Toshio Masuda

Toshio Masuda

Nascimento : 1927-10-05, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan

História

Toshio Masuda (born October 5, 1927 in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. He developed a reputation as a consistent box office hit-maker. Over the course of five decades, 16 of his films made the yearly top ten lists at the Japanese box office—a second place record in the industry. Between 1958 and 1968 he directed 52 films for the Nikkatsu Company. He was their top director of action films and worked with the company's top stars, including Yujiro Ishihara with whom he made 25 films. After the breakdown of the studio system, he moved on to a succession of big-budget movies including the American-Japanese co-production Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and the science fiction epic Catastrophe 1999: The Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974). He worked on such anime productions as the Space Battleship Yamato series. His corporate drama Company Funeral (1989) earned him a Japanese Academy Award nomination and wins at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Mainichi Film Awards. In Japan, his films are well remembered by fans and called genre landmarks by critics. He remains little known abroad save for rare exceptions of his post-Nikkatsu work such as Tora! Tora! Tora!. However, a number of his films were screened in a 2005 Nikkatsu Action Cinema retrospective in Italy and a few have since made their way to the United States. At the age of 81, he is currently prepping to helm Uchū Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu hen (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Toshio Masuda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Toshio Masuda

Filmes

Mushi-Shi: Path of Thorns
Music
A young Ginko sees the light illuminating the natural order and his own place in the world. He is forced to move due to his condition of attracting mushi.
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
Director
Biopic of Date Masamune
Heavenly Sin
Director
Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her.
Sure Death 5
Director
Fifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a mysterious band of murderers wage a bloody battle against three deadly assassins.
The Great Shogunate Battle
Director
The early days of the Tokugawa shogunate are brought to light in this exciting historical tale of broken vows and violent swordplay. In an ambush reminiscent of Miike’s 13 Assassins, although pre-dating that incident by 160 years, the heir to the shogun’s seat is brutally cut down by those who hope to install the emperor’s 5th son as military leader of the nation.
Donten
Screenplay
Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.
Donten
Director
Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Director
One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridge, Shanao (later Yoshitsune), a young man of small and fragile stature passed by. He wore a nice sword and played the flute.
Company Executives
Director
A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Director
Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by acting as the Shogun's double. At the same time, the tragic story of Banzuiin Chobei and Mizuno Jurozaemon is unfolding.
This Story of Love
Director
Life and love stories of stunt men and women.
Tokyo Blackout
Writer
Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.
Tokyo Blackout
Director
Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.
Vendetta of Obligation
Director
This is the story of the 47 ronin of the Ako clan who rose up to avenge the brutal death of their beloved master Asano Takumi-no-kami after his failed attack on the vile Lord Kira led to his being ordered to commit ritual suicide in a garden on the grounds of the shogun's palace.
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Director
Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a young woman named Sara Cyanbaker. Unknown to the crew at this time, a mechanized space fleet approaches Earth and a scout vessel from that fleet was responsible for the destruction of Sara's ship.
Love: Starting on a Journey
Director
A girl suffering from an incurable disease get in a coma, while her boyfriend visit her to the hospital, she visits the beyond.
Zero
Director
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.
L・O・V・I・N・G
Director
Murder case.
Battle Anthem
Director
The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
Patrulha Estelar - O Final do Yamato
Director
O Império Galman foi destruído, mas o planeta Galmania não, por uma colisão casual de galáxias. Os mundos da Federação Bolar, incluindo o Planeta Bolar, são destruídos. O Yamato, de volta ao comando do Capitão Okita, encontra o planeta Denguil tarde demais para salvar sua civilização humanoide de ser inundada pelo planeta aquático Aquário. O sobrevivente Denguil, uma raça de guerreiros que acredita que apenas os fortes devem sobreviver, planeja usar Aquarius para inundar a Terra e destruir a humanidade, a fim de criar um novo lar para sua raça.
Future War 198X
Director
An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from both the US and the USSR governments, war breaks out and humanity faces a new bloodshed.
