Personal Info
Birth date
1924-07-19 (100 Years)
Day of death
2006-04-29
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Okayama, Japan
Also known as
Yōichi Numata
Yōichi Numata
Biography
Yōichi Numata (沼田 曜一 Numata Yōichi) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1949 and 2001.
Filmography
Sakura
NYR
Overview:
Sakura is a Japanese serialized morning television drama that aired on NHK from April 1 to September 28 of 2002. The series totalled 156 episodes. It chronicles the life of Matsushita Sakura, a Sansei Japanese-American living in Hawaii. She moves to a small town in Japan to be an assistant language teacher for Japanese middle-school students. The show, lasting only 15 minutes long, is on every morning except Sunday, every week. Sakura first comes to Japan living with her grandparents; later, she moves because she has to teach English to the Japanese students. There she learns many valuable lessons and makes new friends.
Ring
7.1
Overview:
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701
7
Overview:
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
The Love of the Actress Sumako
6.8
Overview:
The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent.
Ring 2
5.7
Overview:
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
6.5
Overview:
The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Blood gushes and limbs fly for anyone who stands against Saburai as he instills the Way of the Bohachi.
The Princess Blade
5.7
Overview:
Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader.
Jigoku
6.369
Overview:
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
6.281
Overview:
Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.
The Red Silk Gambler
7.7
Overview:
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.
The Great Chase
6.571
Overview:
Shihomi Etsuko plays a race car driver who also lends out her services to the Japanese Secret Service. Although there really isn't much of a "chase" to be seen, Shihomi does pursue a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese yakuza types. While the story is pure 70's exploitation and gritty crime drama, the best reason to see it is for the Martial Arts Action of Etsuko Shihomi. The action is over-the-top and at times hilarious (i.e. Shihomi battling the lead criminal atop a moving gondola or Shihomi battling a whip-wielding Catholic Nun).
Okatsu the Fugitive
6.1
Overview:
Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry and actually she doesn't seem too upset about the situation. At the same time, a bunch of farmers are being slaughtered by a corrupt group running a tobacco smuggling ring. They're being investigated by a man who is documenting their crimes and when they find out about it, they torture him for information but get none. It's not long before he and Okatsu's mother wind up dead and she sets out for revenge.
Yellow Line
7
Overview:
The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women. A hired assassin is betrayed by his organization, and kidnaps a woman who happens to be the girlfriend of a newspaper reporter.
Miyamoto Musashi
7.1
Overview:
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.
The Golden Bat
5.8
Overview:
A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through his telescope. Scoffed at by the scientific establishment, the boy is kidnapped and brought to a secret UN base in the Japan alps. He is immediately inducted into the secret program whose mission is to finish the Super-Destruction Beam cannon and destroy Icarus. The cannon is missing a special mineral for the lens. The team heads for a mysterious island in the middle of the Pacific. There they find ancient ruins of Atlantis but they are suddenly attacked by a strange drill shaped metal squid spaceship. It's commanded by the evil being Nazu who has engineered the collision with Icarus! He doesn't want to share the universe with humans and he really doesn't want the cannon finished. The action is on and the team discovers the Golden Bat who has been asleep for over 10,000 years awaiting this very moment to save the earth!
Miniature
8
Overview:
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
NYR
Overview:
In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
Happiness of Us Alone
9
Overview:
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys.
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
8.5
Overview:
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
5
Overview:
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Sex and Life
10
Overview:
Dr. Mikami is an elderly somewhat clumsy, very popular therapist, his patients turn to him with all possible and impossible questions. Because Dr. Mikami's specialty is sexual clarification... The world's best-selling sex literature was filmed here in a manner close to the original. And the openness of the image shows the shocking conflicts of young people in scenes that were never filmed. Shocking documents about sex life from the doctor's office.
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
NYR
Overview:
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
NYR
Overview:
A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku".
At the End of the Clouds
NYR
Overview:
A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
An Ocean to Cross
NYR
Overview:
Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.
Swift Current
NYR
Overview:
The film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase Dam construction site in what is now Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, and the human relationships involved in building the dam. A masterpiece by director Senkichi Taniguchi, who has worked on numerous films starring Mifune.
