
Birthday:
08-15-1958
(66 years)
Birthplace:
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Minoru Kawasaki, born 15 August 1958, is a Japanese filmmaker, best known for low-budget parody films featuring surreal humour and traditional practical effects.
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TV Program That Even Monkeys Can Shoot
Act like Akashi Producer
event1992
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A comedy drama that depicts the behind-the-scenes situation of television production.
Den Ace
Act like Denichi
event2000
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Denichi (Den Hajime) can transform into a 2,000-meter-tall giant, Den-Ace, fights against the suddenly appearing monster, Drydon!!!
Exorsister
event1994 star_border 4
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Japanese horror AV.
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
Act like Tokyo Sports News Correspondent
event2008 star_border 4.9
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When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.
Love Warrior Pantheon 1999
event1999
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An entry in the Love Warrior Pantheon tokusatsu series
Esparazor
event1983
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A man, who gets superpowers after a scientific accident, has to face off against an old colleague who wants to control the earth.
Den Ace Chos
event2023
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Den Ace is a superhero who has defended Japan from space menaces for thirty-five years. When things seem to have calmed down, strange events prompt him to get back to action.
Female Prisoner Kaori Jailbreak From Prison Punishment Cell
Director
event2002
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Female Prisoner movie directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Go ahead! Earth Defense Girl Corps
Director
event1992
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A funny masterpiece of interaction between Ayako Morino, who plays the role of Iko, and Anza Oyama, who plays the role of Anza Oyama, who became familiar with Sailor Moon musicals.
Love School Girls Patty
Screenplay
event2000
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Erotic Toku directed by Kazuhiko Matsumoto
Benisuzume's Weekend
Director
event1993
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A school romantic comedy that focuses on a group of high school girls.
Silent Mobius Gaiden: The End of the Edo Period
Director
event1993
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Set in the final years of Japan's shogunate, all characters from the main series, Silent Mobius, appear with the same name. According to the setting, they are said to be the previous lives of the characters in the main story...
Jump Out! Naked School
Director
event1995
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School slapstick drama.
Naked Female President Manyuki
Director
event1995
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The sequel to "Naked Academy". The story is that the hero who went to rescue the lover who was kidnapped in the first part is appointed as the president of the company and rebuilds the management. A mysterious work in which parody of special effects works can be seen everywhere, such as the main character becoming huge and becoming a naked female president giant.
Nagai Go World: Maboroshi Panty VS Henchin Pokoider
Director
event2004 star_border 2
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Nagai Go World: Maboroshi Panty VS Henchin Pokoider is a Japanese tokusatsu erotic-comedy film based in some works of Go Nagai. Directed by Minoru Kawasaki, it was produced and distributed by Total Media Corporation, and released in 2004.
Rug Cop: The Biggest Overhead Battle
Director
event2007
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Detective Zura sequel
Ton demo horror series Oh! My neck is on the plate!
Director
event2007
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Straight to video horror/comedy directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Ton demo horror series Oh! The lifeline is broken!
Director
event2007
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Straight to video horror/comedy directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Ton demo horror series Oh! There is no toilet in this house!
Screenplay
event2007
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Straight to video horror/comedy directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Ochanoma Transformation
Director
event2007
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A short film with live-action special effects made as a parody of the American live-action movie version 'Transformers'.
Hair Brush
Director
event2008
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A heart-full fantasy drama that is a movie adaptation of Koshi Yamamoto's short story collection "Wara no Hito" starring Mari Natsuki.
Special Mission Erotic Man First and Last Omnibus
Director
event2009
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Erotic straight to video comedy
Earth Defense Girls P9
Director
event2011
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At the end of the 20th century, the Earth Defense Force continued to protect the earth from aliens and monsters that invaded one after another. Returning to the origin of his successful work "Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan". With AKB48's Haruka Katayama and SDN48's Kayo Noro as cast members, nine unique beautiful girl members fight against the invaders to defend the earth.
Miss Machiko Let's! Seaside School
Director
event2003
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The second live action Miss Machiko film
Miss Machiko
Screenplay
event2003
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The first live action Miss Machiko film
Planet Prince 2021
Director
event2021
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A remake of the 1959 tokusatsu sci-fi film "Prince of Space."
The Calamari Wrestler
Director
event2004 star_border 5.3
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This wild comedy pokes fun at the world of pro-wrestling by placing its accomplished wrestler protagonist Koji Taguchi against a giant squid known as the Calamari Wrestler. The Calimari Wrestler not only proves to be Koji's most difficult opponent yet, but also has an effect on several people's personal lives when he becomes the unlikely object of a young girl's affection.
Invasion! Galpanda Z
Screenplay
event2016
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Directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Kaiju Sakaba Kampai!