The Imperial Japanese Empire
Director
Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.
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.
Highteen Boogie
Director
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.
A Batalha de Porto Artur
Director
Retrata o cerco sangrento da fortaleza de Port Arthur, uma das posições mais fortemente fortificadas do mundo, durante a Guerra Russo-Japonesa de (1904 - 1905). Na história dominou o personagem Ten Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), professores e um oficial da reserva que se tornou comandante do pelotão e posteriormente da companhia. Paralelamente, acompanha a conduta do comandante do exército general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), que foi comissionado do imperador Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) para a conquista do forte.
Patrulha Estelar - Eterno Yamato
Screenplay
A Terra é atacada pelo povo da Nebulosa Negra, o Império Golba, os mesmos que atacaram Iscandar no filme Nova Viagem. A Patrulha Estelar, junto com a filha de Starsha (que tem crescimento acelerado), precisa alcançar o planeta mãe do inimigo para evitar que este detone uma bomba que eliminaria a vida na Terra.
Patrulha Estelar - Eterno Yamato
Director
A Terra é atacada pelo povo da Nebulosa Negra, o Império Golba, os mesmos que atacaram Iscandar no filme Nova Viagem. A Patrulha Estelar, junto com a filha de Starsha (que tem crescimento acelerado), precisa alcançar o planeta mãe do inimigo para evitar que este detone uma bomba que eliminaria a vida na Terra.
Patrulha Estelar - Nova Viagem
Writer
O filme televisivo Patrulha Estelar - Nova Viagem, introduz um novo inimigo, o império da nebulosa negra. A história inicia no final do ano de 2201. Neste filme, depois modificado para se tornar um filme de cinema, Desslar vê o seu planeta natal Gamilas, destruído pelos alienígenas de pele cinzenta, e os dois planetas gêmeos Iscandar próximos a linha de invasão. Desslar se alia interessadamente com o Yamato, que se encontra em uma missão de treinamento com o seu novo capitão estreante - Kodai.
Patrulha Estelar - Nova Viagem
Director
O filme televisivo Patrulha Estelar - Nova Viagem, introduz um novo inimigo, o império da nebulosa negra. A história inicia no final do ano de 2201. Neste filme, depois modificado para se tornar um filme de cinema, Desslar vê o seu planeta natal Gamilas, destruído pelos alienígenas de pele cinzenta, e os dois planetas gêmeos Iscandar próximos a linha de invasão. Desslar se alia interessadamente com o Yamato, que se encontra em uma missão de treinamento com o seu novo capitão estreante - Kodai.
Patrulha Estelar - Cometa Império
Screenplay
Em uma outra galáxia, um enorme cometa branco viajava a uma grande velocidade, destruindo tudo em seu caminho e conquistando vários planetas: o Cometa Império, uma gigantesca cidade-fortaleza que possuía o maior e mais poderoso exército do universo. Seu próximo objetivo: conquistar a Via Láctea, mais especificamente, a Terra. Assim, sob o comando de seu líder, o Imperador Zordar, o Cometa Império, junto com suas tropas, segue rumo à Terra, visando a sua dominação. Então, com o intuito de investigar o que estaria acontecendo nos arredores da galáxia, o Yamato parte novamente para o espaço, em direção a Telezart. Porém, este era justamente o plano do inimigo. Uma nova e terrível batalha estava prestes a começar.
Patrulha Estelar - Cometa Império
Story
Em uma outra galáxia, um enorme cometa branco viajava a uma grande velocidade, destruindo tudo em seu caminho e conquistando vários planetas: o Cometa Império, uma gigantesca cidade-fortaleza que possuía o maior e mais poderoso exército do universo. Seu próximo objetivo: conquistar a Via Láctea, mais especificamente, a Terra. Assim, sob o comando de seu líder, o Imperador Zordar, o Cometa Império, junto com suas tropas, segue rumo à Terra, visando a sua dominação. Então, com o intuito de investigar o que estaria acontecendo nos arredores da galáxia, o Yamato parte novamente para o espaço, em direção a Telezart. Porém, este era justamente o plano do inimigo. Uma nova e terrível batalha estava prestes a começar.
