
Birthday:
01-01-1894
Deathday:
04-23-1965 (71 years)
Birthplace:
Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
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Attack from Space
event1965 star_border 4.8
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The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth.
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
event1964 star_border 6.9
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Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name.
Evil Brain from Outer Space
event1966 star_border 4.7
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An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet.
Atomic Rulers
Act like Chief of Metropolitan Police
event1965 star_border 3.9
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Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!
Sandai no sakazuki
event1942
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1942 Japanese movie
Jigoku
Act like Gôzô Shimizu
event1960 star_border 6.4
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A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
Hiroba no kōdoku
event1953
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Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Act like Kiemon Itô
event1959 star_border 6.6
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This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.
Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
event1970
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After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki family was always deserted. Ryūzaki, the boss, declared his retirement in response to the changing times. It was thought that Igarashi, who valued righteousness and principles and had the respect of others, would become the second-in-command. However, he was an annoying presence to Ryūzaki...
Invaders from Space
event1965 star_border 4.2
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A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman from the Emerald Planet to save the human race before it's too late.
Death Row Woman
Act like Imai
event1960
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Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.
Kaiki warau neko
event1940
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Film about Ghost-Cat.
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
event1956 star_border 5
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite
event1958
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The 6th Super Giant film. Although he was believed to be destroyed by the Nazi-like army, Super Giant breaks into the satellite, and a long, riotous battle ensues. (Part 2 of 2)
Super Giant Continues
event1957
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The 2nd Super Giant film.
Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)
The Ghosts of Kagami Pond
Act like Eshima-ya Jiuemon
event1959 star_border 8
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A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to an adopted son instead of him. He hatches a plot to murder them all, but as it turns out he has done this sort of thing before. As bodies pile up in the nearby Kagami Pond, a ghostly vengeance is about to be unleashed.
Lust of the White Serpent
event1960
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A work with the motif of a legend that remains in the mountain villages of Shinshu and Hida. A white snake helped by a young man transfers to a girl's body, longing for him and burning in an endless passion.
Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity
event1957
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The 5th Super Giant film. Super Giant pursues a Nazi-like army that operates on a huge satellite in space. The satellite is armed with weapons that could destroy whole cities on Earth from afar. (Part 1 of 2)
Hell's Assassin
event1962
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1962 Japanese movie
Gekkyū dorobō
event1962
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1962 Japanese movie
Godzilla
Act like Chairman of Diet Committee
event1954 star_border 7.6
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Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
event1972 star_border 6.5
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Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
Ikiru
Act like Yakuza
event1952 star_border 8.3
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Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
Seven Samurai
Act like Weak Ronin
event1954 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.
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
Act like Satomi Yoshimi
event1957
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In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle nears collapse, Anzai demands a seed from Yoshimi’s lineage, specifically from his wife, Fushihime. Outraged but facing annihilation, Yoshimi gives Fushihime a string of eight ancestral beads and urges her to escape to loyal retainer Inuda Kobungo. Instead, she goes alone to Anzai, followed by her dog, Hachibo. In a twist, Hachibo attacks and kills Anzai, allowing Fushihime to escape. She later reveals that the beads protected her and predicts that eight warriors bearing these beads will someday defend the Satomi family before passing away. Yoshimi finds one of the beads in Inuzuka Nobuno’s armor and convinces her to serve him. Meanwhile, Baka Daiki, plotting to overthrow Satomi, imprisons Inukawa Shosuke, who tries to intervene, under the watch of vassal Aminen Saomojiro.
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
event1960 star_border 7.1
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Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.
Woman Diver's Terror
event1957
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Chie, who's chosen as 'Ms. Woman Diver', and her friend Yuki, have been missing for several days after they left for Tokyo to be interviewed by a magazine. Later, Yuki is found dead in the sea. Yoshi, Chie's sister, along with sailor Shunsuke, try to find Chie. Soon they learn about a conspiracy with diamonds in a ship sunk in the sea.
Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni
Act like Kuronuma
event1962
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The last film produced by Shintoho.
