Show Aikawa

Acting

The MovieWise Take

"Show Aikawa is the jagged, kinetic soul of the V-Cinema era, a coiled spring of intensity who blurred the lines between high art and transgressive pulp. His collaborations with Takashi Miike redefined the Japanese underworld, securing his legacy as the definitive face of cinema that refuses to be tamed."

Biography

Show Aikawa is a Japanese actor. He's starred in a variety of films ranging from V-Cinema productions to mainstream ventures. In the course of his career, he's collaborated extensively with a number of directors such as Banmei Takahashi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Takashi Miike.

Known For

Pulse

Employee

Gozu

Ozaki

Dead or Alive

Det. Jojima

Helter Skelter

Mikio Hamaguchi

The Eel

Yuji Nozawa

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Mizuki Okamoto

Zebraman

Shinichi Ichikawa / Zebraman

Rainy Dog

Yuji

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2024	Old Car: Tento Mushi no Propose MOVIE	Self
2024	Voice MOVIE	Makoto
2023	One Last Bloom MOVIE	Jirou Fujiwara
2021	What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? MOVIE	Tenma
2021	New Eagle of Decotora MOVIE	Self
2020	三代目代行 TV	Self
2019	目を閉じてギラギラ～一発逆転!借金人生～ TV	Kizaki
2019	Patalliro! The Movie MOVIE	Self
2017	Conflict MOVIE	Self
2017	Sentosha: Battle Wheels TV	Self
2017	Final Life TV	Self
2017	Unification Of Japan 20 MOVIE	Self
2016	Unification Of Japan 19 MOVIE	Self
2016	Unification Of Japan 18 MOVIE	Self
2016	CONFLICT II: Conclusion MOVIE	Myojin
2016	Platinum Family Crest 3 MOVIE	Self
2016	Unification Of Japan 17 MOVIE	Self
2016	CONFLICT: Outbreak MOVIE	Myojin
2016	Unification Of Japan 16 MOVIE	Self
2016	Platinum Family Crest 2 MOVIE	Self
2016	Unification Of Japan 15 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2016	Platinum Family Crest MOVIE	Self
2015	Unification Of Japan 14 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2015	Unification Of Japan 13 MOVIE	Self
2015	Teddy Go! TV	Amano Yasuo
2015	Unification of Japan: Compilation II — Clash of Turmoil MOVIE	Self
2015	Unification Of Japan 12 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2015	Third Generation Acting Boss 6 MOVIE	Self
2015	Unification Of Japan 11 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2015	Third Generation Acting Boss 5 MOVIE	Self
2015	Deadman Inferno MOVIE	Hiroya Munakata
2015	Unification Of Japan 10 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2015	Unification Of Japan 9 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2015	Third Generation Acting Boss 4 MOVIE	Self
2015	Drifter Teppei MOVIE	Self
2014	Unification Of Japan 8 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2014	借王シャッキング～華麗なる借金返済作戦～ TV	Self
2014	Third Generation Acting Boss 3 MOVIE	Self
2014	実録新選組 MOVIE	Sakamoto Ryoma
2014	25 MOVIE	Self
2014	Unification Of Japan 7 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2014	Unification Of Japan 6 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2014	Third Generation Acting Boss 2 MOVIE	Self
