Shoji Nakayama
出生 : 1928-02-26, Tokyo, Japan
死亡 : 1998-12-01
A major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can be physically handled is thrown into turmoil when a murderous demon is unleashed in the headquarters office. Can the slow witted son of the company founder and a punk rock band of monsters (don’t ask) stop the evil forces before the employees are butchered?
"Biotherapy" is a fairly nasty Japanese gorefest about a group of Japanese scientists stalked and viciously butchered by a creepy-looking alien.
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.
昭和15年、船大工の小田切武市は、ひとり息子の正人が海軍兵学校に合格したと聞き、大喜び。一方、考古学者の本郷は、長男の英一が自分の反対を押し切って海軍少尉となったのに引きかえ、次男の真二が自分と同じ学問の道に進むと聞いて、ほっと胸をなでおろす。翌年、日本はハワイの真珠湾を攻撃して太平洋戦争が勃発。たえず死と隣り合わせにある英一は、恋人の陽子と結婚するが、彼女に指一本触れることなく戦場に舞い戻る。
Staff officer
スターウォーズブームの中製作された、映画「海底軍艦」の宇宙版リメイク。1980年代、世界各地でUFO騒ぎがおき、また電波障害により大混乱が発生した。これを宇宙からの侵略の前兆と捉えた国連宇宙局・宇宙防衛軍 (UNSF) は、宇宙防衛艦の設計建造を滝川正人に依頼、一方で隊員の訓練を開始した。しかし次第にその騒ぎは収まり、滝川は平和な地球には必要ないとして宇宙防衛艦の建造を中止、退任してしまった。 1988年秋、再びUFO騒動と大規模な通信障害が発生。国連宇宙局の三好は宇宙防衛艦「轟天」を完成させる使命を帯び、滝川を説得するため日本に帰還する。滝川は消極的だったが、彼を暗殺しようとした刺客から三好、室井、冬木によって救われる。さらに、宇宙ステーション・テラが「巨大なローマ船」という通信を残して爆発。国防軍は滝川に轟天の建造の再開と乗員の編成を要請する。 敵のUFOヘル・ファイターによって世界各地の大都市と地上の国連軍基地が壊滅状態となる中、滝川は隊員達を再招集、太平洋マウグ島で轟天の完成を急ぐ。侵入した工作員の妨害も排除しつつ轟天は完成、地球上を飛び回っていたヘル・ファイターを全滅させ、侵略軍の前線基地がある金星へと進撃を開始する。しかしその途中、三笠の遺体に扮して侵入した敵兵によって滝川の娘・ジュンが拉致されてしまう。三好は冬木達とともに、敵艦の心臓部爆破とジュンの救出のため大魔艦に潜入する。
人気劇画「あしたのジョー」の最初の実写映画。泥沼の世界から這い上がっていくジョーが、友情に支えられ、現代社会のジャングルに敢然と立ち向かう、血と汗と傷だらけの物語。
The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.
Part two.
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second-generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in the Enko area. Iwasa has Gennosuke assassinated but before he dies, he names Shinji Terajima as his successor and makes him swear to carry on the family business and not seek revenge or use violence. Shinji tries to make his family’s marketplace a success, but with constant interruption and attacks from Iwasa’s gang, he can no longer keep his word to his former boss.
A crime film released in 1965
Movie adaptation of the TV series.
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.
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.
Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!
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.
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.
Japanese action film.
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.
This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the young lord Genrokuro grew up bitter about his parents, hating his legacy and embracing everyone else from simple background. Only love can help him mature, hopefully in time to be a great lord for the people. A story of young Yoshimune, the future Shogun.
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
Detective Takayama
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.
A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.
Nakagawa
Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.
Hitomi
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
Detective Yamagata
An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The ominous foreboding of the First Investigation Department hit the mark, it turned out that the discovered unidentified body of the drowned man was Hirasaka. Moreover, the land in front of the station, owned by Hirasaka, was sold by someone. Suspecting that this is a planned murder, the Investigative Group, fearing the escape of the criminal, begins to act secretly, without creating an investigation headquarters.
Detective Yamagata
On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents of the murdered child. They use a towel, baby diapers and bruises on the baby's body as clues in the investigation. Who killed the baby?
