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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Mnemonix
2025
as Prof. Keiuchi Watanabe
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
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
2025
as Yuguntun
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
2024
as The Griso
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
2023
as Alpha
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
2023
as Mamoto
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
2023
as The Duke
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
2022
as Maestro Jun

Medium
2021
as Hung
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
2021
as Admiral
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
2021
as Prof. Hasegawa
Alex, a sound engineer, accidentally records mysterious voices: disturbing messages from the afterlife who warn him against an imminent and terrifying...

Paangshu
2020
as Alieno
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
2020

Hard Night Falling
2019
as Goro
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
2019
as Self
The film documentary by Daniele Ceccarini and Francesco Tassara tells the prolific career of the Italian director Sergio Martino.

San Valentino Stories
2018
as Monaco buddista (segment "Per amor di Dio")

The Slider
2017
as Goro Nagano
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
2017
as Yang
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
2016
as acquirente giapponese
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
2016
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
2016
as Wise Village Man
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.

Earth
2015
When I wake will I be someone else?
Doppia luce
2015

A Boss in the Living Room
2014
as Maestro di meditazione
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
2013
as Narambaatar (segment "Non è vero ma ci credo")

Something Good
2013
as Chimico di laboratorio
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
2013
as Ichiro Yashida / Silver Samurai
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
2013
as Mr. Lee
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
2012
as Murad Giray
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
2012
as Hal
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
2011
as Confù
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
2010
as Official
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
2010
as Padre di Lila
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

Push
2009
as Pop Father
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
2008
as Laowang
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
2008
as Self
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
2007
as Sakè

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Chief Pirate
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
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
2001
as Maggiordomo Al Farid
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
1999
as Console tailandese
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
1999
as Japanese CEO
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
1998
as Lo Yan
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
1997
as poliziotto giapponese
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
1997
as Wang Yu
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
1997
as Psicologo Okasama Starr
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
1993
as (as Hal Yamanoughi)
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
1992
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
1989
as Tubie #1 (as Hal Yomanouchi)
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

Sinbad of the Seven Seas
1989
as Samurai
Sinbad returns from the sea to find his country subjected to the will of two unscrupulous sorcerers.

The House of Lost Souls
1989
as Buddhist Monk
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
1989
as Captain Luang
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
1988
as Cormal
A struggling musician living in New York starts working at an Italian restaurant and falls in love with two women.

Phantom of Death
1988
as Swordmaster
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
1987
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
1986
as il domestico cinese
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
1986
as Nimbus, Skorm's henchman
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
1985
as Jarak
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...
1985

Warriors of the Year 2072
1984
as Akira
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
1983
as Ninja
A telepathic mutant recruits a post World War III TV game show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.

Sing Sing
1983
as Chu Lai
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
1983
as Samurai
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
1983
as Rat Eater King
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
1983
Stunts
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
1983
as Red Wolfe
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
1982
as Li Wo Twan
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
1980
as Vietcong
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
1979
as venditore di orologi (episodio "Sabato")
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
1979
as Humanoid Soldier
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
1977
as Manolo (uncredited)
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
1975
as Japanese Cook (uncredited)
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly going on a difficult situations, but never lose his mood.

The Green Hornet
1974
as Jimmy Kee
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...