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Atsushi Yamatoya(1936-1993)

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Director
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Atsushi Yamatoya was born on 19 June 1936 in Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Branded to Kill (1967), Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967) and The Naked Seven (1972). He died on 16 January 1993 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornJune 19, 1936
DiedJanuary 16, 1993(56)
BornJune 19, 1936
DiedJanuary 16, 1993(56)
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Known for

Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, and Jô Shishido in Branded to Kill (1967)
Branded to Kill
7.2
  • Writer(as Hachirô Guryu)
  • 1967
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967)
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1967
The Naked Seven (1972)
The Naked Seven
4.7
  • Writer
  • 1972
Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985)
Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1985

Credits

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Writer

  • Pod severnym siyaniyem (1990)
    Pod severnym siyaniyem
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 1990
  • Dogra Magra (1988)
    Dogra Magra
    6.6
    • writer
    • 1988
  • Time Stranger (1986)
    Time Stranger
    6.4
    • screenplay
    • 1986
  • Kizudarake no kunshô (1986)
    Kizudarake no kunshô
    4.8
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • Gakidama (1985)
    Gakidama
    5.7
    Video
    • screenplay
    • 1985
  • Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985)
    Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 1985
  • Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
    Capone Cries a Lot
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Makio Inoue, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Gorô Naya, and Yasuo Yamada in Lupin III: Part III (1984)
    Lupin III: Part III
    7.5
    TV Series
    • script
    • 1984–1985
  • Shigeru Chiba, Katsue Miwa, and Hiroshi Ôtake in Pâman (1983)
    Pâman
    8.8
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1983–1985
  • Locke the Superman (1983)
    Locke the Superman
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • 1983
  • Toshiko Fujita, Chika Sakamoto, and Keiko Toda in Cat's Eye (1983)
    Cat's Eye
    7.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1983
  • Wandering Clouds (1982)
    Wandering Clouds
    6.6
    • screenplay
    • 1982
  • Matagi (1982)
    Matagi
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 1982
  • Tomorrow's Joe 2 (1981)
    Tomorrow's Joe 2
    7.5
    • co-screenwriter
    • 1981
  • Ashita no Jô (1970)
    Ashita no Jô
    8.7
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1981

Actor

  • Holy Theater
    Short
    • 1998
  • Yumeji (1991)
    Yumeji
    6.9
    • 1991
  • Dogra Magra (1988)
    Dogra Magra
    6.6
    • Patient (old man)
    • 1988
  • Trap of Lust (1973)
    Trap of Lust
    5.3
    • Takagawa
    • 1973
  • The Kingdom (1973)
    The Kingdom
    6.8
    • 1973
  • Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Holland Slope in the Rain (1972)
    Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Holland Slope in the Rain
    5.8
    • Masakichi
    • 1972
  • Edogawa Rampo shirîzu: Akechi Kogorô (1970)
    Edogawa Rampo shirîzu: Akechi Kogorô
    TV Series
    • 1970
  • A Woman in Revolt (1970)
    A Woman in Revolt
    6.8
    • Kunitarô Nakamura
    • 1970
  • Nurebotan: Go akunin bôkô-hen
    • 1970
  • Violent Virgin (1969)
    Violent Virgin
    6.7
    • 1969
  • Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, and Jô Shishido in Branded to Kill (1967)
    Branded to Kill
    7.2
    • No. 4
    • 1967
  • Birth Control Revolution (1967)
    Birth Control Revolution
    5.9
    • Nishimura
    • 1967
  • Black Narcissus of Lust (1967)
    Black Narcissus of Lust
    • Hitman 1
    • 1967

Director

  • Hakken e no tabidachi
    Short
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Trap of Lust (1973)
    Trap of Lust
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Okasu! (1968)
    Okasu!
    • Director
    • 1968
  • The Pistol That Sprouted Hair (1968)
    The Pistol That Sprouted Hair
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967)
    Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Season of Treason (1966)
    Season of Treason
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1966

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Hachirô Guryu
  • Born
    • June 19, 1936
    • Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Died
    • January 16, 1993
    • Tokyo, Japan(esophageal cancer)

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