Personal Info
Birth date
1897-12-01 (127 Years)
Day of death
1967-12-29
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
小川寅次
Тораносукэ Огава
Тораноскэ Огава
Toranosuke Ogawa
Biography
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Filmography
Seven Samurai
8.457
Overview:
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.Godzilla
7.64
Overview:
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.Ikiru
8.313
Overview:
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.The Hidden Fortress
7.971
Overview:
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.The Life of Oharu
7.753
Overview:
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.Sanjuro
8
Overview:
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.The Eagle of the Pacific
7.556
Overview:
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.I Live in Fear
7.3
Overview:
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
6.5
Overview:
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
7
Overview:
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.Street of Shame
7.7
Overview:
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
7.403
Overview:
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.Godzilla
6.657
Overview:
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other science fiction films. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called "Spectrorama 70" consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musicians Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).An Inn at Osaka
7.3
Overview:
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.The Battleship Yamato
NYR
Overview:
The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".The Great White Tiger Platoon
6
Overview:
The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Meant to be a reserve unit as it was made of the young, 16-17 year old sons of Aizu samurai. Their story is one of the great tragedies of the Boshin War (1868-1869) as they were called into action. Getting cut off from the main body of their platoon, a group of 20 from the 2nd squad retreated to Iimori Hill, where they looked down upon fires surrounding Aizu Castle and thinking that the castle has fallen and all is lost, they choose to die as samurai by committing seppuku. A superb rendition of this true story that shows the true honor of the samurai.Devotion to Railway
6.5
Overview:
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...Last of the Wild Ones
NYR
Overview:
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.Sasuke and His Comedians
5.8
Overview:
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armour when they encounter a young boy named Sasuke with magical powers he says came from a meteor that crashed onto the Earth…All About Marriage
NYR
Overview:
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.A Good Man, A Good Day
NYR
Overview:
The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to marry a colleague, she and her mother are overjoyed, but Hitoshi is not satisfied with the situation.Fighting Yasubei
NYR
Overview:
Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno to borrow money from a moneylender in the amount of 13 ryo in order to save Oteru, the daughter of a merchant. However, the next day, Rokuroemon was killed in a fight by the Murakami brothers. Yasubei rushed to the scene, took revenge and became the husband of Miya, the daughter of Horibe Yahei.Travels of Lord Mito
NYR
Overview:
Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip to various provinces with his students Sukesaburo Sasaki and Kakunoshin Atsumi. At an inn in Sunagawa, Mitsukuni exposed and punished an evil judge who had fallen in love with a townsman's wife. However, on the night he stayed at Nihonmatsu Castle, Mitsukuni found out that this incident was a performance organized especially for him…Vendetta of a Samurai
6.8
Overview:
The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa Akira and starring Mifune Toshiro as the famed swordsman who must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member. Told mostly in flashback as the avengers await the arrival of their quarry, this film displays true heroism in the face of fear as most of the combatants, while of the samurai class are not skilled swordsmen. They contrast sharply with the true warriors involved in this battle. Araki Mataemon (Mifune), who was not only a direct student of Yagyu Munenori, but the founder of his own sword style under the Yagyu name is a powerful force ready to assist his brother-in-law against the murderer's allies that include not only another noted sword teacher, but the deadly spear of Katsumi no Hanbei.Acting
1977Godzilla as President of Company (uncredited)
1964Garakuta as Unknown
1964Women's Doctor as Unknown
1963Sasuke and His Comedians as Unknown
1963Cosmetic Sales Competition as Yasubei Takada
1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Executive Kihara
1963Crazy Operation: First Move as Unknown
1963Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai as Unknown
1962Daigaku kazoe uta senpai kōhai as Unknown
1962Boku chin hōrō-ki as Unknown
1962Ballad of a Workman as Yoshio's father
1962San'nin musume kanpai! as Unknown
1962Seinen no isu as Unknown
1962Yume ga ippai abarenbō as Unknown
1962Sanjuro as Unknown
1961The Phantom Samurai as Unknown
1961B.G Story: Designs of a 20 Year-Old as Daido Sr. (Kuniko's father)
1961A Good Man, A Good Day as Unknown
1961The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind as Saikai Marine Transport President K
1960Devotion to Railway as Coal mine president Yoshida
1960The Tokyo Mighty Guy as Onizaemon Ippon'yari
1960Kirai Kirai Kirai as Unknown
1960Sexy Sign Suki Suki Suki as Unknown
1959The Lord Pretends as Katsunosuke Nakai
1959青春蛮歌 as Unknown
1959The Lord and the Gambler as Kubodera Heizaemon
1959おヤエのあんま天國 as Unknown
1959The Path I Remember as Gentarô, Grandfather
1959Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents as Unknown
1959Eyes of Mother and Daughter as Unknown
1958The Hidden Fortress as Magistrate (uncredited)
1958Travels of Lord Mito as Shirôemon Matsubara
1958Sister with Sister as President Hase
1958Ambush at Iga Pass as Unknown
1958Face in the Dark as Naruse
1958The Swishing Sword as Unknown
1958All About Marriage as Ryuzo Doi
1958Mr. Minami is Very Embarrassed as Unknown
1958Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen as Unknown
1958The Chastity Boy and Miss Brassiere as Unknown
1958Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi as Unknown
1957Warm Current as Shima Yasuhide
1957Birth of Romance as Ryûzô
1957Night Butterflies as Unknown
1957Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as President of Company (uncredited)
1956Tenten Musume as Unknown
1956Jacks and Jills as Kawamura
1956Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as President of Company
1956The Chop Professor as Unknown
1956Asataro the Crow as Unknown
1956Street of Shame as Mickey's Father
1956Fountainhead as Dr. Onuma
1956Marathon Samurai as Unknown
1956Lightning Karate Blow as Unknown
1955I Live in Fear as Hori, the lawyer
1955So Young, So Bright as Unknown
1955The Phantom Horse as Nishiyama
1955Burden of Love as Congress Committee Chairman
1955Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji as Unknown
1955All is Well 2 as Toranosuke Yase
1955All is Well as Toranosuke Yase
1954Godzilla as President of Company
1954日本敗れず as Unknown
1954The Great White Tiger Platoon as Unknown
1954Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced as Unknown
1954Last of the Wild Ones as Unknown
1954How the Bell of Liberty Rings as uncle
1954Seven Samurai as Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
1954An Inn at Osaka as Unknown
1954Madam of the first class and husband of the third class as Unknown
1954Koina no Ginpei as Unknown
1953First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband as President Manami
1953The Eagle of the Pacific as (uncredited)
1953Youth of Heiji Senigata as Mizuno
1953Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker as Unknown
1953Jirocho's Home-Coming as Unknown
1953The Battleship Yamato as Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka
1953Koibito-tachi no iru machi as Unknown
1953My Wonderful Yellow Car as The old man
1953Jirocho Begins His Roving Life as Unknown
1952Jirocho Rises in Fame as Unknown
1952Asu wa Nichiyōbi as Unknown
1952恐妻時代 as President
1952Ikiru as Park Section Chief
1952Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo as Unknown
1952Fighting Yasubei as Unknown
1952Forty-Eight Man as Unknown
1952Third Class Executives as Unknown
1952The Life of Oharu as Yoshioka
1952Mr. Lucky as Unknown
1952Vendetta of a Samurai as Unknown