2014	Third Generation Acting Boss MOVIE	Self
2014	Unification Of Japan 5 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2014	Unification Of Japan 4 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2014	Silver Spoon MOVIE	Aki's Uncle
2014	Shot Gun MOVIE	Self
2014	One Third MOVIE	Self
2013	Unification Of Japan 3 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2013	Tiger Mask MOVIE	Mister X
2013	Unification Of Japan 2 MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2013	Unification Of Japan MOVIE	Terumasa Akimoto
2013	Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition MOVIE	Self
2013	Chinpira 2 MOVIE	Self
2013	Chinpira MOVIE	Self
2013	Don's Road 7 MOVIE	Self
2013	Don's Road 6 MOVIE	Self
2012	The Yakuza Named Evil: Final Edition MOVIE	Self
2012	Don's Road 5 MOVIE	Self
2012	Helter Skelter MOVIE	Mikio Hamaguchi
2012	The Locked Room Murders TV	Nonogaki Jiro
2012	修羅の花道2 MOVIE	Self
2012	Don's Road 4 MOVIE	Self
2012	The Yakuza Named Evil Part 2 MOVIE	Self
2012	Don's Road 3 MOVIE	Self
2012	修羅の花道 MOVIE	Self
2012	The Yakuza Named Evil MOVIE	Self
2012	Don's Road 2 MOVIE	Self
2011	跡目奪還 MOVIE	Self
2011	Conqueror of Shura 2 MOVIE	Self
2011	Conqueror of Shura: Final Chapter MOVIE	Self
2011	Mad Dog MOVIE	Self
2011	目を閉じてギラギラ MOVIE	Kizaki
2011	Conqueror of Shura MOVIE	Self
2011	Don's Road MOVIE	Self
2010	Onobori monogatari MOVIE	Self
2010	Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City MOVIE	Shinichi Ichikawa / Zebraman
2010	Accidental Kidnapper MOVIE	Self
2010	The Bugs Detective MOVIE	Self
2010	Graveyard of Brothers: Final Chapter MOVIE	Self
2010	Graveyard of Brothers MOVIE	Self
2009	Unification of Shura MOVIE	Self
2009	Drop MOVIE	Detective
2009	Brass Knuckle Boys MOVIE	Kanna's Father
2009	Kamen Rider G MOVIE	Seizan Tokugawa
2009	Zen MOVIE	Self
2009	Mission To Kill TV	Self
2009	Black Mafia - The End MOVIE	Self
2008	Heibon Ponch MOVIE	Self
2008	Black Mafia MOVIE	Toma
2008	Flying Rabbits MOVIE	Self
2008	The Quiz Show TV	Kosuke Ando
2008	Eagle of Decotora 5: Kumamoto Burning Express MOVIE	Self
2008	Zatoichi Live MOVIE	Zatoichi
2008	The Black Swindler MOVIE	Masaru Kashima
2008	CLEARNESS MOVIE	Naruse
2008	SS - Special Stage MOVIE	Self
2007	Life Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara MOVIE	Self
2007	Eagle of the Decotora 4: Love and Tears of the Oga Peninsula MOVIE	Self
2007	Yakuza: Like a Dragon MOVIE	Noguchi
2006	Yakuza Don 3 MOVIE	Self
2006	Yakuza Don MOVIE	Self
2006	Waru: The End MOVIE	Self
2006	Yakuza Don 2 MOVIE	Self
2006	Sun Scarred MOVIE	Toshiki Katayama
2006	The Black Swindler TV	Kashima Masaru
2006	Jitsuroku Shinsengumi 2 MOVIE	Self
2006	Waru MOVIE	Self
2006	Eagle of the Decotora 3: The Flower of Love Blooms in Shimizu Port MOVIE	Self
2005	Tokyo Zombie MOVIE	Mitsuo
2005	GARO TV	Eiji Busujima
2005	Tobi ga kururi to MOVIE	Etsuji Takamatsu
2005	The Suspect: Muroi Shinji MOVIE	Keiichi Kudo
2005	The Specter MOVIE	Captain
2005	MAKOTO MOVIE	Self
2004	最後の神農 MOVIE	Self
2004	Eagle of the Decotora 2: Aizu, Kitakata, and the Humanity Road! MOVIE	Self
