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03-17-1921
(103 years)
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Eighteen Years in Prison
Screenplay
event1967 star_border 9
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A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.
Murder on The Last Train
Writer
event1955
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One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.
Mothra
Production Manager
event1961 star_border 7.2
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Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
Jet Air Base 101
Screenplay
event1957
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The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.
Happy Go-Lucky
Producer
event1962 star_border 8
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An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Tale of Young Drifter 2
Screenplay
event1960
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Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Screenplay
event1962
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A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.
Tale of Young Drifter
Screenplay
event1960
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Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.
Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
Screenplay
event1963
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A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Screenplay
event1961 star_border 2.7
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Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.
Planet Prince
Screenplay
event1959
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A mysterious hero must intervene when a nefarious presence from outer space arrives to steal a powerful new rocket fuel.
Planet Prince - The Terrifying Spaceship
Screenplay
event1959
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Sequel to 1959's Planet Prince
Prince of Space
Screenplay
event1965 star_border 2.3
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Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Krangkor, the dark planet, descends on Earth to steal the formula from its creator, the benevolent Dr. Makin.
Heiji, the Detective
Writer (4 ep.)
event1966 star_border 10
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Protecting the peace of the Edo Period is the fictitious but cool plainclothes detective they call Boss Heiji, Zenigata Heiji. A friend of the people, he hates corruption and will not take any kind of bribe, which means he lives in total poverty and sometimes it takes two months just to come up with the rent. The ones there to help Heiji are his old, but comical friend, Hachigoro and his beloved wife, O-Shizu. O-Shizu, who always sends Heiji off after a "kiribi" (good-luck purification), is the one supporting Heiji and his heart... it is for O-Shizu's sake that he's tried to hold back on his "coin tossing" and be thrifty.
Kanbei's Wandering Adventures
Screenplay (24 ep.)
event1973
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Kanbei Hamidashi aka Tsukada Kambei was originally a direct retainer and head of a large group but could not fit into the organization and spent his days drinking and fighting. Such a Kambei receives an appointment as a secret inspector from Ometsuke Doi Masatoshi and sets out on a journey around various countries. A town girl Okon (accompanies him as a money watcher while Yoriki Ariga Tozaburo disguises himself as Senda to accompany him as an alcohol watcher. In addition to them, a "poverty god" disguised as a monk follows them as their watcher. Kambei punishes evil wherever he goes on his journey with his troublesome watchers.
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