.150695
Sayo, condamnée à la prison à vie, pour avoir tué l'assassin de son mari et de son fils, ne vit plus que pour une chose : donner naissance à l'instrument de sa vengeance. Elle décède malheureusement en couches en donnant le jour à une fille, Yuki, qui, suivant sa destinée, deviendra la redoutable Lady Snowblood, aux charmes aussi affûtés que le sabre !
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable, 1h27
Directed by Shun’ya Itō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Yayoi Watanabe, Koji Nanbara
Roles Sameshima
Rating69% 3.4937453.4937453.4937453.4937453.493745
Sasori is outside the prison and on the run from the police, wanted for breaking out of prison and murder. On her trail is detective Kondo (Mikio Narita). She takes refuge with a woman who has a brother with a learning disability. The woman and her brother are also involved in an incestuous relationship. Both the police and an ex-prison mate of Sasori's pursue her.
Wandering Ginza Butterfly, 1h26
Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Meiko Kaji, Tsunehiko Watase, Koji Nanbara, Tomiko Ishii, Yayoi Watanabe, Haruo Tanaka
Rating66% 3.333523.333523.333523.333523.33352
Nami, a Bōsōzoku leader, kills a high-ranking member of a yakuza organization, due to a turf war and is sent to prison. After serving three years, she finds a home living with her uncle at a pool hall. After meeting a pimp named Ryuji, she acquires a job as a hostess in Ginza, where she soon becomes very popular. However, her criminal past is not easily left behind. Further complicating matters is a local yakuza named Owada, who attempts to take control of the bar and kills Ryuji's sworn brother. Defending her uncle's business and seeking revenge, Nami goes after Owada.
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, 1h34
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Kung fu films, Wuxia films, Gangster films
Actors Jimmy Wang Yu, Shintarō Katsu, Koji Nanbara, Toru Abe
Roles Kakuzen
Rating70% 3.541693.541693.541693.541693.54169
Une procession officielle tourne au carnage lorsque les gardes de l'escorte tentent de tuer un jeune garçon d'origine chinoise qui a eu le malheur de se trouver sur leur route. Sa famille, qui vole à son secours, est massacrée mais les agresseurs sont à leur tour décimés par un étrange bretteur manchot, Wang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu), venu à la rescousse de ses compatriotes. L'enfant arrive à s'enfuir et est recueilli par Zatoichi qui finit par croiser la route de Wang. Mais ils sont poursuivis par les hommes du gouvernement et des yakuzas à leur solde, qui veulent faire disparaître les derniers témoins du drame tout en accusant Wang du massacre. Ce dernier se méfie de tout le monde, y compris de Zatoichi dont il ne comprend pas la langue.
Samurai Banners, 2h45
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Origin Japon
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Akihiko Hirata, Yujiro Ishihara, Katsuo Nakamura, Masakazu Tamura
Rating70% 3.542393.542393.542393.542393.54239
Yamamoto Kansuke (Toshiro Mifune) is a general of warlord Takeda Shingen (Yorozuya Kinnosuke), whose titular red banners are his trademark. Yamamoto has a ruthless but effective approach to battle and politics, and advises Takeda Shingen on almost everything he does, including the assassination of Suwa Yorishige (Akihiko Hirata). Of Lord Suwa's household, Princess Yu (Yoshiko Sakuma) refuses to commit suicide, and the film comes to center on a love triangle between the lord, his general, and the princess.
