Born in Nagano Prefecture, Yamaguchi graduated from Waseda University and began working at the TÅei studios in Kyoto. He directed a number of action movie series in the 1970s and has also helmed many TV movies.
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi Biography / Wiki
Name | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi |
Also Know | Nobuaki Yamaguchi, å±±å£å’Œå½¦ |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Directing |
Place of Birth | Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
Date of Birth | 1937-02-05 |
Age(as in 2022) | 85 |
Deathday |
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi Directing Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Wandering Ginza Butterfly | Director | 1972-04-01 | Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a… |
Karate Bear Fighter | Director | 1975-12-27 | Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oy… |
Karate for Life | Director | 1977-05-14 | The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a … |
Karate Bullfighter | Director | 1975-08-09 | Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After t… |
Sister Street Fighter | Director | 1974-08-31 | Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, his sister Li Koryu turns to his former martial-arts… |
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread | Director | 1974-12-07 | Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into t… |
The Return of Sister Street Fighter | Director | 1975-09-30 | When Koryu’s childhood friend Shurei is abducted by gangsters, the desperate young woman recruits a female martial artist and a tough-as-nails strange… |
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler | Director | 1972-10-25 | Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor — ma… |
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams | Director | 1970-09-22 | Rika is released from girls detention school and then winds up at a lounge bar where she finds her other classmates working. This lounge bar is run by… |
Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters | Director | 1970-01-02 | After helping a pregnant girl escape from their reform school and facing the resulting punishment, a clique of delinquent girls eventually reunites a … |
Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods | Director | 1971-01-03 | The local yakuza gangs dominating the port of Yokohama do not take well the invasion of their territory by a daring biker gang, led by a girl in black… |
Wolf Guy | Director | 1975-04-04 | Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of… |
The Circuit Wolf | Director | 1977-08-05 | Car mechanic Yuya (Shinya Fubuki) dreams of becoming a race driver. His daily routine – working with cars, and collecting pictures of his idol Niki … |
Neon kurage: Shinjuku hanadensha | Director | 1973-12-18 | Pinku from 1973…. |
Oh Wonderful Utamaro! | Director | 1974-06-01 | … |
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse | Director | 1975-01-29 | A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner’s wife…. |
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess | Director | 1971-04-21 | Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs a… |
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village | Director | 1978-08-12 | Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found dead with an eerie mask of a devil…. |
Big Magnum Kuroiwa | Director | 1985-04-13 | Kuroiwa, a high school teacher who carries a “Big Magnum 44†gun is sent to a school that is full of violence. Can Kuroiwa reform the students wit… |
Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger? | Director | 1976-08-07 | Yasuaki Kurata plays a masked ring brawler who is out for revenge against an evil, megalomaniac entrepreneur played by Japan’s most reliable bad guy o… |
Karate Warriors | Director | 1976-04-10 | Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs…. |
A Woman’s Road | Director | 1973-04-14 | Poor Yoko knows she is getting played and used by a playboy, but she loves him with all her heart and soul…. |
The Extravagant Cops | Director | 1977-12-24 | … |
Der Lindenbaum | Director | 1988-08-06 | A young woman, Asami, searches for the man who helps her quest to enter medical school…. |
I Sell My Husband | Assistant Director | 1968-11-09 | Japanese comedy film…. |
The Bad Guy Blues | Assistant Director | 1969-08-27 | A story about club hostesses in Osaka…. |
Express Train | Assistant Director | 1967-06-03 | Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who dedicates himself in providing quality service to … |
Moon Angel | Director | 1996-05-18 | Two female truck drivers detest each other, and try to steal each other’s business. Their rigs are both painted with elaborate large pictures of beaut… |
Troops of Darkness | Director | 1971-11-10 | A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind…. |
The Karate Professionals | Director | 1976-05-06 | … |
Will You Die in the Chimpira Dream Chara! | Director | 1995-08-04 | Three mean and a woman connected by a strange encounter…. |
Writing
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Wandering Ginza Butterfly | Screenplay | 1972-04-01 | Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a… |
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler | Screenplay | 1972-10-25 | Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor — ma… |
Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters | Writer | 1970-01-02 | After helping a pregnant girl escape from their reform school and facing the resulting punishment, a clique of delinquent girls eventually reunites a … |
The Circuit Wolf | Screenplay | 1977-08-05 | Car mechanic Yuya (Shinya Fubuki) dreams of becoming a race driver. His daily routine – working with cars, and collecting pictures of his idol Niki … |
Neon kurage: Shinjuku hanadensha | Writer | 1973-12-18 | Pinku from 1973…. |
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess | Screenplay | 1971-04-21 | Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs a… |
Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods | Screenplay | 1971-01-03 | The local yakuza gangs dominating the port of Yokohama do not take well the invasion of their territory by a daring biker gang, led by a girl in black… |
Troops of Darkness | Screenplay | 1971-11-10 | A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind…. |
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