Director
event2015
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Based on the concept of a bar where ultra monsters relieve the night's worries and cultivate their spirits and perform new intrigues for tomorrow.
Eternal Lunna
Director
event2018
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Short film directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Zodiac Angel Chiarat Gaiden Chanoir's Revenge
Director
event2018
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Straight to video film directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Nipple Drill Counterattack: ATTACK OF THE NIPPLE DRILL
Director
event2018
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Straight to video film directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Meg Lion
Director
event2020
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A special effects science fiction comedy starring Mami Hase.
President Tanuki
Director
event2022 star_border 6
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Feature film directed by Minoru Kawasaki
The World Sinks Except Japan
Screenplay
event2006 star_border 5.9
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In the year 2011 the greatest tectonic disaster in the history of mankind has occurred. As a result of the catastrophic earthquakes North and South America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia have sunken underwater while the Japanese islands remain untouched.
Executive Koala
Director
event2006 star_border 5.5
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Minoru Kawasaki directs this comedic psychological thriller that follows a large koala as he looks for help from several of his closest friends, which include a giant rabbit and frog. A hardworking executive at a pickle company, Mr. Tamura stands out from other employees because he's a koala bear who stands six feet tall. When his human girlfriend is found murdered, the blackout-prone Tamura goes on the run and tries to solve the mystery.
Neko Ramen Taisho
Director
event2008 star_border 5.8
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Taishô's father is a supermodel cat, and everybody believes that Taishô will be a supermodel as well. His family has great expectations of him, because he is the eldest son, but he can't bear all the pressure and runs away from home. Unfortunately, he has no clue how to survive on his own, having always been fed and pampered as a model cat. Taishô passes from one job to another, homeless, until he finds his place in a noodle shop, where he becomes a successful cook.
Jisshaban: Maicchingu machiko sensei
Director
event2004
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Based on the Maicching Machiko-sensei Manga.
Maicching Machiko Teacher - Mission: Challenging Tokyo University
Screenplay
event2006 star_border 2
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Machiko Mai joined the private school Arama. She was late on the very first day but the principal Kokedaruma did not seem to care because Machiko was a Tokyo University graduate. He requested that Machiko to make the students smart enough to enter Tokyo University so that Arama can be a prestigious high school.
Kabuto-O Beetle
Director
event2005 star_border 4
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In Japan there is a wrestler. His name is legendary. His sombrero is enormous. His mask is cool. His name is BEETLE, THE HORN KING. A masked wrestler with his own theme song and the strength and agility of the mighty horn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), he fights for truth, justice and fairness in wrestling around the world with his homies, the International Masked Wrestler Association. But alien wrestlers based on lesser insects have invaded the planet and acted in a rude and disgusting manner. Now they must be laid low with Helicopter Kicks. Directed by Japan's hottest new comedy auteur, Minoru Kawasaki, BEETLE, THE HORN KING is the ultimate collision of masked Mexican wrestlers, Japanese sci fi and bug-loving weirdness
Super Erotic Businessman
Director
event2002 star_border 4
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Kojima Kosaku is may appear to be a typical businessman, but he's far from it. Trained in sexual martial arts at his father's dojo, Kojima uses his sleazy skills to solve his company's seemingly endless stream of problems. The appearance of a fellow problem solver and sex maniac working for a rival company means that Kojima must stretch his skills to their limit.
Crab Goalkeeper
Writer
event2006 star_border 5.8
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From Minoru Kawasaki, the director of "The Calamari Wrestler," "Executive Koala," "The Entire World Sinks Except Japan," and "The Rug Cop," comes the epic story of a giant crab who washes ashore, befriends a boy, finds love, and becomes a sports legend. The film has been described by Kawasaki as being 'like Forrest Gump...but with a crab.'
The Rug Cop
Screenplay
event2006 star_border 5.7
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A spot-on, hilarious spoof of 1970s Japanese TV cop shows, THE RUG COP follows chrome-domed officer Genda as he transfers to a new precinct just as a group of radical terrorists hijack a shipment of uranium and deliver a ransom demand of five billion yen. Genda and his crack team of detectives must solve the case using their peculiar abilities: champion eater Detective Fatty, abnormally endowed Detective Big Dick, speedy weightlifter Detective Shorty, and ladies man Mr. Handsome. But most dangerous of all is the Rug Cop, whose projectile toupee proves lethal to wrongdoers! Kawasaki s unique comic genius and his love of vintage cop shows combine to produce a silly masterpiece that will have viewers truly believing in Rug Power!
Super Legend God Hikoza
Director
event2022
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This roller-coaster ride includes kaiju, mad scientists, and humanoid robots, all seasoned with big, absurd humor and action-packed battle scenes.
Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan
Director
event1987 star_border 8
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One day, a junior high school girl named Iko Kawai encounters an alien and is given a device called the 'Super Income,' which can grant any wish. She also learns about the existence of Martians plotting to invade Earth. To protect the planet, Iko joins the Earth Defense Force 'LTDT,' using the power of the Super Income.
Miracle Bunny 2
Director
event1988
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A soft adult video starring Kuroki Eiko from "Star Virgin". It depicts the activities of Miracle Bunny, the incarnation of a rabbit. Two volumes released at the same time.
Miracle Bunny
Director
event1988
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A soft adult video starring Kuroki Eiko from "Star Virgin". It depicts the activities of Miracle Bunny, the incarnation of a rabbit. Two volumes released at the same time.
A UFO Intruder
Director
event2023 star_border 6
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Taki joins the UFO Research Laboratory (URL) trying to find his wife and children kidnapped by the aliens.
Earth Defense Widow
Screenplay
event2014 star_border 4
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Dan is a former geisha, now working as an ace pilot for the Earth Defense Troops. Her fiance was killed by the space monster Bemurasu which consumes nuclear waste. To save Planet Earth, Dan attacks Bemurasu, but whenever she does, she feels ecstasy. Can she save Planet Earth?
Game of Shark
Director
event2024
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Tomoko wakes up trapped in an unknown and terrifying place. She tries to ask for help, but no one comes. After rolling a dice she travels to an even stranger place where a kung fu expert cybernetic shark awaits her.
Kaiju Mono
Director
event2016 star_border 5.9
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When a giant monster attacks Japan, the country's only hope is a research assistant who's become monstrously big himself. But there might be a price.
Outer Man
Producer
event2015 star_border 6
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The story is set in a world where a tokusatsu hero TV series "Outer Man" has gained national popularity for 50 years (just like the Ultraman series). One day, a giant alien looking exactly like Outer Man appears in Japan. The truth is soon revealed that, unlike the story in the TV series, Outer Man is an evil alien who has been trying to brainwash Japanese people to invade the earth. The actors who played the hero in the TV series decide to fight against the real Outer Man by transforming into the villain alien in the series, Sylvie Seijin.
Etrangel CheerRat
Director
event2017
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Japan is being enveloped in the dark world and in order to get through the crisis, God's phantom beast Nue has given powers to a high school student named Remi Nesumino. By using the item Ace Lamber, she becomes "Etrangel CheerRat".
Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out!
Director
event1990 star_border 6
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Adapted from the manga of the same name by Hisashi Eguchi, and directed by Minoru Kawasaki and Rintaro, this is a series of random skits featuring anime, live action, and puppet show segments, exploring love, sex, death and many other sometimes controversial subjects.
Monster SeaFood Wars
Director
event2020 star_border 5.2
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Yuta, a young master at the Tsukiji Fish Market, accidentally drops his meal of mixed seafood into the Sumida River. Some time afterwards a gigantic mutated squid monster arises from the depths and begins to wreak havoc upon an awe-stricken Tokyo. Attempts by the Japan Self-Defense Forces to stop the creature prove futile. As it seems things couldn’t get any worse an enormous mutant octopus monster emerges from the deep and heads into a clash of the titans with the gargantuan squid! As a last ditch effort, the government forms the “Seafood Monster Attack Team (SMAT)” and an all-new plan of attack is immediately put into action. But just as the tide appears to be turning in humanity’s favor, a colossal crab monster appears, joining in the Monster Seafood Wars and plunging the world into culinary chaos…
The Donkey Man
Screenplay
event2020
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An old man who has been given supernatural powers by a donkey alien plays an active role as a justice hero "Robaman". 68-year-old Yoshimura, who has passed retirement age, is living a lonely day away from his wife and away from his daughter. He reports on the radio and posts on the internet about events and accidents that make noise in the world, but in reality he can't even be alert when faced with interruptions and noisy guests. One day, when he encountered a UFO on the way of a walk, he was mistaken for a fellow by an alien who looks like a donkey.
Miss Spy
Director
event1997
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Three beautiful spies solve crimes.
Cyborg Tasuke Isshin
Director
event2025
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Tasuke Isshin is the 25th generation head of the Isshinya Fresh Fish Shop in Kota, and is an office worker at Choden Industries. He is a popular, kindhearted man who can't help but help people in trouble. Choden Industries is troubled by sabotage by Iwayama of the Owashi Conglomerate. Tasuke is shot down by someone on his way to work but is resurrected as the Cyborg Tasuke Isshin / Cyborg 1 Heart by the genius scientist, Managing Director Okubo! However, Iwayama has also become a cyborg called Cyborg Rock 1 and appears in front of Tasuke and attacks him! The true identity of the Owashi Conglomerate is the merchant of death, Blue Ghost! Will Cyborg Tasuke Isshin defeat his enemies?
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