Hideichi Nagahara

Birth : 1940-08-07, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Death : 2001-11-14

History

Japanese screenwriter.

Movies

Savage City: Angel Whisper
Screenplay
A corrupt cop teams up with an unlikely partner to protect the city from a gang of ruthless drug addicts.
Beretta M92F Bombshell
Screenplay
Koichi Iwaki plays a cool hitman!
The Shootist
Idea
Former policeman Matsushita Hiroshi is a professional marksman shootist. When his keen eye catches his target in the dry urban darkness, the hard, breathless action begins.
Godzilla 1985
Screenplay
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
The Return of Godzilla
Screenplay
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
Highteen Boogie
Writer
Youth is energy and beauty. Racing gang Sho, Sammy and Shige have their own dream--car-racer, rock and roll and love. Sho falls in love with Momoko but disagreed by his father; Sammy loves rock and roll; Shige dreams of becoming a car-racer though his right fist is injured. As they are giving out their sparks of life, they are also learning the value of life.
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Screenplay
A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Writer
A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.
Murder in the Doll House
Screenplay
Yūsaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery, full of suspense, thrills and chills
Flesh Target: Rape!
Screenplay
A sexually frustrated office worker hit his boss in the night club. The next day he is told he's to be demoted to a different position in the company. He gets so disturbed and thus begins his rape rampage. He rapes a number of hard-to-get ladies in his company. Surprisingly, the ladies are stimulated by his assault and finally help him in getting promoted.
The Most Dangerous Game
Writer
The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
Attacked!!
Screenplay
A policewoman is attacked, handcuffed and raped while on night patrol. Rather than report the incident, she determines to find and punish the rapist herself.
The War in Space
Writer
The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.
Slaughter in the Snow
Screenplay
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?
Sex Rider: Injured Lust
Writer
Nikkatsu Roman Porno
Hairpin Circus
Screenplay
A retired racing champion, now a driving instructor, gets involved with the speed tribes after impulsively taking to the streets to relive his former glory.
Blood For Blood
Screenplay
The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has sprouted into a boomtown and business is good. Two of the most infamous mobs of Tokyo want a piece of the pie. As out-of-town yakuza flood the city overnight, the crime boss of the Akiba family, Tezuka (Joe Shishido), is released from prison after a five year sentence. He does not like the "change" he sees.
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
Writer
The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
Step on the Gas!
Screenplay
Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
Screenplay
Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Writer
A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.
Showdown in Gangland
Screenplay
Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.
The Cleanup
Writer
A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.
Bullet Wound
Writer
Thriller about a Japanese-American CIA agent (Kayama) in Japan.
Outlaw: Kill!
Screenplay
Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and the Kanto Touyu-kai were in the midst of a territorial dispute. Goro was quick to notice, but had no intent to take sides. At a department store nearby, he sees an elevator lady being harassed by a couple of hoodlums. Goro decides to intervene. Unbeknownst to him, the hoodlums are Touyu-kai members – and the girl has strong ties with the opposing family.
Savage Wolf Pack
Screenplay
A professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a lawless slum. He is shocked to learn that his younger sister had committed suicide after being raped by unknown men. One day, he rescues a girl from being attacked by some gang, and discovers that the same gang had driven his sister to death. Using his lethal hunting skills, Tetsuya begins to take revenge…
Sun Above, Death Below
Writer
Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer.
Three Seconds to Zero Hour
Writer
“I like shady dealings,” purrs undercover superspy Yabuki en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigger-happy gang of international jewel thieves. Gone renegade from the shadowy espionage bureau that honed his killer instincts to a razor’s edge, the implacable Yabuki teams up with fellow mercenary crime fighter Yamawaki. Together, they follow a trail of stolen gems leading from the final days of WWII to a contemporary conspiracy that reaches into the highest corridors of corporate power and nefarious international villainy.
A Colt Is My Passport
Screenplay
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.