Emperor Meiji and General Nogi
Act like General Nogi Maresuke
event1959
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In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the relations between two countries have become strained to breaking point. General Nogi has retired to the first reserve and is now a gentleman farmer, but he is prepared for sudden mobilization. Finally, Japan declares war against Russia and Emperor Meiji appoints General Nogi as the commander of the force to attack Port Arthur. However, in spite of several all-out attacks, the fortress is strong and the casualties increase among the Japanese. Because of these reverses, there are loud cries for a change in command. However, the Emperor places his confidence in General Nogi.
An Inn at Osaka
event1954 star_border 7.3
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An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.
The Devil's toast
event1947
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Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's screaming...but there are no children staying in the hotel. But when an ex-actress who is also a guest there mentions an unsolved murder that occurred on the spot over a year ago, Kurusu decides to investigate.
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Act like General Nogi
event1957
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Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle
event1960 star_border 6
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After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact revenge on the Tokugawa. At the same time there is a succession dispute in the Kuroda clan, as one faction tried to usurp the rightful heir and take over the honored clan. Before his untimely death, the lord of the Kuroda bestowed “Nihongo”, a magnificent spear, on his finest warrior, which ultimately brings him into contact with two of Japan’s most famous historical figures, Yagyu Jubei and Miyamoto Musashi. Can the three masters of martial art join forces to defeat their enemies and save the nation?
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
event1957 star_border 7.7
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A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his fortune, the magical tanuki is determined to protect its rescuer.
Shitto
Act like Yusaku Hiramatsu
event1962
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Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.
Stormy Virtue
Act like Yuri's father Shingo
event1959
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Yuri is looking forward to marrying her fiancé Minoru. However, a few days before the wedding she falls victim to his brother Takehiko, and against her will, she becomes Takehiko's wife. The day after the wedding, Yuri begins her silent revenge by not talking to her husband. She retains her love for Minoru and never gives herself to Takehiko's embrace again. She also contributes large sums of money from Takehiko's fortune to charity.
トップ屋を殺せ
event1960
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Japanese crime film.
南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者
event1961
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Japanese mystery film marking Yuka Mizuhara's film debut.
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
event1957
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Japanese mystery film.
Kaachan
Act like Ikedo
event1961
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Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.
皇室と戦争とわが民族
Act like Prime Minister Suzuki
event1960
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Japanese war film.
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Act like Foreign Affairs Minister Togo
event1959
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In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
event1965 star_border 6
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Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.
The Big Boss
event1959 star_border 6.3
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Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
The Cannery Boat
Act like Executive
event1953 star_border 8
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Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Act like Chairman of Diet Committee (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 6.6
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During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
Brutal Woman
Act like Masanori Ono
event1960
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Tired of poverty, Keiko leaves home and soon takes a lover, but leads a wanton life without paying heed to his advice. However, the younger sister Yoshiko, is an innocent and kind girl. One day, with the sudden death of their mother in a car accident, Keiko learns that she and Yoshiko are actually stepsisters, and that she is the daughter of a murderer. She now plans extortion from Yoshiko's true father who is the president of a well-known trading company.
The Mother Tree
event1958 star_border 5
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A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn child.
Super Giant
Act like Dr. Yamanaka
event1957 star_border 5
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The 1st film in the Super Giant movie series, in which the title hero saves the world from foreign terrorsts threatening Japan with a nuclear attack (Part 1 of 2)
怒号する巨弾
event1960
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At the end of the Greater East Asia War, young Amada Koichi and his father were wrongfully accused as spy suspects and his father died in prison after being tortured. Ten years later, Amada seeks for revenge on the three men responsible for his father death.
History - Part I
event1940 star_border 7.5
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History film directed by Tomu Uchida.
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
event1958
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1958 Japanese movie
Sutâ dokusatsu jiken
event1958
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Japanese crime film.
The Horizon Glitters
event1961
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5 criminals organize a jailbreak in search of a cache of stolen diamonds.
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