Kumi Mizuno
出生 : 1937-01-01, Niigata, Japan
略歴
Kumi Mizuno (水野久美 Mizuno Kumi), born Maya Igarashi (五十嵐麻耶 Igarashi Maya), is a Japanese actress. Despite the large number of films she appeared in early on in her career, Mizuno is best known for her roles in Toho's 1960's kaiju films Matango, Frankenstein vs. Baragon, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, and The War of the Gargantuas. Her most iconic role is undoubtedly that of the Xilien agent Namikawa in Invasion of Astro-Monster. She became such a cult figure among kaiju fans that Toho brought her back in 2002 to play a role in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and again in 2004 for Godzilla: Final Wars. Mizuno also appeared in Toho's 2009 stage adaptation of its 1960 science fiction film The Human Vapor.
Herself
An NHK documentary about the talented actresses who have portrayed the beautiful, intelligent and resourceful heroines of the long running series. Features interviews with Kumi Mizuno, Keiko Mari, Yumiko Shaku, and Megumi Odaka. Also featured are never before seen 8mm home movies shot by producer Tomoyuki Tanaka on the sets of classic Toho films.
Keiko Hoshikawa
Kei Omori did not have anything he wanted to do with his life. Without any specific reasons, he enrolled in a special nursing school. After his graduation, he begins work at a small-size multi-functional facility as a care worker. He has a hard time communicating with the elderly people with dementia. For the first time, he is placed in charge of 79-year-old Keiko Hoshikawa who has dementia. With the help of the staff and trial-and-error, he develops a relationship with Keiko.
ある時代、ある山の奥深い吹雪の夜。猟師の巳之吉は、山小屋で雪女が仲間の茂作の命を奪う現場を目撃してしまう。雪女は“このことを口外したら、お前の命を奪う”と言い残して姿を消す。翌年、茂作の一周忌法要の帰り道。巳之吉は、美しい女ユキと出会う。やがて2人は結婚し、娘のウメが生まれる。それから14年。美しく聡明な少女に成長したウメは、村の有力者の息子で病弱な幹生のよき話し相手となっていた。幹生は茂作の遠縁だったが、ある日、茂作が死んだ山小屋で幹生が亡くなる。しかも、幹生の遺体には、茂作と同じような凍傷の跡があった。巳之吉の脳裏に蘇る14年前の出来事。果たして、巳之吉が見たものは何だったのか？そしてユキは一体何者なのか…？
A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fans with its retro appearance and unique lineup. Unique guests visiting the theater draw a human pattern during breaks.
Broadcasted stage adaptation of The Human Vapor by Toho & NHK.
Commander Akiko Namikawa
ゴジラシリーズ第28作。「ミレニアムシリーズ」第6作にして完結編。時は近未来「20XX年」、世界中で核実験や戦争が頻発した結果、眠っていた多くの怪獣が目覚め人類に牙を剥いた。これに対抗するため国連は地球防衛軍を結成した。同時に他の人類より身体能力の優れた一部の人間ミュータントによる部隊「M機関」を組織した。彼らの最大の敵は1954年以降世界を恐怖に陥れた怪獣王・ゴジラであったが、南極での轟天号との戦いによりゴジラは氷塊の中へ封じ込められた。それから20年後、地球防衛軍の最新鋭艦、新・轟天号はノルマンディー沖でのマンタとの死闘により激しい損傷を受け、艦長のゴードン大佐はその責任を問われ軍法会議に処せられる。その頃、日本人初の国連事務総長である醍醐の乗った飛行機が消息を絶ち、世界中に大量の怪獣が同時に出現した。地球防衛軍が苦戦する中、突如怪獣たちは消滅し、東京の地球防衛軍本部の上空に出現したＵＦＯからＸ星人を名乗る宇宙人が、醍醐とともにあらわれる。妖星ゴラスの地球衝突を警告し、地球人との友好を求めるＸ星人であったが、その真の目的は地球侵略であった。侵略の企みを暴かれたＸ星人は再度怪獣を地球上に解き放ち、地球総攻撃を開始する。窮地に陥る中、唯一生き残った新・轟天号は、南極に眠るゴジラを覚醒させ15大怪獣と激突させるオペレーション・ファイナルウォーズを発動させる。
Tsutomu Minagawa is set to retire; the organized business life, a perfectly normal family living in a two-story house with a garage, the once unstoppable routine is about to close down forever. However, Tsutomu's last day changes him forever, as a car accident leads to his new purpose and sets him on a mission to clean every traffic mirror in Japan in order to save lives.
