Joji Oka

Joji Oka

Joji Oka, born in Tokyo, Japan, on May 25, 1902, was a renowned Japanese actor celebrated for his versatile roles in the film industry. His given name was Katsuzo Nakamizo, and he also used alternate names, including Susumu Minobe. Oka embarked on his cinematic journey in the late 1920s, making his debut with the film "Ryuko no Maki Tora no Maki" in 1928. He rose to prominence as a leading actor in movies like "Akai Hi Aoi Hi" (Red Lights, Blue Lights) in 1929. His influence extended across silent and sound films, where he showcased his remarkable voice and talent. In the early 1930s, Oka encountered personal and professional challenges, including a romantic involvement with actress Ran Koizumi and a subsequent disappearance incident. Later, he joined Toho Studios, further solidifying his position as a leading actor. Notable works, such as "Shiroi Kinjo" (White Robes) in 1936, featured his exceptional talents. During World War II, Oka served in the Imperial Japanese Army while simultaneously pursuing his acting career. Following the war, he resumed his involvement in filmmaking and garnered recognition for his roles in movies like "Kanchi eizu Seiretsu" (The Ambitious Gang) in 1954. Oka's career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s, showcasing his versatility and skill in various genres, encompassing modern drama, period pieces, and action films. He passed away on December 17, 1970, at the age of 68, leaving behind a legacy of memorable performances within the realm of Japanese cinema.

  • Title: Joji Oka
  • Popularity: 2.152
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1902-05-23
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Katsuzō Nakamizo, 岡 譲司, Susumu Minobe, 中溝 勝三, 美濃部 進, 岡 譲二, Кацудзо Накамидзо, Дзёдзи Ока, Сусуму Минобэ, Jôji Oka
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Joji Oka Movies

  • 1932
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    Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story

    Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1954
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    Turbid youth

    Turbid youth

    1 1954 HD

    Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman...

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  • 1959
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    Prince of Space

    Prince of Space

    2.3 1959 HD

    Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Krangkor, the dark planet, descends on Earth to...

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  • 1957
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    Glorious Standard Bearer

    Glorious Standard Bearer

    1 1957 HD

    Hashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who make a profit even at the cost of human lives. A fireman...

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  • 1957
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    Sasaki Kojiro

    Sasaki Kojiro

    6 1957 HD

    Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters another great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.

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  • 1931
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    The 26 Martyrs of Japan

    The 26 Martyrs of Japan

    1 1931 HD

    Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

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  • 1932
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    Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

    Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    No Blood Relation

    No Blood Relation

    7.1 1932 HD

    An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she...

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  • 1936
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    The Crown of Life

    The Crown of Life

    1 1936 HD

    Two brothers run a factory canning crabs. The elder brother Kotaro is righteous and insists on honesty. The younger brother is fixated on money. They...

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  • 1931
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    Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

    Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

    7 1931 HD

    The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its...

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  • 1932
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    Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

    Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

    6 1932 HD

    Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous...

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  • 1966
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    Secret Love

    Secret Love

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1932
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    Until the Day We Meet Again

    Until the Day We Meet Again

    7.5 1932 HD

    A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

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  • 1953
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    Kaiketsu kuro zukin

    Kaiketsu kuro zukin

    1 1953 HD

    First film of the The Black Hooded Man series.

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  • 1955
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    ふり袖小天狗

    ふり袖小天狗

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1933
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    Dragnet Girl

    Dragnet Girl

    6.7 1933 HD

    A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

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  • 1959
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    Planet Prince

    Planet Prince

    1 1959 HD

    A mysterious hero must intervene when a nefarious presence from outer space arrives to steal a powerful new rocket fuel.

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  • 1959
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    Planet Prince - The Terrifying Spaceship

    Planet Prince - The Terrifying Spaceship

    1 1959 HD

    Sequel to 1959's Planet Prince

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  • 1933
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    Sôbô

    Sôbô

    1 1933 HD

    Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

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  • 1959
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    Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil

    Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil

    1 1959 HD

    The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

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  • 1959
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    Moonlight Mask: The Challenging Ghost

    Moonlight Mask: The Challenging Ghost

    1 1959 HD

    Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

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  • 1958
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    The Spider-Man

    The Spider-Man

    4.8 1958 HD

    Adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's novel.

