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Eiji Minakata

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Eiji Minakata

Born November 21, 1932 in Wakayama Prefecture, JapanDied February 26, 201050 films

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Sonatine posterFirst watchSonatine19937.5as The Hit ManMurakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring…View film

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Hana poster6.6Hana2006Getting Any? poster5.8Getting Any?1995

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. 2008Faraway Heaven
  2. 2006HanaShojiro Aoki
  3. 2004Dad's BackdropMatsunosuke Shimoda
  4. 2003Bokunchi - My House
  5. 1997A Yakuza in LoveOkuma
  6. 1997The King of Minami: Insurance Embezzler
  7. 1997Onibi: The Fire WithinKanigawa
  8. 1996Billiken
  9. 1996Shabu
  10. 1995Getting Any?Opposing Boss
  11. 1995Goro the Fixer
  12. 1993SonatineThe Hit Man
  13. 1985Big Magnum Kuroiwa
  14. 1983A Madcap CorporationAihara
  15. 1981Kōshoku hana denshaHeisuke Tsuzuki
  16. 1976Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level FistMovie Director
  17. 1963Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One EyesMitamura Hyoma
  18. 1963The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
  19. 1963The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
  20. 1963The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
  21. 196320 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
  22. 1963Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
  23. 1963Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
  24. 1962Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
  25. 1962Mark of Blood
  26. 1962A Revengeful Raid
  27. 1962Case of Umon: Red Lizard
  28. 1962Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
  29. 1962Shimmering Sword
  30. 1962Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
  31. 1962The Princess and the Bearded Lord
  32. 1962鷹天皇飄々剣　吉野の風雲児
  33. 1962In Search of Mother
  34. 1962Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
  35. 1961Restoration Fire
  36. 196120 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
  37. 1961Ninjutsu tsukai to sannin musume: onna kitsune henka
  38. 1961Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume
  39. 1961Little Tengu
  40. 1961An Edo Magistrate
  41. 1961Way of Morning Mist
  42. 1961Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi
  43. 1960Sword of Destiny
  44. 1960Mighty Shosuke
  45. 1960Tsubakuro dōchū
  46. 1960Lord Mito: All Star Version
  47. 1960Ninja Assassins
  48. 1960Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
  49. 1957Red Peonies on the Skin
  50. 1956神変美女桜