1999 Prime Minister Machiko Tsuge
ゴジラシリーズ第26作。「ミレニアムシリーズ」第4作。1954年、ゴジラ日本上陸。絶体絶命の中、芹沢博士が開発した特殊兵器オキシジェン・デストロイヤーでゴジラを撃退。だが、博士はこの兵器に脅威を感じ、自らの命と共に消滅させる。この年、政府は対特殊生物防衛専門の“特生自衛隊”を組織。99年、再びゴジラ出現。特生自衛隊は迎撃するも苦戦を強いられる。政府は人工生物学者・湯原徳光を中心とする科学者チームへ対G兵器・機龍“メカゴジラ”開発を要請。2003年、ついにメカゴジラが完成する。そして、機龍の操縦士として、99年の戦いで仲間を失った特生自衛隊員・家城茜が任命された…。
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
Toru's Mother
DM発送会社に勤める平凡なサラリーマンの徹。ある日、彼が母親と2人で暮らすマンションに、チャーミングな女性、留美が引っ越してくる。だが、彼女はフリーのスタイリストという職業は世を忍ぶ仮の姿、本業は“ルビイ”を名乗る快盗なのだと徹に打ち明ける。成り行きから彼女の相棒をさせられることになった徹は、強盗や詐欺、果ては銀行強盗の片棒を担がされるのだが、ルビイは本当に快盗なのか計画は失敗ばかりだった。
Masayo
A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.
Narrator
A collection of deleted scenes and bloopers from the library of Toho Studios films, including several films from the famous Godzilla franchise.
1980 Japanese film distributed by Shochiku.
After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game before they are drafted into the armed forces and face the hardships of military service.
Soccer movie.
Natsuko Aikawa
A youthful film depicting the sexual awakening of a boy who has just entered adolescence and his heartbreaking romance during the summer holidays with a young sprightly girl.
Yuko Shiga
Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko, his ex-sweetheart. He considers himself a private underworld sort of policeman-in the com- munity of such women. Yuko, now a bar proprietress, is under the protection of Tahei Daigo, a sinister gang boss who in his quest for chances of good investments abroad plans to offer young girls to rich foreigners. Asked to gather attractive girls by Yuko, now Tahei's puppet, Masaaki collects many only to find them mysteriously missing...
An action-comedy about three men who try to bilk money out of gambling dens.
Yoshie
A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mita Family, searches for the man bearing a tattoo of a dragon who is said to be responsible for the death of their former leader.
Oshizu
Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seigoro.
Lady X
In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddhabal. ISP Agents Carter and Kitami are assigned to the case. When the Prime Minister arrives in Tokyo for a friendship visit, Carter and Kitami are on hand to protect him. On hand, too, are assorted ZZZ blackguards. Several attempts on the Prime Minister's life fail, until finally the ZZZ introduces a new device designed to eliminate not only the Prime Minister but the ISP Agents as well: THE KILLING BOTTLE, then, is a pocket-sized container filled with a substance that can expand to thousands of times its size and throttle its victim, then disappear leaving only the corpse.