2004	Making of Zebraman MOVIE	Self
2004	Destiny of Love TV	Ken Osugi
2004	Zenidou MOVIE	Self
2004	Young Thugs: Going My Way MOVIE	Self
2004	Out of This World MOVIE	Jerry Nakata
2004	Zebraman MOVIE	Shinichi Ichikawa / Zebraman
2003	Eagle of the Decotora: Festival Music MOVIE	Self
2003	Gozu MOVIE	Ozaki
2003	Showa Gamblers MOVIE	Self
2003	Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History MOVIE	Self
2003	Okite MOVIE	Self
2003	Semi: Nakanai Semi MOVIE	Self
2003	Resurrection MOVIE	Shuhei
2002	Blood Brothers MOVIE	Noburo
2002	Muscle Heat MOVIE	Det. Aguri Katsuragi
2002	修羅のみち5 東北殺しの軍団 MOVIE	Self
2002	Shangri-La MOVIE	Village Headman
2002	修羅のみち4 北九州代理戦争 MOVIE	Self
2002	True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules MOVIE	Kei Hanagata
2002	King of Sha-kin: Final MOVIE	Self
2002	修羅のみち3 広島・四国全面戦争 MOVIE	Self
2002	Kisarazu Cat's Eye TV	Self
2002	Dead or Alive: Final MOVIE	Ryô
2002	DOA Final: Original Making-of Featurette MOVIE	Self
2001	修羅のみち2 関西頂上決戦 MOVIE	Self
2001	Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2 MOVIE	Self
2001	Jitsuroku: Hokkaidō yakuza sensō: gyakuen MOVIE	Self
2001	修羅のみち MOVIE	Self
2001	Rush! MOVIE	Masaya
2001	Shura Legend: Yakuza's Hell MOVIE	Self
2001	極道はクリスチャン　修羅の抗争 MOVIE	Self
2001	The Secret of Quarrel Breakthrough Number MOVIE	Self
2001	Gokudo Retsuden Sakura (HANA) and Dragon (RYU) MOVIE	Self
2001	Pulse MOVIE	Employee
2001	King of Sha-kin 8 MOVIE	Self
2001	極悪　人間魚雷ブルース MOVIE	Self
2001	Shura's Barbarian King MOVIE	Self
2001	Chogokudo MOVIE	Self
2000	Dead or Alive 2: Birds MOVIE	Mizuki Okamoto
2000	Shura ga Yuku 13 MOVIE	Self
2000	Another Battle MOVIE	Self
2000	Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy MOVIE	Self
2000	Séance MOVIE	Shinto Priest
2000	Shura ga Yuku 12 MOVIE	Self
2000	Debt King Part VII: Millennium MOVIE	Self
2000	Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2 MOVIE	Self
2000	Thug Business Worker Sabu MOVIE	Self
2000	Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War MOVIE	Self
2000	Shura ga Yuku 9 MOVIE	Self
2000	DOA 2: Original Making-Of Featurette MOVIE	Self
2000	Shura ga Yuku 11 MOVIE	Self
2000	New Gokudo: Legend Three Dragons 2 MOVIE	Self
1999	Dead or Alive MOVIE	Det. Jojima
1999	Nile MOVIE	Self
1999	Organized Violence Bloody Honor 2 MOVIE	Self
1999	Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai TV	Self
1999	Shura ga Yuku 10 MOVIE	Self
1999	Dead Beat MOVIE	Self
1999	Organized Violence Bloody Honor MOVIE	Self
1999	Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa MOVIE	Self
1999	Ley Lines MOVIE	Ikeda
1999	Danger de mort MOVIE	Self
1999	The Fox with Gentle Shoulders MOVIE	Self
1999	Organized Violence: Blood for Blood 2 MOVIE	Self
1999	Debt King Part V: Project Okinawa MOVIE	Self
1999	License to Live MOVIE	Kasaki
1999	Organized Violence: Blood for Blood MOVIE	Self
1999	New Gokudo Legend: Three Dragons MOVIE	Self
1998	Ooinaru kan bonno MOVIE	Self
1998	Let's Get Happy MOVIE	Self
1998	Shura ga Yuku 8 MOVIE	Self
1998	The Cold-Blooded Trap MOVIE	Self
1998	King of Sha-kin 4 MOVIE	Self
