Jinpachi Nezu
Jinpachi Nezu (根津 甚八, Nezu Jinpachi; 1 December 1947 – 29 December 2016) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1974 and 2010. He starred in the 1982 film Farewell to the Land, which was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.
He died on 29 December 2016 in Tokyo of pneumonia. He had retired from acting after getting into a car accident and experiencing subsequent health problems, though he came out of retirement to reprise the character of Hizu in Gonin Saga at director Takashi Ishii's request. The film would be his last.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1577 |
| Birthday | 1947-12-01 |
| Place of Birth | Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan |
| Also Known As | 根津透, |
1996
La Sombra del Verano - Ilusion in Andalusia
0/0
Set in Andalusia, Spain, the film depicts the fantastic journey of an ordinary housewife who leads an uneventful life in search of a missing writer. W...
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La Sombra del Verano - Ilusion in Andalusia
1994
Nobody
6.333/3
Three elite salarymen find themselves in a bar fight with a group of threatening but mysterious men. When the mystery men come looking for revenge, th...
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Nobody
1985
Ran
8.014/1890
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between...
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Ran
1980
Kagemusha
7.812/761
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 at...
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Kagemusha
1995
Gonin
6.641/64
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by co...
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Gonin
2003
Dragon Head
5.619/21
Teru Aoki (青木 輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru aw...
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Dragon Head
1985
Angel's Egg
7.7/608
In the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bi...
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Angel's Egg
1991
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
0/0
What is the clue that connects the police dormitory bombing case & Keihin canal murder case with the corporate bombing case 17 years ago? Detective Ta...
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Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1992
Rule of Revenge ROGUE COP
0/0
The detective with the highest arrest rate. In fact, he was a vicious detective who communicated with the gangsters!
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Rule of Revenge ROGUE COP
1998
Black Angel
6.4/29
Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He gained...
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Black Angel
1994
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II
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The second 'Gotoshi' film.
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Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II
1994
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III
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The third 'Gotoshi' film.
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Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III
1995
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
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The fourth 'Gotoshi' film.
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Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
2000
School Day of the Dead
5.385/13
Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legen...
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School Day of the Dead
1994
Angel Guts: Red Flash
3.9/11
Nami is a photographer on the set of a porn film. When photographing a rape scene between a teacher and a schoolgirl, she becomes uncomfortable, havin...
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Angel Guts: Red Flash
1994
Alone in the Night
5.9/17
An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the d...
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Alone in the Night
1981
Station
6.429/14
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
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Station
1982
Farewell to the Land
4.875/8
Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his...
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Farewell to the Land
1999
Owls' Castle
6/6
As great military commander Nobunaga Oda consolidates his power across Japan, one of his actions is to wipe out a clan of assassins, killing every man...
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Owls' Castle
2002
Kumamoto Stories
6.5/2
Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu island in 1996 and filmed over a period of three...
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Kumamoto Stories
1982
Kidnapping Blues
7.333/3
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not...
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Kidnapping Blues
1983
It's All Right, My Friend
6.333/3
An alien with super powers fallen from the sky is befriended by some people who help him stop an evil group out to get him.
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It's All Right, My Friend
1974
Wet Dice
5.5/6
Kayo, who is famous for her beauty, own a bar in a port town. The establishment is always crowded with customers infatuated with her. For the past thr...
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Wet Dice
1991
Orchids Under the Moon
9/1
Jinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago while he was an accountant for their organization. One...
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Orchids Under the Moon
1987
Tokyo Bordello
5.556/9
A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the br...
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Tokyo Bordello
1999
Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa
0/0
Naito is serving time for his aggressive fundraising in the securities world, but returns to Osaka after completing his sentence. Although he wants to...
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Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa
1993
Patlabor 2: The Movie
7.403/155
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and...
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Patlabor 2: The Movie
2004
Runin: Banished
6.5/4
In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a...
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Runin: Banished
1998
Tadon and Chikuwa
8/1
A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends his days listening to his passengers' conversations....
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Tadon and Chikuwa
1981
Powerless King
6.5/2
Set in the neon heartbeat of Yokohama, this film ignites an outrageously erotic 17-hour odyssey of desire that unleashes from a lazy Sunday afternoon...
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Powerless King
1995
Goodbye Japan
0/0
A political satire comedy depicting the turmoil caused when the residents of a small island in Okinawa, feeling neglected by the Japanese government's...
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Goodbye Japan
1990
Tasmania Story
8.5/2
Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by the...
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Tasmania Story
1989
Raffles Hotel
5.333/6
Actress Moeko comes to Singapore to look for Kariya, the man she loves. She checks in at Raffles Hotel and finds out that he lives in a big house with...