Ryosuke Kiyoshima
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
汐留駅の倉庫の片隅に、荷主、荷受人ともに不明のジュラルミン・トランクが一つ光っていた。腐敗臭がひどい。開けると、女の死体が出た。死体の目からはコンタクト・レンズが摘出され、解剖の結果、絞殺死、年齢三十歳前後、肋膜を患ったことがある等が判った。トランクの発送先が大阪天王寺駅であったことから、トランク詰殺人事件捜査本部は東京と大阪に設置された。天王寺駅でトランクを受附けた者の証言では、二十五、六歳色白の男が、野球帽の少年を伴い、リヤカーで運んで来たという。さらに、梅田駅の倉庫係の証言によれば、色白の男が隅田川駅から梅田駅に到着したトランクを引取りに来たこと、そして同じ日に、やはり色白の男が天王寺駅から汐留駅にそのトランクを送っているという。タクシー運転手の口から、重いトランクを茶臼山の近くまで運び、茶臼山に遊ぶ野球帽の少年がリヤカーを貸し、トランクを天王寺駅まで運んだことも判った。殺された女の身許が判明した。草間文子といい、化粧品セールスのため関西に出張するといい、行方不明、過去に肋膜を患い、銀行預金五十六万円を持っていた。が、そのうち五十四万円が引出されていた。二十五歳位の色白の男によってだ。長田部長刑事、山形刑事は、隅田川駅へトランクを運んだ男を挙げた。隅田館というアパートから二十五歳位の男に頼まれて運んだという。隅田館に踏みこんだ時には、その男は姿を消していた。管理人の話では、男は吉村春夫といい、化粧品セールスの女が出入りしていたという。吉村の友人から、花山あや子という恋人がいたことも知った。あや子のアパートに張込みを続け、逃亡寸前の彼女を捕えた。吉村とともに、九時三十分の東京駅発、筑紫号で博多へ逃亡を企てたのだ。待合せ場所は熱海。すでに列車は熱海を出ている。あや子を忘れられない吉村は、上り列車に乗っていることが分った。終着駅東京で、吉村は捕えられた。
Second Lieutenant Kashima
Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
Japanese crime film
Hiroshi
Part of the Queen Bee series.
Shinichiro Hamano
Nude models are being brutally murdered one after another. Is the painter with the dark sunglasses really the killer?
軍の機密文書が何者かに盗まれた。波島はそれを田沢の仕業であると断定、田沢は無実にも関わらず自白を強要された末射殺される。だが全ては田沢の妻に目を付けた波島の謀略であった。田沢は亡霊となって甦り、その怨念に悩まされた波島は破滅の道を歩んでいく。
Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.
Dr. Taguchi
Japanese comedy film.
Shunsuke Yuri
Earlier version or Prequel to Queen Bee and the School for Dragons.
Daisaku Todoroki
Early pinku.
Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.
Naizen-no-sho Itakura
Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.
Japanese film.
Tokusuke Kosaka
The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...
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)
Major General Ijichi
Meiji Tenno portrayed the ramp up to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also showed the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan who sent 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 it's combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Boxing film directed by Teruo Ishii in his directorial debut.
An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a charming princess and a dashing youngster, performs songs and dances throughout the film until the big decisive battle.
Kenzo Tsukaguchi
20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.
Teacher Asakura
Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother.
元香川家の農園主任技師の作之助は、病のために御婚約破棄になった朝子に対して深い愛情を抱いていた。平和な農園にも悪夢のような戦争が訪れ、爆弾の落ちる猛火の中、退避する夜に、二人の心はあらゆる自制心を超えた熱い抱擁に固く結ばれたが、翌日に作之助は外地に出征することに。敗戦後、華族の特権は失われ、薄幸に泣く朝子は俗界を去り、法籍に身を置くことになる。それを知った作之助は農園に急ぐが一足違いで会うことができず…。
Japanese film.
Japanese war film.
Sergeant Nemoto
Japanese war drama.
Nishio
Twelve Japanese seamen are stranded on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan for seven tense years of internal strife.
The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
Japanese drama film and Setsuko Miyuki's film debut.