Personal Info
Birth date
1946-11-14 (78 Years)
Day of death
2015-11-15
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
Kai Atō
阿藤海
Kōichi Atō
Kai Ato
Biography
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Filmography
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
7.9
Overview:
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.Tales of the Bizarre
7.8
Overview:
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.Emergency Room 24 Hours
7.5
Overview:
Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things from the patient’s side. Although once retired from his profession, he one day discovers someone in need of help, who he treats and rushes to the Kohoku Medical University Emergency Center. This incident encourages him to once again work as an ER doctor. Confrontation erupts between female doctor Tamaki, and Shindo, now a just-arrived ER doctor. While this human drama depicts the relationships among doctors and nurses, it appeals emotionally to viewers on the subject of life.Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
10
Overview:
The drama depicts an ordinary high school student growing up by becoming a yakuza head.Weekly Yoko Maki
7
Overview:
A 13-episode series where Maki Yoko plays the lead role in stand alone episodes. She plays a wife, a hostess, a student. Not only does each episode have a different story, but the styles vary widely from comedy to gangster drama.Izakaya Chōji
NYR
Overview:
The special drama depicts the sad and joyful life of a single-minded izakaya owner in a small yakitori restaurant.A Tale of Two Truncheons
NYR
Overview:
Based on Kazuo Koike's extensive manga (over 110 volumes), this Edo-period drama follows an unlikely pair of law enforcement officers. One is a serious, skilled investigator, while the other is a witty, unconventional problem-solver, creating a dynamic partnership. The series also features the charmingly unorthodox detective Suruyoshi in a notable period drama debut. A memorable and catchy soundtrack complements the engaging stories brought to life by a large and talented cast.Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
9.3
Overview:
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).Kagemusha
7.8
Overview:
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.Lady Snowblood
7.548
Overview:
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.The Woman with Red Hair
6.2
Overview:
Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and cramped apartment in a not so good part of town. Claiming that she is running away from an abusive husband, she shacks up with him. In a futile attempt to escape the bleak working class surroundings, the pair engage in an obsessive erotic relationship.Manhunt
6.5
Overview:
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.Fireflies in the North
5.3
Overview:
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.Another Heaven
6.061
Overview:
A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that, quite literally, everybody is a suspect. Will they bring the terror to an end, or will they become part of it themselves?The Beast to Die
5.5
Overview:
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings "walks like a dead man".The Youth Killer
6.6
Overview:
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.The Trail of Blood
6.3
Overview:
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
6.7
Overview:
In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
7.1
Overview:
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.The Most Dangerous Game
6.1
Overview:
The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.The Shinjuku Love Story
7.8
Overview:
Ichijoji is a street punk who stumbles across Mari and her cat. Mari and Ichijoji immediately fall in love but are chased by both yakuza and corrupt cops.Ballad of Orin
7.1
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A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
7
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Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.Dead Angle
7
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Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.The Killing Game
7.4
Overview:
The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?Acting
2016Tosa no ipponzuri as Unknown
2015Cinema Angel as Okubo
2010The King of Jail Breakers as Goto, Director of Shinshu Second Prison
2009Raise the Castle! as Kansuke Ihara / Kantetsu Saruwatari
2008The Homeless Student as Father
200820th Century Boys: Beginning of the End as Unknown
2008Johnen: Love of Sada as Unknown
2008Weekly Yoko Maki (13 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Detective Story as Unknown
2007In 10,000 years as Unknown
2007Tanaka Express 3 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Perhaps He Is as Unknown
2005Cromartie High School: The Movie as Kai Atô
2003Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game (2 Episodes) as Guest
2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000Another Heaven as Shinji Ohno
2000Watashi no Aozura (8 Episodes) as Unknown
1999Keijitachi no Natsu as Unknown
1999Emergency Room 24 Hours (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994静かなるドン (19 Episodes) as Unknown
1994Torarete Tamaruka!? as Unknown
1992Twinkle as Unknown
1992Izakaya Chōji (1 Episode) as Unknown
1990Hong Kong Paradise as Detective Tsukada
1990Tales of the Bizarre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad as Raizo Hayashi (Episode 3)
1988Stay or go? as Unknown
1988Kyoto Josei Kisha Series (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure as Kanda Criminal
1987Golf Before Dawn as Unknown
1987Cyclops as Michio Sonezaki
1987Devil in broad Daylight: The targeted Housewife as Unknown
1987The Shinjuku Love Story as Tashiro
1987The Eccentric Shinza as Unknown
1987Bomber Bikers of Shonan as Unknown
1987Night Train as Samejima
1986Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma as Sonojo Sawamura
1985Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness as Al (voice)
1985No More God, No More Love as Unknown
1985Sotsugyou -GRADUATION- as Unknown
1985Capone Cries a Lot as Bank Manager
1985Yakyuukyou no Uta as Unknown
1984Fireflies in the North as Ryuzo
1984The Street of Desire as Det. Yoshino
1984A Tale of Two Truncheons (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1984Hanzo: The Razor as Unknown
1983A Madcap Corporation as Unknown
1983The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor as Unknown
1982The Dropout as Unknown
1982Summer Secrets as Sakichi Kitabayashi
1982The Shootout as Police Officer
1982Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1982Indecent Family: Mother & Daughter as Unknown
1982Fossilized Wilderness as Unknown
1981Hear the Wind Sing as DJ
1981Station as Ryosuke Honjo
1981Lonely Heart as Unknown
1981The Hidden Trail of the Beasts as Suzuki
1981Aoba gakuen monogatari as Unknown
1980The First Catch as Unknown
1980Disciples of Hippocrates as Unknown
1980The Beast to Die as Tojo
1980Kagemusha as Zenjiro Amemiya
1980The Revolt as Veteran A
1979Demon Pond as The Bone
1979Dead Angle as Unknown
1979No Grave for Us as Kanbe
1979The Woman with Red Hair as Takao
1978The Killing Game as Bunta Izutsu
1978The Most Dangerous Game as Unknown
1978Lost Love as Yakuza
1978Attacked!! as Ôkubo
1977Ballad of Orin as Unknown
1976The Youth Killer as Unknown
1976Manhunt as Unknown
1976Outlaw Cop as Unknown
1975Preparation for the Festival as Unknown
1973Lady Snowblood as Henchman
1973Slaughter in the Snow as Unknown
1972Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 as Ogata
1972The Trail of Blood as Unknown