Torazo Hirosawa
Acting
Biography
Torazo Hirosawa II (二代 目広沢 虎造, Nidaime Hirosawa Torazō, May 18, 1899 – December 29, 1964 ) was a rokyoku singer and actor in the Showa period. He was born in Shirokane, Shiba-ku, Tokyo (currently Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo). His real name was Shinichi Yamada (山田 信一, Yamada Shin'ichi).
Known For
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
Last of the Wild Ones
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Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New Year
1957 Japanese movie
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
A lost film by Masahiro Makino
Iki na fûraibô
Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force.
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.
Zoku Shimizu Minato
A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.
Pure-Hearted Unit
A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes.
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.
Shimizu no Jirocho den
Japanese film.
Shimazu no sanshita yakko
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Jirocho in Disgrace
Hibari Misora musical.
Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs
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Jirocho's Home-Coming
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Her Captive Gamblers
Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.
Theater
A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.
Jirocho, the Hunted
Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
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