Biography

Joe Yamanaka(1946-2011)

Actor
Composer
Soundtrack

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Joe Yamanaka was born on 21 September 1946 in Yokohama, Japan. He was an actor and composer, known for It's Easier Than Kissing (1989), Izo (2004) and Kaigenrei no yoru (1980). He was married to Satoko Yamanaka. He died on 7 August 2011 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.

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Known for

It's Easier Than Kissing (1989)

It's Easier Than Kissing

5.7

Composer

1989

Izo (2004)

6.0

Actor

2004

Kaigenrei no yoru (1980)

Kaigenrei no yoru

Composer

1980

Blackmail Is My Life (1968)

Blackmail Is My Life

6.8

Actor

1968

Credits

Actor

Izo
6.0
- 2004
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
6.7
- 2002
The Story of Pupu
6.4
- Man of photograph
- 1998
Manjimai 2: Yôen sanjo nure emaki
- 1995
Erotic Liaisons
5.3
- Bodyguard
- 1992
Door II: Tokyo Diary
5.9
Video
- Mamiya (as Jô Yamanaka)
- 1991
Zatoichi
7.0
- Sukezaemon Kuroma
- 1989
Tomorrow's Joe 2
7.5
- Carlos Rivera (voice)
- 1981
Danpu wataridori
6.0
- Western
- 1981
Kamen no hanayome - Kurayami e no waltz
TV Movie
- 1981
The Detective Story
8.5
TV Series
- George
- 1980
Yasei no shômei
6.1
- Akira Yamanaka
- 1978
Proof of the Man
6.6
- Jonny Hayward
- 1977
Blackmail Is My Life
6.8
- 1968
Car Thieves
- Tohoku-Ben (as Akira Jo)
- 1964

Composer

Soundtrack

Personal details

Alternative names
- Akira Jo
Born
- September 21, 1946
- Yokohama, Japan
Died
- August 7, 2011
- Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan(lung cancer)
Spouse
- Satoko Yamanaka? - August 7, 2011 (his death)

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