Big Time Gambling Boss
7.2
Overview:
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
NYR
Overview:
In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle nears collapse, Anzai demands a seed from Yoshimi’s lineage, specifically from his wife, Fushihime. Outraged but facing annihilation, Yoshimi gives Fushihime a string of eight ancestral beads and urges her to escape to loyal retainer Inuda Kobungo. Instead, she goes alone to Anzai, followed by her dog, Hachibo. In a twist, Hachibo attacks and kills Anzai, allowing Fushihime to escape. She later reveals that the beads protected her and predicts that eight warriors bearing these beads will someday defend the Satomi family before passing away. Yoshimi finds one of the beads in Inuzuka Nobuno’s armor and convinces her to serve him. Meanwhile, Baka Daiki, plotting to overthrow Satomi, imprisons Inukawa Shosuke, who tries to intervene, under the watch of vassal Aminen Saomojiro.Acting
2006Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' as self
2002Sakura (156 Episodes) as Unknown
2001The Princess Blade as Kuka
1999Ring 2 as Takashi Yamamura
1998Ring as Takashi Yamamura
1995Deep River as Kiguchi
1980Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima as Unknown
1980An Ocean to Cross as Commander of the Guard Chou
1975The Great Chase as Giichi Motoyashiki
1974Bohachi Bushido: The Villain as Unknown
1973Miyamoto Musashi as Unknown
1972The Red Silk Gambler as Unknown
1972Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701 as Soga
1972The Brawling Angel as Unknown
1972Shōwa Gokudōshi as Unknown
1971Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor as Unknown
1971Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love as Unknown
1971Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You as Unknown
1970Brothers of Capones as Unknown
1970Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return as Niho No Junkichi
1969Watch Out, Crimson Bat! as Unknown
1969Okatsu the Fugitive as Unknown
1969The Cross of Vengeance as Unknown
1969The Biggest Gamble as Unknown
1969Sex and Life as Unknown
1968Ukiyo-e Artist as Kasuke
1968Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit as Torakichi
1968Big Time Gambling Boss as Susumu Noguchi
1967North Sea Chivalry as Unknown
1967Game of Chance 2 as Unknown
1966The Golden Bat as Keloid
1962Shitto as Detective Horii
1961Invitation to the Enchanted Town as Unknown
1961Keiyaku kekkon as Unknown
1961Ren'ai Zubari Kōza as Unknown
1961Happiness of Us Alone as Koichi, Akiko's brother
1960まぼろし探偵 幽霊塔の大魔術団 as Chief Inspector Fuji
1960Maboroshi Tantei: Kyōfu No Uchūjin as Chief Inspector Fuji
1960Fighting Horizon as Unknown
1960Jigoku as Tamura
1960The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond as Unknown
1960スパイと貞操 as Unknown
1960皇室と戦争とわが民族 as Army Commander Tanaka
1960Yellow Line as Newspaper editor
1960Reckless Drivers as Unknown
1960Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu as Captain Hirano
1960Death Row Woman as Inspector Miyata
1960Female Thief and the Bomb as Ryûtarô Tachibana
1960Beyond the Hills as Unknown
1959Emperor Meiji and General Nogi as General Kodama Gentarô
1959The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin as Muneharu Yugebe
1959Haunted Cave as Prof. Mizuki
1959Satsujinhan nanatsu no kao as Unknown
1959The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal as Counsel Hayashi
1958Nude Model Murder Case as Nobuhiko Kasahara
1958Star Poisoning Case as Unknown
1958Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War as Gonnohyoei Yamamoto
1957Traitors of the Blue Castle as Tonomo Shirakawa
1957Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge as Unknown
1957Cordon at Dawn as Unknown
1957Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War as Vice-Admiral Ijuin
1957Yellow Crow as Unknown
1957Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed as Inue Shinbee
1956Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition as Unknown
1956Keirin Queen as Shinya Kuramoto
1956The Ceiling at Utsunomiya as Shôgun Iemitsu
1956Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets as Unknown
1956Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō as Unknown
1956Tengoku wa doko da as Unknown
1956Night School as (uncredited)
1956The Fencing Collegian as Unknown
1955The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes as Lieutenant Sekiya
1954日本敗れず as Unknown
1954関八州勢揃い as Unknown
1954A Certain Woman as Yoshio Oka
1954Hanran as Unknown
1953Half Virgin as Unknown
1953At the End of the Clouds as Unknown
1953Miniature as Kurisu
1952Swift Current as Unknown
1952A Ripple in a Morning as Numazawa
1952Man in the Storm as Keiichi Ogata
1951Dispersed Clouds as Takeshi Minami
1951The Stormy Era of Twenty Years as Unknown
1950Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom as Unknown
1950Les Miserables I: God and the Devil as Unknown
1950Listen to the Voices of the Sea as Unknown
1950G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape as Unknown
1949Island of Horrors as Senmanta
1949Konna onna ni dare ga shita as Unknown
1947The Love of the Actress Sumako as Unknown