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  • 1955
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    The Vassal's Neck

    The Vassal's Neck

    1 1955 HD

    Japanese film.

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  • 1959
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    The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

    The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

    1 1959 HD

    In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the...

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  • 1950
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    Enoken the Hero

    Enoken the Hero

    1 1950 HD

    Set in the Sengoku period, Tokugawa vassal Yakurota (Kenichi Enomoto) helps the older sister and twin sister of the Matsudaira family who are in love...

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  • 1934
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    The Genealogy of Women

    The Genealogy of Women

    1 1934 HD

    A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

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  • 1953
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    旗本退屈男 八百八丁罷り通る

    旗本退屈男 八百八丁罷り通る

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1956
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    Swordsman of the Two Sword Style

    Swordsman of the Two Sword Style

    5.3 1956 HD

    The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

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  • 1957
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    Falcon Magistrate

    Falcon Magistrate

    1 1957 HD

    Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a series of murders. Kinshiro, played by Kataoka...

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  • 1958
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    Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

    Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

    7 1958 HD

    Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (Nakamura Kinnosuke) found the hidden...

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  • 1956
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    Mother Peacock

    Mother Peacock

    1 1956 HD

    Japanese drama film.

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  • 1942
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    Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

    6.3 1942 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Mansion of Intrigue

    The Mansion of Intrigue

    1 1957 HD

    A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

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  • 1957
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    Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2

    Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2

    7 1957 HD

    The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring adventures, Kojiro seems to have finally discovered...

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  • 1943
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    音楽大進軍

    音楽大進軍

    1 1943 HD

    A 1943 film.

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  • 1956
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    Appeal on the Cross

    Appeal on the Cross

    1 1956 HD

    Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

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  • 1932
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    First Steps Ashore

    First Steps Ashore

    7 1932 HD

    Early Japanese sound film, a remake of Josef von Sternberg’s DOCKS OF NEW YORK set in Yokohama.

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  • 1953
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    Lady Chatterley of Japan

    Lady Chatterley of Japan

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1950
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    Hyōchū no Bijo

    Hyōchū no Bijo

    1 1950 HD

    Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.

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  • 1935
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    Great Bodhisattva Pass

    Great Bodhisattva Pass

    1 1935 HD

    1930s Japanese film.

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  • 1929
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    The Morning Sun Shines

    The Morning Sun Shines

    5.5 1929 HD

    The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and...

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  • 1951
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    Claws of Iron

    Claws of Iron

    1 1951 HD

    During the war a man is bitten by a creature which looks like a cross between a bear and an ape in the jungle. Later he starts to transform to a...

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  • 1954
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    Ghost Man

    Ghost Man

    6.5 1954 HD

    A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.

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  • 1936
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    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    1 1936 HD

    The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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  • 1932
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    The Loyal 47 Ronin

    The Loyal 47 Ronin

    1 1932 HD

    This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

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  • 1946
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    As Long as I Live

    As Long as I Live

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1960
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    Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage

    Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage

    6 1960 HD

    A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

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  • 1956
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    Case of a Young Lord 3

    Case of a Young Lord 3

    1 1956 HD

    Okawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went on at the Inner Palace, where a young woman who had...

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  • 1958
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    Lion Crest Part 2

    Lion Crest Part 2

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Lion Crest

    Lion Crest

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1960
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    Lord of Red Banner

    Lord of Red Banner

    1 1960 HD

    A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

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  • 1937
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    Mother's Melody

    Mother's Melody

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1952
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    Dedication of the Great Buddha

    Dedication of the Great Buddha

    1 1952 HD

    Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

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  • 1955
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    The Young Lord

    The Young Lord

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1942
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    Musashibo Benkei

    Musashibo Benkei

    1 1942 HD

    A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying...

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