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Sumao Ishihara

Born May 1, 1903 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan99 films

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Sansho the Bailiff posterFirst watchSansho the Bailiff19548.1as YakkoIn 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance poster7.4Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance1972Chikamatsu Monogatari poster7.8Chikamatsu Monogatari1954The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum poster7.8The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum1939Gate of Hell poster7.1Gate of Hell1953A Geisha poster7.6A Geisha1953Zatoichi the Fugitive poster6.9Zatoichi the Fugitive1963

Filmography

99 films as actor
  1. TBAZoku hebi hime dōchū
  2. 1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
  3. 1969Blood End
  4. 1969The Curse of the Ghost
  5. 1969Sworn Brothers
  6. 1968The Daring NunPassenger B
  7. 1968The Bride from Hades
  8. 1967The Hoodlum Priest
  9. 1967Zatoichi the Outlaw
  10. 1966Drunken Harbor
  11. 1966Assignment Cloud
  12. 1966Zatoichi's Vengeance
  13. 1966The Thieves' Who's Who
  14. 1965Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.
  15. 1964On the Road Forever
  16. 1963Bamboo Doll of Echizen
  17. 1963Zatoichi the Fugitive
  18. 1963Shinsengumi Chronicles
  19. 1962The Lightning Sword
  20. 1962The Fencing Master
  21. 1962Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
  22. 1962170 Leagues to Edo
  23. 1962Sōran wataridori
  24. 1962The Temple of Wild GeeseKishichi Sengoku
  25. 1961Oniisan to oneesan
  26. 1961Buddha
  27. 1961The Radiant Prince
  28. 1961The Gambler's Code
  29. 1960Samurai Save The Virgin
  30. 1960Satan's SwordQuick lunch shopkeeper
  31. 1958Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
  32. 1958Conflagration
  33. 1958The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
  34. 1957Secret of Naruto
  35. 1957The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
  36. 1957Fighting Letter for 29 People
  37. 1957Ōedo ninki otoko
  38. 1957An Osaka StoryHostess
  39. 1957Ōtotsu gankutsuō
  40. 1957Red Signal
  41. 1957Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
  42. 1956A Man's Flower Path
  43. 1956Sound in the Mist
  44. 1956Undercurrent
  45. 1956Aizome gasa
  46. 1956Tsukiyo no aho dori
  47. 1956Sisters of Gion
  48. 1956Headquarters of Crime Detection
  49. 1956Obake kara
  50. 1956Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
  51. 1956Matashirō Fighting Journey
  52. 1956Migratory Birds of the Flowers
  53. 1955Kaette kita yūrei
  54. 1955Taira Clan Saga
  55. 1955The Magical Warrior
  56. 1955Tenka o nerau bishōnen
  57. 1954The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
  58. 1954Chikamatsu MonogatariInn Head Clerk
  59. 1954Nage Utasamon sanban tegara: Fukumen dokurotai
  60. 1954Yome to yobarete mada mitsuki
  61. 1954The Road of Love
  62. 1954The Woman in the RumorSalesman
  63. 1954Maiko monogatari
  64. 1954Yoidore nitōryū
  65. 1954Sansho the BailiffYakko
  66. 1954Hana no sando gasa
  67. 1953Gate of HellPot Salesman
  68. 1953Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō
  69. 1953Suna-e jubaku
  70. 1953A GeishaKokichi
  71. 1953Kisoji no Komori-uta
  72. 1953Hana no kenkajō
  73. 1953Coming Up of Kodokan
  74. 1953Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
  75. 1953Dekoboko taikōki
  76. 1953Shachō hisho
  77. 1952Castle of Carnage
  78. 1952Awa tanuki yashiki
  79. 1951Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū
  80. 1951Orizuru kasa
  81. 1951Zenigata Heiji
  82. 1951A Spectacular Murder
  83. 1951Clothes of Deception
  84. 1950The Scarlet Bat
  85. 1950Oni azami
  86. 1950The End of the War
  87. 1950Minami no bara
  88. 1950Senryō hada
  89. 1950Condor
  90. 1949Hebi hime dōchū
  91. 1949Onna goroshi abura jigoku
  92. 1949Guren bosatsu
  93. 1948The Grand MasterYoshimatsu
  94. 1939The Story of the Last ChrysanthemumTouring theatre manager Onishi
  95. 1937Banchō sarayashiki
  96. 1937Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji
  97. 1936Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
  98. 1935The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
  99. 1932The Loyal 47 RoninKajimura