Kanichi Tani
Known For & Full Filmography25 Titles
Drama Series - 1958, 16 episodes • as Gorohachi Fukuro
Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments. Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel sorry about her.
Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A Japanese stage actor in Yokohama is terminally ill, and is determined to end his life, but doesn’t know to have inherited a large sum of money from Switzerland.
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Two men succeed in opening a joint restaurant after hilarious troubles.
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Japanese comedy film.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Japanese comedy film.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as Noboru Tako
A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo Kanko-sha are directly sent to Daikokuya. President Jirocho learns that the geishas he is fond of, including Mari Chiyotachi, are going to Izumo to participate in the Ankai-bushi Concours...
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as Yoshio Takase
Ide of the Kokusai Rayon Company visits a supermarket and finds cheap shirts being passed off as his company's products. But a closer look reveals that the last letter of "Kokusai" has been changed to "n" and reads "Kokusan." The buyers, however, are all under the impression that they are buying Kokusai shirts. Ide begins an investigation to find out where the shirts are being made, but before he is able to uncover anything, he is killed on a train and his little black book, filled with secret data, is stolen. Sugino then starts a one-man search for both the killer and the factory turning out the cheap shirts.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
1962 Japanese movie
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
1962 Japanese movie
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter and melancholy set in Kitakyushu. Matsujiro Minamida (Atsumi) plays an uneducated and uncouth local troublemaker who becomes the talk of the town following an unexpected incident.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Shochiku movie, starring Yumi Kaoru
Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
1966 Japanese movie
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Late entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In order to encourage his son who became paralyzed due to a traffic accident, he depicts a former boxer aiming for aiming to win.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A deranged love story.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The fourth and final "Comic Storyteller" feature.