1998	King of Sha-kin 3 MOVIE	Self
1998	The Informer MOVIE	Self
1998	Eyes of the Spider MOVIE	Nijima
1998	KIZU MOVIE	Self
1998	Shura ga Yuku 7 MOVIE	Self
1998	Serpent's Path MOVIE	Nijima
1998	Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2 MOVIE	Self
1998	Chimpira Life MOVIE	Self
1998	Kizu Blood Apocalypse MOVIE	Self
1998	Men MOVIE	Self
1997	The Rainbow Seeker 2 MOVIE	Self
1997	The Peking Man MOVIE	Captain Shimura
1997	Naniwa Chūshingura MOVIE	Self
1997	King of Sha-kin MOVIE	Mitsuru Anzai
1997	King of Sha-kin 2 MOVIE	Self
1997	Shura ga Yuku 6 MOVIE	Self
1997	Assault Rakugaki Fools MOVIE	Self
1997	The Fighting Cook MOVIE	Self
1997	Rainy Dog MOVIE	Yuji
1997	The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears MOVIE	Anjô Itsurô
1997	Shura ga Yuku 5 MOVIE	Self
1997	The Eel MOVIE	Yuji Nozawa
1997	Onibi: The Fire Within MOVIE	Naoto Tanigawa
1997	The Revenge: A Visit from Fate MOVIE	Anjô Itsurô
1997	Shura ga Yuku 4 MOVIE	Self
1996	チンピラ仁義新・極楽とんぼ MOVIE	Self
1996	Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero MOVIE	Yuji
1996	Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche MOVIE	Yuji
1996	Ramen Fight MOVIE	Self
1996	Shura ga Yuku 3 MOVIE	Self
1996	The Man with Two Hearts MOVIE	Self
1996	Known As! Pissken MOVIE	Self
1996	Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble MOVIE	Yuji
1996	Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot MOVIE	Yûji
1996	Shura ga Yuku 2 MOVIE	Self
1995	Bad Guy Beach MOVIE	Shiro Kisu
1995	Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape MOVIE	Yûji
1995	The Dirty One MOVIE	Self
1995	Will You Die in the Chinpira Dream Chara! MOVIE	Self
1995	Shura ga Yuku MOVIE	Self
1995	Keikoku! Nozoki ari. MOVIE	Self
1995	チンピラ仁義極楽とんぼ2 MOVIE	Self
1995	Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist MOVIE	Yûji Fujita
1994	A New Love in Tokyo MOVIE	Jiro
1994	Chinpira Jingi: Gokuraku Tonbo MOVIE	Self
1994	The Lioness MOVIE	Eiji
1994	Like a Rolling Stone MOVIE	Self
1994	Yokohama Bakkuretai: Natsu no Shounan jun'ai hen MOVIE	Self
1994	Can you collect it? Complete MOVIE	Self
1994	Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 MOVIE	Self
1993	Can you collect it? 2 MOVIE	Self
1993	Death of the Lion Kings MOVIE	Misaki Kazuma
1993	Bastard LAST DOWN TEN MOVIE	Self
1992	Ten Count MOVIE	Self
1992	Can You Collect It? MOVIE	Self
1992	STREET KIDS: Bousou Gishiki MOVIE	Self
1991	Danger Point: The Road to Hell MOVIE	Self
1991	Shabondama TV	Self
1991	Fukuzawa Yukichi MOVIE	Self
1991	Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet MOVIE	Junko Mizuta
1991	Summer of the Lion Kings MOVIE	Masaru Matsunaga
1991	Scratched License MOVIE	Self
1990	The Pale Hand MOVIE	Self
1990	Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle MOVIE	Yutaka Nezu
1990	Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet MOVIE	Junko Mizuta
1989	Music Box MOVIE	Sho Sinkyo
1988	This Heartbeat MOVIE	Self
1988	Dragonfly TV	Tsuneyoshi Mito
1988	Nice Game MOVIE	Self
1987	Best Friend MOVIE	Self

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