
Birthday:
01-21-1881
(144 years)
Birthplace:
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Beyond the Hills
Screenplay
event1960
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On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The military seized the opportunity to round up and kill many socialists, anarchists, and Koreans, culminating in the arrest and murder of Sakae Osugi. His comrades and students are outraged by this atrocity. The young man Furukawa also becomes stronger in his determination to overthrow the military...
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Screenplay
event1960
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Japanese action film.
Once and For All Pt.2
Screenplay
event1968
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Continuation of the film Once and For All about two yakuza brothers Joji and Goro.
Queen Bee
Writer
event1958
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Earlier version or Prequel to Queen Bee and the School for Dragons.
Secret White Line Zone
Writer
event1958 star_border 1
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First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.
Woman Diver's Terror
Writer
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.
King of the Ring: The World of Glory
Writer
event1957
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Boxing film directed by Teruo Ishii in his directorial debut.
Queen Bee's Anger
Screenplay
event1958 star_border 5
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Part of the Queen Bee series.
銀蛇の岩屋
Screenplay
event1956
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1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
皇室と戦争とわが民族
Screenplay
event1960
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Japanese war film.
ノイローゼ兄さんガッチリ娘
Screenplay
event1956
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Japanese comedy film.
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
Screenplay
event1968 star_border 4.9
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A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.
The Horizon Glitters
Screenplay
event1961
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5 criminals organize a jailbreak in search of a cache of stolen diamonds.
Phantom Monster Agon
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event1968 star_border 8
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A re-edit of the 1964 Agon miniseries created by screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa, who wrote the majority of the original Showa Godzilla films. It was released by Toho Video in the 1980s and on dvd in 2005.
Hot Springs Geisha
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event1968 star_border 3
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A look at the lives of a troupe of geishas working in a small seaside resort town. For the most part, their lives consist of greeting boatloads of oversexed businessmen and providing bawdy entertainment through the evening followed by private companionship at night, interspersed with occasional catfights with the rival geisha house. Their routine is suddenly thrown off by the appearance of an abandoned baby in the geishas' dormitory, followed by its disappearance only a short time later. Who could be responsible for such a thing?
Queen of the China Sea
Screenplay
event1959
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Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by First Lieutenant Yokoyama of the Japanese Naval Commander's Office. After the end of war, Yokoyama plans to escape from riot-ridden Amoy and finally succeeds with the help of Rika to whom he gives a destroyer. Rika is actually the leader of a gang of pirates, and plans to rule the East China Sea by crushing Banryu, her rival.
Cave Queens
Screenplay
event1960
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Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens be the headquarters of a drug ring. Offstage, Rumi captivates the gang boss, Iwahara (Shuntaro Emi); while Emi attracts the portly club manager, Yajima (Saburo Sawai). Meanwhile their older brother Shinichi (Ryo Kuromaru), a seaman, is unwittingly assisting Iwahara with his drug running. When Shinichi’s ship is sea-jacked by another drug gang, an outraged Iwahara suspects him of treachery and has him beaten and confined in a dungeon-like basement. Rumi and Emi try to free him, but a gang hitman discovers them - and their attempt ends in failure. Now under suspicion themselves, the girls try to escape, but luck goes against them and they are taken to an island where Iwahara and his crew plan to ambush the rival gang.
太陽娘と社長族
Screenplay
event1958
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Japanese comedy film.
Once and For All
Screenplay
event1967
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Film concerning warring yakuza families.
Agon: The Atomic Dragon
Writer (2 ep.)
event1968
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Agon: The Atomic Dragon is a miniseries produced by Nippon Television sometime in 1964, and later aired on Fuji TV from January 2 to January 5, 1968. Internationally, the series is known as Agon: Atomic Dragon. The series was re-released and re-edited as a condensed 96-minute feature-length film in the mid-1990s by Toho.
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