Hal Yamanouchi

Hal Yamanouchi

1946-03-27 Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 75 Credits

Biography

Fluent in several languages and trained as a dancer, Yamanouchi moved to Europe in the early 1970's and embarked on an acting and performance career. At first in small roles in B films and as a stage actor, he eventually progressed into more and more international productions and even a few big budget Hollywood films such as PUSH, THE WAY BACK, and THE LIFE AQUATIC.

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Mnemonix

Mnemonix

2025

as Prof. Keiuchi Watanabe

Acting

Following the death of half of the global population by a virus, a scientist has introduced a new form of life: the Mnemonix.

Make a Wish

2025

Acting

A remake of the French film "Maison de retraite": a hapless young man with a fear of old people must accept social relevant work in a retirement home

Milarepa

Milarepa

2025

as Yuguntun

6.8
Acting

In Sardinia, in the near future, the ancient settlements come back to life, once again hosting man. The young Mila is robbed of her father's inheritan...

The Last Redemption

The Last Redemption

2024

as The Griso

4.2
Acting

In a land of swords and sorcery, bandits break from their gang to protect a little girl, pitting them against their old friends and former leader who ...

Iron Fighter

Iron Fighter

2023

as Alpha

3.8
Acting

Karate and K1 champion, Claudio Del Falco is ready for his last fight, a memorable event, followed live worldwide, with a prize money of 10 million eu...

The Land of Women

The Land of Women

2023

as Mamoto

7.5
Acting

The 1950s: in the ancient and far-off island of Sardinia, two generations of women fight against restrictive age-old traditions to reach sexual and em...

Luka

Luka

2023

as The Duke

5.0
Acting

Luka, a young and ambitious soldier, embeds himself in the legendary Fort Kairos where heroic warriors defend the remains of civilization. His hopes t...

Gli speciali

Gli speciali

2022

as Maestro Jun

Acting
Medium

Medium

2021

as Hung

Acting

A gang of robbers steals thousands of euros in a provincial bar without imagining that the owner of the business is Cagliostro (Tony Sperandeo), a sha...

Fellini Forward

Fellini Forward

2021

as Admiral

Acting

Investigating the last years of the famous filmmaker in Rome, combining the history of Italian cinema with new production techniques and going behind ...

They Talk

They Talk

2021

as Prof. Hasegawa

4.3
Acting

Alex, a sound engineer, accidentally records mysterious voices: disturbing messages from the afterlife who warn him against an imminent and terrifying...

Paangshu

Paangshu

2020

as Alieno

Acting

In a dilapidated rural courthouse a mother seeks justice for her son abducted by paramilitary men during the 1988/89 insurgency in Sri Lanka

White Flowers

White Flowers

2020

4.5
Acting
Hard Night Falling

Hard Night Falling

2019

as Goro

5.4
Acting

Goro, a criminal mastermind, plot to steal a massive cache of gold from the Rossini family. Unbeknownst to Goro and his soldiers of fortune, one of Ro...

Spaghetti alla Martino

Spaghetti alla Martino

2019

as Self

Acting

The film documentary by Daniele Ceccarini and Francesco Tassara tells the prolific career of the Italian director Sergio Martino.

San Valentino Stories

San Valentino Stories

2018

as Monaco buddista (segment "Per amor di Dio")

3.9
Acting
The Slider

The Slider

2017

as Goro Nagano

4.0
Acting

Michael works as a hospital janitor and he lives with his wife Ester, who has fallen into depression after the death of their son. Michael is willing ...

Addio fottuti musi verdi

Addio fottuti musi verdi

2017

as Yang

5.7
Acting

Young Ciro Priello, an ultra-skilled Neapolitan graphic, can not find a job that satisfies and appreciates him. After sending the curriculum practical...

Al posto tuo

Al posto tuo

2016

as acquirente giapponese

5.6
Acting

Two very different men have something in common: the work. When their companies are bought by a bigger one, who will take the only place of boss of th...

The Confessions

The Confessions

2016

6.0
Acting

A G8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the German coast. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that...

Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2

2016

as Wise Village Man

4.9
Acting

Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.

Earth

Earth

2015

Acting

When I wake will I be someone else?

Doppia luce

2015

Acting
A Boss in the Living Room

A Boss in the Living Room

2014

as Maestro di meditazione

6.0
Acting

Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.