Patrulha Estelar - Cometa Império
Director
Em uma outra galáxia, um enorme cometa branco viajava a uma grande velocidade, destruindo tudo em seu caminho e conquistando vários planetas: o Cometa Império, uma gigantesca cidade-fortaleza que possuía o maior e mais poderoso exército do universo. Seu próximo objetivo: conquistar a Via Láctea, mais especificamente, a Terra. Assim, sob o comando de seu líder, o Imperador Zordar, o Cometa Império, junto com suas tropas, segue rumo à Terra, visando a sua dominação. Então, com o intuito de investigar o que estaria acontecendo nos arredores da galáxia, o Yamato parte novamente para o espaço, em direção a Telezart. Porém, este era justamente o plano do inimigo. Uma nova e terrível batalha estava prestes a começar.
High Seas Hijack
Screenplay
Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.
Patrulha Estrelar
Director
Ano 2199. A Terra foi transformada em um deserto radioativo pelos pesados ​​bombardeios do império alienígena de Gamilas. A humanidade refugiou-se sob a superfície da Terra, mas os cientistas preveem apenas um ano de sobrevivência. Nestes dias de desespero, chega uma mensagem das profundezas siderais da Rainha Starsha de Iscandar, que oferece aos terráqueos um dispositivo capaz de trazer a vida de volta à Terra. Mas para recuperar o dispositivo é necessário ir até o planeta Iscandar, uma jornada de 296.000 anos-luz a ser completada em 363 dias enfrentando toda a frota de Gamilas. A última esperança da Terra é confiada ao couraçado espacial Yamato e sua jovem tripulação.
Human Revolution II
Director
Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
The Explosion
Writer
Thriller about hijackers taking control of an oil tanker and threatening to blow it all up in Tokyo Bay.
My Blood is the Blood of Others
Screenplay
My Blood is the Blood of Others
Director
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Voice
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Director
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
The Human Revolution
Director
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
Director
The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.
Shadow Hunters
Director
Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.
Sword and Flower
Director
Masuda Toshio film starring Watari Tetsuya and Mori Masayuki, about a lone-wolf type (Watari) seeking love and defending the honor of an elderly widower (Mori).
Chase That Man
Director
The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.
Farewell to the Code
Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Director
Retrata de forma realista, quase documental, tanto do ponto de vista japonês como do norte americano, mostrando a preparação, os eventos e os erros que possibilitaram o ataque a Pearl Harbor em 7 de Dezembro de 1941, fato que forçou a entrada dos Estados Unidos da América na Segunda Guerra Mundial. O título do filme é o código utilizado em caso de sucesso do ataque japonês, que traduzido para o português significa 'Tigre! Tigre! Tigre!'. A versão Americana tem 02:25. A versão Japonesa é mais longa, com 02:29.
Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
Director
In a match where professional baseball referee Yuzo Tagami was observing a young referee, Hara, a player who got angry at the indecisive judge, knocked the referee down. Tagami lived with his wife and five children, but when he returned home, Hara, who had been suspended for a month, wanted to receive Tagami's Subaruta training.
The Cleanup
Director
A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.
The Fatal Raid
Screenplay
Kazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public pressure, and the territory belonged to the Hirata group.
The Fatal Raid
Director
Kazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public pressure, and the territory belonged to the Hirata group.
Exiled to Hell
Screenplay
It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining action film bursting with righteousness and humanity, centred on men who try to live righteously against a corrupt boss who preys on the performers.
Exiled to Hell
Director
It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining action film bursting with righteousness and humanity, centred on men who try to live righteously against a corrupt boss who preys on the performers.
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Director
In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa Normal School for women. Nothing seemed the least bit out of the ordinary, as Kazuko and her friends enjoyed a day of sports. A year later the war takes a devastating turn, as US forces plan an amphibious attack known as "Operation Iceberg" on the Ryukyu island.