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Raffles Hotel
1991
Young Lady
0/0
A young office lady navigates the ins and outs of modern life in this light romp.
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Young Lady
2015
Gonin Saga
5.1/15
Seiji is a third generation "Gosei kai" gang member. He works to build up the group's strength. Meanwhile, a journalist investigates a case that occur...
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Gonin Saga
1993
A Night in Nude
5.6/23
Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and se...
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A Night in Nude
1998
Love Letter
8/1
A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses.
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Love Letter
1988
Gate of Flesh
6.22/41
Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Par...
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Gate of Flesh
2001
極悪 人間魚雷ブルース
0/0
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極悪 人間魚雷ブルース
1981
The Woman Next Door
0/0
A 1981 TV movie based on a short story by Kuniko Mukoda, starring Kaori Momoi and Jinpachi Nezu. A housewife is slowly tempted by a mysterious man who...
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The Woman Next Door
2001
Red Shadow
4.907/27
The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and def...
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Red Shadow
1991
Ghost Story: Flower House
0/0
An eerie statue of the Kannon shedding tears in an old Western-style house. Fifty years of the strange lives of the mothers and daughters who protect...
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Ghost Story: Flower House
2003
The Man in White
6.5/8
After his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to exact revenge.
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The Man in White
2003
Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 3
0/0
"GHOST HOUSE" Cast: Jinpachi Nezu ("Castle of the Owls", "Red Shadow"), Natsuo Ishido, Masako Izumi Synopsis: A young girl is forbidden by her parents...
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Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 3
1987
This Story of Love
8/1
Life and love stories of stunt men and women.
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This Story of Love
1982
Lullaby of Death
6.25/4
Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge....
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Lullaby of Death
1985
Bobby's Girl
7.429/7
Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself...
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Bobby's Girl
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
7.273/11
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading pol...
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
1976
The Sea of Genkai
5.8/5
Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across th...
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The Sea of Genkai
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
7/1
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Kagemusha" (1980).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
1995
Ruby Fruit
4.6/5
Maiko is a recently widowed young woman travelling to Bali to distract herself from the loss of her husband, Esau. At the airport she meets Kioko, who...
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Ruby Fruit
1993
Goto shi kabushiki gaisha
0/0
Based on the comic of the same name that ran in Manga Pachinkā.
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Goto shi kabushiki gaisha
1999
Dead Beat
0/0
Japanese action film directed by Hiroshi Ando.
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Dead Beat
2003
The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
6/2
A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.
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The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
1979
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7.667/3
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a gro...
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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
2000
Senrigan
7/2
The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as ‘Mido...
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Senrigan
1999
Jubaku: Spellbound
6.2/6
When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favours scandal tha...
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Jubaku: Spellbound
2000
The Hanging Balloons
10/1
Film adaptation of three short stories by horror mangaka Junji Ito: The Devil's Logic, The Long Hair in the Attic, and The Hanging Balloons.
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The Hanging Balloons
1997
Immoral Affairs
4.333/3
Immoral Affairs (Fukigen na kajitsu) is a Japanese film made in 1997 and directed by Katsuo Naruse.It centers on two characters: Mayako, played by Kah...
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Immoral Affairs
1987
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
6/1
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.
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The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
2000
Ekiden
0/0
Two former teammates on a college relay team, find themselves pitted against each other in track competition and in love when they enter rival compani...
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Ekiden
1997
Happy-Go-Lucky
7.4/7
Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a forward pullover around a horizontal bar. Their P.E. teacher warn...
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Happy-Go-Lucky
1996
Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda
0/0
In Tensho 9, as Oda Nobunaga nears the unification of Japan, he assigns trusted generals to conquer remaining regions. Meanwhile, a peasant farmer nam...
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Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda
1996
The Terrorist’s Parasol
0/0
When an explosion occurs, alcoholic bartender Kikuchi, who was wanted for a bombing 20 years ago, is suspected. Having lost two friends in the inciden...
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The Terrorist’s Parasol
2007
Japan Ghost Stories 3
4/1
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Japan Ghost Stories 3
2000
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
8.8/3
Japanese horror film with four segments.
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School Ghost Story: Curse Special
1990
Battleship Yamato
0/0
Kon Ichikawa's war film depicts the 60-hour period from the departure of the battleship Yamato, the pride of the Japanese Navy, until its sinking by...
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Battleship Yamato
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on “Ran” (1985).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
1995
Snow falls on a southern island
0/0
Remake of the 1961 Japanese war-comedy film Snow in the South Seas (Minami no Shima ni Yuki ga Furu).
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