Asao Koike

Asao Koike (1931 - 1985)

Film Deaths[]

Eighteen Years in Prison (Choueki juhachi-nen) (1967) [Tsukada] Shot by Noboru Andô
A Certain Killer (Aru koroshi ya) (1967) [Kimura] Stabbed by Raizô Ichikawa.
Zatoichi Challenged (Zatôichi chikemuri kaidô) (1967) [Maebara of Gonzo]: Stabbed to death by Shintarô Katsu with a cane sword.
Goro the Assassin (Burai Hitokiri Goro) (1968) [Yakuza]: Stabbed to death by rival gangsters.
The Living Skeleton (Kyûketsu dokuro-sen) (1968) [Tsuji (Estate Agent)]: Kills himself after going insane and jumping off a cliff near a light house.
Lone Wolf Isazo (Hitori Okami) (1968) [Yakuza Boss] Stabbed to death with a sword by Raizô Ichikawa.
Shoguns Joy of Torture (Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi) (1968) [Horichô] Burns alive after the building is in is set on fire.
Fort of Death (Gonin no Shôkin Kasegi) (1969) [Lord Ozeki] Hacked with a sword by Tomisaburô Wakayama
Horrors of Malformed Men (Kyofu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshu) (1969) [Hirukawa] Drowns when he falls off a cliff after he he fears he's going to be shot.
Inferno of Torture (Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku) (1969) [Horitatsu] Stabbed in the stomach by a westerner who he also happens to kill.
Love and Crime: (Meiji - Taisho - Showa: Ryoki onna hanzai-shi) (1969) [Kunihiko Kodaira] Executed by hanging due to all the women he killed.
Orgies of Edo (Zankoku ijo gyakutai monogatari: Genroku onna keizu) (1969) [Lord]: Dies when the castle he's in burns down.
Red Peony Gambler 3: The Flower Card Game (Hibotan bakuto: hanafuda shobu) (1969) [Gangster] Stabbed to death by Ken Takakura
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie (Nemuri Kyoshiro 12: Akujo-gari) (1969) [Lord]: Stabbed to death by his own assassin.
Yakuza's Tale (Tosei-nin Retsuden) (1969) [Senji]: Shot to death by gangsters.
The Wicked Priest: Ballad of Death (Gokuaku bozu hitokiri kazou uta) (1970) [Kato]: Shot in the chest with a musket shot.
Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods (Zubeko banchô: Hamagure kazoe uta) (1971) [Nakao] Stabbed with a sword in the films end by Reiko Ôshida
Sympathy for the Underdog (Gamblers in Okinawa; Bakuto gaijin butai) (1971) [Ozaki]: Shot to death in the film's climatic showdown.
Red Silk Gambler (Hijirimen bakuto) (1972) [Gangster]: Stabbed to death by Bunta Sugawara and Eiko Nakamura.
Girl Boss: Queen Bee's Challenge (Mesubachi no chosen) (1972) [Masayoshi Kurochi , Yakuza Boss] Stabbed to death by Reiko Ike just as the film ends.
Street Mobster (Gendai yakuza: hito-kiri yota) (1972) [Kizuki]: Hit by a car while running away from other yakuza hitmen.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril '(''Kozure Ôkami: Oya no kokoro ko no kokoro) (1972) [Tokugawa Yoshinao]: Dies after being hit by a canon blast.
Withered Tree (Kogarashi Monjiro) (Cold Country Wind Monjiro) (1972) [Boss]: Sliced with a sword by Bunta Sugawara .
Zatoichi in Desperation (Shin Zatôichi monogatari: Oreta tsue) (1972) [Boss Mangoro Kagiya]: Stabbed to death by Shintarô Katsu and his cane sword.
Battle Without Honor and Humanity: The Yakuza Papers: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (Hiroshima shitô hen) (1973) [Kunimatsu Takanashi]: Shot to death by Kin'ya Kitaôji.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity The Yakuza Papers: Police Tactics (Jingi naki tatakai: Chojo sakusen) (1974) [Tomoji Okajima]: Shot to death while giving a tour of garden to other yakuza.
The Killing Machine (Shôrinji kenpô) (1976) [Sakae Akamatsu]: Beaten to death by Sonny Chiba who even causes Asao to bite off his own tongue after being punched extremely hard.
Japan's Don: Great Yakuza War (Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don) (1977) [Katsunosuke Miura] Falls down a flight of stairs after finding the head of his girlfriend in his bed.
A Tale of Sorrow (Hishu monogatari) (1977) [Michizou Senbou] Beaten to death with a golf club.
Machine Gun Dragon (Yokohama ankokugai mashingan no ryu) (1978) [Cop]: Shot in the head by Bunta Sugawara.
Winter's Flower (Fuyu no hana) (1978) [Yamabe]: Stabbed to death by Ken Takakura .
G.I. Samurai (Sengoku jieitai; Time Slip) (1979) [Koizumi Yukinaga]: Cut across with a sword by Isao Natsuyagi.
Shogun's Ninja (Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu) (1980) [Toyotomi Hideyoshi]: Dies of an illness.
Swan Lake (''Sekai Meisaku Dōwa Hakuchō no Mizūmi) ''(1981) [Rothbart] Playing the voice of Rothbart, he dies after Keiko Takeshita staps herself in the heart, killing him in the process.
The Geisha (Yokiro) (1983) [The Boss]: Shot through the back by Ken Ogata while Asao is getting a shave.

TV Deaths[]

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