Colpi di fortuna

Colpi di fortuna

2013

as Narambaatar (segment "Non è vero ma ci credo")

4.7
Acting
Something Good

Something Good

2013

as Chimico di laboratorio

5.8
Acting

In a small Chinese village in Yunnan, a young woman named Xiwen sees her little son Shitou die of poisoning from adulterated food. On the other side o...

The Wolverine

The Wolverine

2013

as Ichiro Yashida / Silver Samurai

6.4
Acting

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

Nothing Can Stop Us Now

Nothing Can Stop Us Now

2013

as Mr. Lee

5.8
Acting

The training trip of 4 "special" boys, one narcoleptic, one internet-dependent, one suffering from Tourette's Syndrome and one obsessed with hygiene t...

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

2012

as Murad Giray

4.3
Acting

In the summer of 1683, 300 000 Ottoman Empire's warriors begin the siege of Vienna. City's fall, will open way to conquer the Europe. The Sept 11 is t...

Sins

Sins

2012

as Hal

2.4
Acting

David begins experiencing cloudy memories of a long-lost life amidst the violent Cortello family in Sicily ââ'¬Â¦ a family he ultimately betrayed. An...

All at Sea

All at Sea

2011

as Confù

5.0
Acting

Every morning, pushing the wheelchair of his mother, Maurizio along the walkway through the bush and tie him entrance to his kiosk on the beach. After...

The Way Back

The Way Back

2010

as Official

7.0
Acting

At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and ...

Gorbaciof

Gorbaciof

2010

as Padre di Lila

6.1
Acting

Marino Pacileo has a soft spot for gambling. When he discovers that Lila's father, the young Chinese girl that he is in love with cannot pay a debt, t...

Tarda estate

2010

Acting
Push

Push

2009

as Pop Father

6.1
Acting

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare ...

Questa notte è ancora nostra

Questa notte è ancora nostra

2008

as Laowang

5.5
Acting

When a producer refuses to cut Massimo and his band a record unless they hire an "ethnic" singer to spice up the act, he tries to seduce Jing, a Chine...

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

2008

as Self

6.0
Acting

This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answ...

Tutte le donne della mia vita

Tutte le donne della mia vita

2007

as Sakè

5.4
Acting
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004

as Chief Pirate

7.1
Acting

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is...

Last Food

2004

Acting

They are the only two survivors of an plane crash; two more different people you couldn’t imagine; an Italian Frenchman who’s always rushing about, al...

All the Knowledge in the World

All the Knowledge in the World

2001

as Maggiordomo Al Farid

2.0
Acting

Weird characters, odd mishaps, fates that meet, skim and loose each other in an attempt to shed light on the “meaning of life”: a college student in l...

A Fish in Love

A Fish in Love

1999

as Console tailandese

5.7
Acting

Carpenter Arturo becomes a literary sensation when the children's stories he writes in his spare time get published, but he comes to resent success an...

Tutti gli uomini del deficiente

Tutti gli uomini del deficiente

1999

as Japanese CEO

5.8
Acting

Nearing death, videogame genius Leone Stella holds a contest to find an heir: several people named like him will compete in a live-streamed reenactmen...

L'elefante bianco

L'elefante bianco

1998

as Lo Yan

1.0
Acting

Late nineteenth century. Jarma is a small Asian kingdom that stands between the green of the rice paddies of Thai Samuthprakarn diamond crown beautifu...

Banzai

Banzai

1997

as poliziotto giapponese

4.7
Acting

Sergio Colombo is an insurance agent. He had just gone through a divorce so he is a little bit scattered. Wanting to unwind he plans to go to vacation...

Rack Up

Rack Up

1997

as Wang Yu

Acting

In Spain, the billiard champion Jesus participates in a tournament to help his old friend Paco, owner of a bar and fallen into the grip of loan sharks...

Nirvana

Nirvana

1997

as Psicologo Okasama Starr

6.5
Acting

Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the ...

Craving Desire

Craving Desire

1993

as (as Hal Yamanoughi)

4.8
Acting

Luigi, who is engaged to a rich bourgeois, Cinzia, meets his lovely cousin, Sonia, at the cremation of their grandmother. Six months later, Sonia move...

A Bear Called Arthur

A Bear Called Arthur

1992

Acting

A composer rushing to meet a deadline meets a beautiful woman who says she is his biggest fan. However, it turns out that not only is she not a fan, s...

Robot Jox

Robot Jox

1989

as Tubie #1 (as Hal Yomanouchi)

5.6
Acting

50 years after a nuclear war, the two superpowers handle territorial disputes in a different way. Each fields a giant robot to fight one-on-one battle...

