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Birthday:
09-13-1932
Deathday:
02-27-2003 (70 years)
Birthplace:
Taipei, Taiwan
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The Lovelorn Geisha
event 1960 star_border 6.6
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A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū
event 1962
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1962 Japanese movie
Pride of the Campus
event 1962
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Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.
Ôban
Act like Matsumoto
event 1957
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A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.
Sir Galahad in Campus
event 1961
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The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
Desperado Outpost
event 1959 star_border 6.1
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When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.
The Eagle of the Pacific
event 1953 star_border 7.8
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
event 1962
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1962 Japanese movie
Varan the Unbelievable
Act like Issaku
event 1962 star_border 4.2
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In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
Half Human
Act like Kaji
event 1955 star_border 4.6
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Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
Mothra
Act like Island Worshipper
event 1961 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.
The H-Man
Act like Policeman Wakasugi - Witness on rainy day (uncredited)
event 1958 star_border 5.8
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Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.
Rodan
Act like Radio operator on jeep (uncredited)
event 1956 star_border 6.5
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Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
Seven Samurai
Act like Farmer
event 1954 star_border 8.5
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A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Gorath
Act like Hayabusa Engineer
event 1962 star_border 6.6
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In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
The Gambling Samurai
Act like Gorozo
event 1960 star_border 6.3
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Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
Varan
Act like Issaku
event 1958 star_border 5.7
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When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
The Retreat from Kiska
Act like Officer
event 1965 star_border 8.3
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In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.
The Human Vapor
Act like (uncredited)
event 1960 star_border 6.6
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A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a beautiful dancer. The Human Vapour is ruthless in his quest for money and kills anyone who stands in his way, especially police. He soon becomes Tokyo's most wanted criminal. Can he be stopped before he kills again?
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
event 1969 star_border 7.5
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Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejuro must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
The Man Who Came to Port
Act like (uncredited)
event 1952 star_border 10
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An Ishiro Honda film.
Mother and Son
Act like (uncredited)
event 1955
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An Ishiro Honda film.
Chûshingura
event 1962 star_border 7.3
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After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
event 1969
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A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Red-Light Bases
event 1953
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Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.
The Young Ace in Hawaii
Act like 京南ヨット部員
event 1963
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Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
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