Person
Manabu Morita
Acting · Born 1924-04-25
Biography
He was one of the regular actors who appeared in Daiei films from the 1950s to the 1970s. He appeared in over 100 films, including uncredited ones, and left a lasting impression playing many strong supporting and minor roles.
Known for
Professional Killers
1972
The Aristocrat's Stairs
1959
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
Fangs of Vengeance
1965
Dynamite Doctor Returns
1966
The Betrothed
1957
The Tale of Zatoichi
Seisuke
Black Temptation
1965
The Telephone Rings in the Evening
1959
Order of Yakuza
1962
Filmography
- 1983The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado
- 1983Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head
- 1982The Shogun's Vault II
- 1981The Black Hood
- 1981Flame of Father and Son
- 1981The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
- 1981Gate of Youth
- 1979Faraway Tomorrow
- 1979Dog of Fortune
- 1976A Cheerful Yakuza
- 1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Amano
- 1974The Street Fighter's Last RevengeKuroda
- 1974Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in HellImanishi Uneme
- 1973Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsDogawa Saburobei
- 1973Internal Sleuth
- 1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
- 1972Professional Killers
- 1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of VengeanceOmi
- 1971Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
- 1970The Silk Hat Boss 2
- 1970Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
- 1969Blood End
- 1969Prison Break
- 1969Girl with Bamboo Leaves
- 1969Lefty Fencer
- 1969手錠無用
- 1968Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
- 1968The Woman Champion
- 1968Lone Wolf Isazo
- 1968Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
- 1967The Last Loyalty Offering
- 1967Escape Man
- 1967Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack
- 1967Zatoichi the OutlawTetsu
- 1967Let's Dance TonightYakuza A
- 1967Assignment Dragon No. 3
- 1966Wrath of DaimajinTôma Kuroki
- 1966Dynamite Doctor Returns
- 1966A Drop of Grease
- 1966Zatoichi's PilgrimageTakuji
- 1966The Front Line Showdown
- 1966The School of Spies
- 1966Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
- 1966Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
- 1966Trump Card of Revenge
- 1965Black Temptation
- 1965Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
- 1965Young Boss: Prison Release
- 1965Fangs of Vengeance
- 1965雲を呼ぶ講道館
- 1965Hoodlum Soldier
- 1965Back Stairways
- 1965Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of FireDenkichi
- 1964Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist SaizoKozaru
- 1964SuperexpressDetective A
- 1964Ocean Floor Crime #1
- 1964Black Trump Card
- 1964Shinobi no Mono 4: SiegeShichiro
- 1964Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
- 1963Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
- 1963Sentimental Mobsters
- 1963Bury Me Deep
- 1963A Samurai Never Tells a LieYaroku
- 1963The Third Shadow Warrior
- 1962Order of Yakuza
- 1962Fūshinraishin
- 1962A Woman's LifeArmy Major
- 1962Hell's Assassin
- 1962Akiko
- 1962Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
- 1962Sutekina 16-sai
- 1962Black Test CarPlanning Section 4 Manager
- 1962Princess and I
- 1962The Tale of ZatoichiSeisuke
- 1962Sudara Festival: I Understand, but I can't Stop
- 1962Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
- 1961The Burdened SistersBoy
- 1961Triangle Moods
- 1961Bara to ryū
- 1960The False StudentDetective B
- 1960Hit and Run Gang
- 1960The Woman Who Touched Legs
- 1960The Last Betrayal
- 1960Afraid to Die
- 1960The Wandering Princess
- 1959Fires on the Plain
- 1959The Aristocrat's Stairs
- 1959A Storm ZoneTanaka
- 1959The Telephone Rings in the Evening
- 1959Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
- 1958The Judo Champ
- 1958The Cat Knew
- 1958Love River
- 1958The Precipice
- 1958MotherTomioka
- 1957On This EarthWork Chief
- 1957The Betrothed
- 1955Princess Yang Kwei-fei
- 1954Haha tokidori
- 1954Rakka no mon
- 1953Made in Japan
- 1951Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
- 1950San akunin to akanbō
- 1949The Rainbow ManDetective
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