
May 18, 1927 · 99 years old
Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男 Tsuchiya Yoshio, May 18, 1927 – February 8, 2017) was a Japanese actor known for his frequent appearances in Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films as well as Ishiro Honda's science fiction films.

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

Scout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka.

In 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Ghidorah.

Time travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.

Astronauts encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save them from "Monster Zero", but when one of the astronaut romances a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.

The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.

A reporter stumbles upon weather experiments on a tropical island, discovering giant mantises, a castaway woman, and an infant monster that Godzilla must adopt as his own.

Shipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.

A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group of people discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters, created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.

A feature-length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Narrated by Keanu ...

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Zatoichi returns to his home village for the first time in over ten years to find much has changed and that corruption abounds.