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Asao Koike in The Geisha

Asao Koike (1931 - 1985)

Film Deaths[]

  • Eighteen Year Jail Term (Choueki juhachi-nen) (1967) [Gangster] Shot by Noboru Andô
  • A Certain Killer (Aru koroshi ya) (1967) [Gangster] 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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