is a Japanese
film director.
Career
Born in
Nagano Prefecture, Yamaguchi graduated from
Waseda University
, mottoeng = Independence of scholarship
, established = 21 October 1882
, type = Private
, endowment =
, president = Aiji Tanaka
, city = Shinjuku
, state = Tokyo
, country = Japan
, students = 47,959
, undergrad = 39,382
, postgrad ...
and began working at the
Tōei studios in
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin metropolitan area along wi ...
.
He directed a number of action movie series in the 1970s and has also helmed many
TV movies.
Filmography
* ''
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams'' (1970)
* ''
Wandering Ginza Butterfly'' (1972)
* ''
Gincho Nagaremono: Mesuneko Bakuchi'' (1972)
* ''
Sister Street Fighter
is a spin-off of '' The Street Fighter'' (1974). The plot revolves around Lǐ Hóng-Lóng (李紅竜 ''Li Kōryū''), the female martial artist of the title. When her brother Lǐ Wàn-Qīng is kidnapped by drug lords, she seeks revenge. The drug ...
'' (1974)
* ''
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread'' (1974)
* ''
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse'' (1975)
* ''
The Return of the Sister Street Fighter'' (1975)
* ''
Champion of Death
, also known as ''Karate Bullfighter'', is a Japanese martial arts film made by the Toei Company in 1975. It was the first in a trilogy of films based on the manga '' Karate Baka Ichidai'' (literal translation: A Karate-Crazy Life), a manga base ...
'' (1975)
* ''
Karate Bearfighter
is a Japanese martial arts film made by Toei Company in 1975 and directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. It is the second installment of a trilogy of films based on the manga Karate Baka Ichidai (literal title: "A Karate-Crazy Life") by Ikki Kajiwara, J ...
'' (1975)
* (1975)
* ''
G-Men '75
was a long-running prime-time popular television detective series in Japan. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:54 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network from May 24, 1975 to April 3, 1982. A sequel, ''G-Men ' ...
'' (1975-82) television series
* ''
Circuit no Ōkami'' (1977)
* ''
Karate for Life'' (1977)
* ''
School Wars: Hero'' (1984) television series
References
Living people
Japanese film directors
Waseda University alumni
People from Nagano Prefecture
1937 births
People from Kyoto
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