Daiyo
ゴジラシリーズ第7作。行方不明の兄を探す少年、大学生２人、銀行強盗ら４人が乗りあわせたヨットが、エビラの襲撃を受けて遭難。南海の孤島レッチ島に漂着する。彼らはそこで、インファント島の住人を拉致し、核弾頭を秘密裏に造る秘密結社・赤イ竹の存在を知る。彼らはレッチ島に眠っていたゴジラを覚醒させて、インファント島の島民たちの救出と、島からの脱出を画策するが…。
Akemi
ひとつの細胞から生まれた兄弟怪獣、海の怪獣・ガイラと山の怪獣・サンダ。それぞれ善と悪の属性を持ち、性格の異なる2匹はやがて都市で死闘を演じることに。
Miss Namikawa
ゴジラシリーズ第6作となる日米合作映画。木星１３番目の新惑星・Ｘ星が発見され、Ｘ星探査に派遣された地球連合宇宙局の宇宙パイロットたちは、Ｘ星人と遭遇してしまう。Ｘ星人たちはガンの特効薬と引き換えに、キングギドラ撃退のためゴジラとラドンを借りたいと人類に申し出る。だが、彼らの真の目的は地球侵略にあり、ゴジラ、ラドンをＸ星へ連れ出し、電磁波で洗脳すると、キングギドラとともに地球に送り込み人類への攻撃を開始する。果たして人類にＸ星人の野望を打ち砕く術はあるのか？
Dr. Sueko Togami
第二次大戦末期、ドイツから極秘裏に運ばれた一つの秘密兵器があった。それは人造人間“フランケンシュタインの不死の心臓”である。日本軍はこの心臓をもとに、人間兵器を造ろうとしたのだ。だがそれは、広島の原爆によって研究途上で失われてしまう。そして十数年後、その心臓から再生した少年が登場したのだった……。
Rumi #6
In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientist. Edited into Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" along with the 4th film in the series, "Key of Keys".
The Witch
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.
The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima
Klima, Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Alabanda, has come to Japan to purchase materials for the water dam construction. Kitami, who called himself a salesman and met with Klima, acts as his bodyguard. However, Kitami learns that a large number of industrial cylinders unrelated to dam construction have been purchased, and Klima secretly confined her secretary, a former army colonel, and threatened to produce poisonous gas. Klima packed the gas in a cylinder and sent it to Alabanda in an attempt to cause a civil war between the government and the tribes. Around that time, Klima secretly investigated Kitami's identity and learned that he was a secret agent.
Miwa the Rebel Leader
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.
Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
7人の若者を乗せたヨットが、嵐のため無人島に漂着した。その島を探索した結果、彼らより先に、一艘の難破船が漂着していたことが判明する。だが乗員の姿はどこにもなく、ただあたりは奇妙な形状のキノコが群生しているのみだった。やがて食料の残りが少なくなり、彼らは恐る恐るそのキノコを食し始める。そしてそのキノコを口にした者は、人間の姿を失い、奇怪なキノコ・マタンゴへと変身していくのだった……。原作はホジスンの「闇の声」。
The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.
Takihime
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack...
Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
Saho
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.
Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.
Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.
Soldier
Junko
弟殺しの罪を着せられ収監された大木（佐藤）は、無実を晴らし弟の復讐を果たすべく脱獄し、元恋人で弟が働いていたキャバレー歌手の純子（水野）の協力で店近くに潜伏し機会を窺うが、弟殺害の真犯人と思しきキャバレーの支配人に居場所を知られ取り押さえられる。
Takiko Nomura
地球の6千倍もの質量を持つ恒星が発見された。土星探査船・隼によって、その恒星・ゴラスの軌道は地球を目指していることが判明する。地球上の爆発物ではゴラスを粉砕出来ないことを知った国連は、地球その物をロケットに変え、公転軌道上からの離脱を決意する。各国の科学技術者は総力を結集、南極に巨大なロケット噴射口を建造するが……。
Mitsuko Yoshimura
Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
Natsumi
Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda
Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during the Pacific War. Matters are complicated further when he falls in love with the soldier's younger sister (Tsukasa).
Ruriko
In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother.
An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.
Tomi
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), now a reporter... They stumble across murder, espionage and cover-ups. High-class night club, femme fatale, and a "Blueprint of Murder" all adds up to a bigger plot then first expected.
太平洋戦争の真っ最中、中国大陸の北支戦線。日本軍からやっかいもの扱いされ危険な前線に駆り出されてばかりの左文字隊は、霧の中で八路軍にばったり遭遇し四方を囲まれてしまう。だが左文字隊長と八路軍の梁隊長は、お互い元気なときに正々堂々と戦おうと平和的に別れた。左文字隊は北原少尉とともに消えた日本軍旗の捜索を命じられるのだったが…。
Kiku
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
Azami
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
An Ishiro Honda film.
Toshiko
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder.
The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.
Fifth entry in the Company President Series.
Yurie
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Tomoko Nomura
Hamako
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