Branded to Kill, 1h38
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari, Atsushi Yamatoya
Roles No. 1
Rating71% 3.5989653.5989653.5989653.5989653.598965
Goro Hanada, the Japanese underworld's third-ranked hitman, and his wife, Mami, fly into Tokyo and are met by Kasuga, a formerly ranked hitman turned taxi driver. Kasuga petitions Hanada to assist him in breaking back into the profession. Hanada agrees and the three go to a club owned by the yakuza boss Michihiko Yabuhara. The two men are hired to escort a client from Sagami Beach to Nagano. After the meeting, Yabuhara covertly seduces Hanada's wife. Hanada and Kasuga pick up a car designated for the job which unexpectedly has a corpse in the back seat. They dispose of the body, then meet the client and proceed towards their destination. En route Hanada spots an ambush. He dispatches a number of gunmen while Kasuga panics and flails about in hysterics. Foaming at the mouth, Kasuga charges an ambusher, Koh, the fourth-ranked hitman, and they kill each other. Hanada leaves the client to secure Koh's car but hears three gunshots and rushes back to find the client is safe and three additional ambushers have been shot cleanly through the forehead. At a second ambush, Hanada kills more gunmen and sets Sakura, the second-ranked hitman, on fire. Sakura madly rushes towards the client but is shot dead by him. On his way home Hanada's car breaks down. Misako, a mysterious woman with a deathwish, stops and gives him a ride. At home, he has rough sex with his wife, fueled by his obsession with sniffing boiling rice.
Eleven Samurai, 1h35
Directed by Eiichi Kudō
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Isao Natsuyagi, Koji Nanbara, Kō Nishimura, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Kei Satō, Kōtarō Satomi
Roles Chamberlain Tatewaki
Rating72% 3.6301153.6301153.6301153.6301153.630115
This black and white film is set in November 1839, during the final decades of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate. The retired Shogun's youngest son, Lord Nariatsu, crosses into the neighboring Oshi fief, while he's hunting. Confronted by the Clan Lord Abe Masayori for trespassing in his lands of Oshi, Nariatsu kills him in a fit of pique and rides home. The Oshi fief retainers appeal to the Shogun's Council of Elders for justice. Not wishing to embarrass the Shogun's Tokugawa Clan, Chief Secretary Mizumo rewrites the event with Clan Lord Abe in the wrong and Lord Nariatsu defending himself. For this "attack," the Oshi fief is to be abolished at the end of the month, and the lands will be given to Lord Nariatsu as compensation.
Abashiri Prison, 1h32
Directed by Teruo Ishii
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Ken Takakura, Koji Nanbara, Tetsurō Tanba, Kanjūrō Arashi, Toru Abe, Kunie Tanaka
Roles Gonzo Gonda
Rating69% 3.478333.478333.478333.478333.47833
In Hokkaido's Abashiri Prison, Shinichi Tachibana, model prisoner with six months remaining in his sentence is handcuffed to Gonda, a hardened criminal. When Gonda and other inmates escape from the prison, Tachibana must go along.
Abashiri Prison, 1h32
Directed by Teruo Ishii
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Yakuza films
Actors Ken Takakura, Koji Nanbara, Tetsurō Tanba, Toru Abe, Kanjūrō Arashi, Kunie Tanaka
Roles Gonzo Gonda
Rating69% 3.478333.478333.478333.478333.47833
Dans la prison d'Abashiri de Hokkaidō, Shin'ichi Tachibana, prisonnier modèle à six mois de la fin de sa peine de prison, est menotté à Gonda, un criminel endurci. Lorsque Gonda et d'autres détenus s'échappent de la prison, Tachibana doit suivre.
Love Under the Crucifix, 1h42
Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Ineko Arima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ganjirō Nakamura, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Takamine, Osamu Takizawa
Roles Mitsunari Ishida
Rating66% 3.3362853.3362853.3362853.3362853.336285
L'histoire d'amour contrariée entre Gin, la fille de Sen no Rikyū et Ukon Takayama, un seigneur en butte à la persécution des chrétiens décrétée par Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?, 1h52
Directed by Yves Ciampi
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Keiko Kishi, Thomas Holtzmann, Mario Adorf, Nadine Basile, Jacques Berthier, Ingrid van Bergen
Roles Yotoku Miyagi
Rating63% 3.183923.183923.183923.183923.18392
Le film est basé sur l'histoire vraie de Richard Sorge, travaillant à l'ambassade d'Allemagne au Japon entre 1935 et 1943, et espion pour l'URSS.
Zero Focus
Zero Focus (1961)
, 1h35
Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Yoshiko Kuga, Ineko Arima, Koji Nanbara, Kō Nishimura, Yoshi Katō, Sadako Sawamura
Roles Kenichi Uhara
Rating69% 3.487213.487213.487213.487213.48721
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and doesn't return. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.