Manabu Morita

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

25 April 1924, 101 years old

Known For

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

The Tale of Zatoichi

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Fires on the Plain

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado

1983

Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head

1983

The Shogun's Vault II

1982

The Black Hood

1981

Flame of Father and Son

1981

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

1981

Gate of Youth

1981

Faraway Tomorrow

1979

Dog of Fortune

1979

A Cheerful Yakuza

1976

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Amano

1974

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

Kuroda

1974

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Imanishi Uneme

1974

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Dogawa Saburobei

1973

Internal Sleuth

1973

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

1972

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Omi

1972

The Silk Hat Boss 2

1970

Blood End

1969

Prison Break

1969

Girl with Bamboo Leaves

1969

Lefty Fencer

1969

手錠無用

1969

Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint

1968

The Woman Champion

1968

Lone Wolf Isazo

1968

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty

1968

The Last Loyalty Offering

1967

Escape Man

1967

Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack

1967

Zatoichi the Outlaw

Tetsu

1967

Let's Dance Tonight

Yakuza A

1967

Assignment Dragon No. 3

1967

Wrath of Daimajin

Tôma Kuroki

1966

Dynamite Doctor Returns

1966

A Drop of Grease

1966

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Takuji

1966

The Front Line Showdown

1966

The School of Spies

1966

Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity

1966

Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms

1966

Trump Card of Revenge

1966

Black Temptation

1965

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

1965

Young Boss: Prison Release

1965

Fangs of Vengeance

1965

雲を呼ぶ講道館

1965

Hoodlum Soldier

1965

Back Stairways

1965

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

Denkichi

1965

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

Kozaru

1964

Superexpress

Detective A

1964

Ocean Floor Crime #1

1964

Black Trump Card

1964

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

Shichiro

1964

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery

1964

Ōkuma Shigenobu the great

1963

Sentimental Mobsters

1963

Bury Me Deep

1963

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

Yaroku

1963

The Third Shadow Warrior

1963

Order of Yakuza

1962

Fūshinraishin

1962

A Woman's Life

Army Major

1962

Hell's Assassin

1962

Akiko

1962

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

1962

Sutekina 16-sai

1962

Black Test Car

Planning Section 4 Manager

1962

Princess and I

1962

The Tale of Zatoichi

Seisuke

1962

Sudara Festival: I Understand, but I can't Stop

1962

Third Generation's Loyalty Offering

1962

The Burdened Sisters

Boy

1961

Triangle Moods

1961

Bara to ryū

1961

The False Student

Detective B

1960

Hit and Run Gang

1960

The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960

The Last Betrayal

1960

Afraid to Die

1960

The Wandering Princess

1960

Fires on the Plain

1959

A Storm Zone

Tanaka

1959

Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree

1959

The Judo Champ

1958

The Cat Knew

1958

Love River

1958

The Precipice

1958

Mother

Tomioka

1958

On This Earth

Work Chief

1957

The Betrothed

1957

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955

Made in Japan

1953

のど自慢三羽烏

1951

The Rainbow Man

Detective

1949