Una casa a Roma

1989

Acting
Sinbad of the Seven Seas

Sinbad of the Seven Seas

1989

as Samurai

4.1
Acting

Sinbad returns from the sea to find his country subjected to the will of two unscrupulous sorcerers.

The House of Lost Souls

The House of Lost Souls

1989

as Buddhist Monk

6.8
Acting

A handful of young geologists are unlucky enough to be forced to stay at a rundown hotel in the middle of nowhere. What they don't know is that the ho...

Bangkok... One Way

Bangkok... One Way

1989

as Captain Luang

Acting

Arriving in Bangkok, former boxer Marco Boschi meets Fabio and Andrea to organize the delivery of a cargo of heroin to Italy

Treno di panna

Treno di panna

1988

as Cormal

6.5
Acting

A struggling musician living in New York starts working at an Italian restaurant and falls in love with two women.

Phantom of Death

Phantom of Death

1988

as Swordmaster

5.5
Acting

Police Comissioner Datti is investigating the murder of a female doctor whose murderer seems to be a thirty-fivish year old man. Soon another murder f...

Under the Chinese Restaurant

Under the Chinese Restaurant

1987

5.7
Acting

A young man captures the fancy of an inventor's daughter when he passes through a basement door into another dimension.

7 Kilos in 7 Days

7 Kilos in 7 Days

1986

as il domestico cinese

6.0
Acting

Two not very clever young doctors open a fitness center and promise to let people lose seven kilos in seven days. When the enterprise fails they open ...

The Lone Runner

The Lone Runner

1986

as Nimbus, Skorm's henchman

4.6
Acting

The Summerking's daughter has been kidnapped, and the legendary hero of the desert comes to her rescue as he did when she was young. The Lone Runner p...

Joan Lui

Joan Lui

1985

as Jarak

5.2
Acting

In a world ravaged by violence, and other serious social problems, Joan - a character that alludes to Christ (which represents the return to Earth) ar...

Anche lei fumava il sigaro...

Anche lei fumava il sigaro...

1985

Acting
Warriors of the Year 2072

Warriors of the Year 2072

1984

as Akira

5.2
Acting

In the future, two television networks compete for ratings by producing violent game shows. One network produces a modern day version of the Roman gla...

Endgame

Endgame

1983

as Ninja

4.9
Acting

A telepathic mutant recruits a post World War III TV game show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.

Sing Sing

Sing Sing

1983

as Chu Lai

5.3
Acting

Eduardo accidentally discovers that he is adopted. His real father is dying, but before his death he said that his mother was the "Queen of England", ...

Hearts and Armour

Hearts and Armour

1983

as Samurai

5.0
Acting

Love during wartime blossoms between crusader Bradamante—a female knight wearing an invincible suit of armor—and Moorish prince Ruggero. A sorceress p...

2019: After the Fall of New York

2019: After the Fall of New York

1983

as Rat Eater King

5.4
Acting

After a nuclear war society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks, and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federat...

2019: After the Fall of New York

2019: After the Fall of New York

1983

Stunts

5.4

After a nuclear war society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks, and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federat...

2020 Texas Gladiators

2020 Texas Gladiators

1983

as Red Wolfe

4.1
Acting

In a post-apocalyptic Texas, a band of warriors fight against a fascist regime that is trying to take control of all surviving population.

The Sword of the Barbarians

The Sword of the Barbarians

1982

as Li Wo Twan

4.5
Acting

A swordsman's wife is murdered by followers of the evil Goddess Rani. He vows vengeance upon the cult and journeys to the Ark of the Templars to get a...

The Last Hunter

The Last Hunter

1980

as Vietcong

5.6
Acting

During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped beind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.

Saturday, Sunday and Friday

Saturday, Sunday and Friday

1979

as venditore di orologi (episodio "Sabato")

5.2
Acting

SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This person works for a biggest Japanese society, and this encou...

The Humanoid

The Humanoid

1979

as Humanoid Soldier

3.5
Acting

Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemi...

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

1977

as Manolo (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

Intrepid photographer Emanuelle is taken deep into the Amazonian jungle to search for a cannibalistic tribe long believed to be extinct.

Fantozzi: White Collar Blues

Fantozzi: White Collar Blues

1975

as Japanese Cook (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly going on a difficult situations, but never lose his mood.

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet

1974

as Jimmy Kee

6.8
Acting

After the superstardom and early death of Bruce Lee, 20th Century Fox decided to cobble together a couple of theatrical feature films from this proper...