Man of a Stormy Era
Screenplay
The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable employment conditions, and political corruption was a major issue. Out of fear that the great nation would soon fall, a group of young patriotic men gathered to lay out plans to assassinate the crooked politicians. One of these young terrorists was Shinsuke Kusaka. He receives orders to kill the Prime Minister.
Man of a Stormy Era
Director
The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable employment conditions, and political corruption was a major issue. Out of fear that the great nation would soon fall, a group of young patriotic men gathered to lay out plans to assassinate the crooked politicians. One of these young terrorists was Shinsuke Kusaka. He receives orders to kill the Prime Minister.
Song of my Life
Director
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Director
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.
Velvet Hustler
Writer
A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.
Velvet Hustler
Director
A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.
The Man of Victory
Screenplay
The Man of Victory
Director
Challenge for Glory
Screenplay
A young ex-boxer has become a successful businessman, running his various enterprises with his best friend, another boxer whom he accidentally injured in a match. When the latter is found dead, he cannot believe it is suicide and decides to investigate. Sure enough, a group of gangsters is behind his death and, resenting his intrusion, try to ruin him and to pin the murder of his young friend's fiancee on him. At the last minute he shoots it out with the villains and emerges with his reputation intact.
Challenge for Glory
Director
A young ex-boxer has become a successful businessman, running his various enterprises with his best friend, another boxer whom he accidentally injured in a match. When the latter is found dead, he cannot believe it is suicide and decides to investigate. Sure enough, a group of gangsters is behind his death and, resenting his intrusion, try to ruin him and to pin the murder of his young friend's fiancee on him. At the last minute he shoots it out with the villains and emerges with his reputation intact.
The Stormy Man
Director
A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.
Kill the Night Rose
Director
An entertaining but silly and fairly forgettable action film with much tongue-in cheek James Bond influence
Blood Shed
Screenplay
Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.
Blood Shed
Director
Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.
Showdown in the Red Valley
Director
Ken Watanabe, a young man from Tokyo, comes to the great plains of Rumo, Hokkaido to see his hometown with his own eyes. Ken, who was entangled in this land's boss Samejima and collapsed, was rescued by Shingo Kazama, a mountain man who works at the quarry. Samejima, who doesn't like Shingo, tries to interfere with Shingo's work...
Taking the Castle
Screenplay
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
Taking the Castle
Director
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
Jinsei Gekijo
Director
1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.
Red Handkerchief
Screenplay
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
Red Handkerchief
Director
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
Prince of Wolves
Director
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of wolves. By chance, they were found by and became a members of a yakuza family. Five years later, Take dominated the port town as a young boss.
Hana to ryu
Director
Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie
Keep Your Chin Up
Director
Kawanishi Kyu and Tomoda Ryoji, two waifs, are inmates of a Reform School. One night, the boys succeed in a mass escape and split up. Kyu and Ryoji hear the sirens shrieking behind them and panic. Kyu pretends he has been hit by a small truck and Ryoji demands that they be taken to a hospital, little dreaming that Nagai, the driver, is the official guardian of juveniles. The next morning the two boys hear a light knock, and Nagai's daughter, Noriko enters, but surprise is changed to fear as they see her father approaching with Kume, the Juvenile Officer. Their one thought is escape but Kyu discovers his leg is stiff and it pains him to move. In the excitement, he had not realized he had really been hit by the truck. He sends Ryoji away while he waits alone for Officer Kume. Nagai takes Kyu under his wing, while Ryoji finds himself again in the hard-boiled world.
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Screenplay
1962 Japanese movie
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Director
1962 Japanese movie
Lost in the Sun
Director
Hotbed of Crime
Screenplay
Released in the UK as Hotbed of Crime
Hotbed of Crime
Director
Released in the UK as Hotbed of Crime
The Day of Youth
Director
At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wishes to prepare himself for a better life away from gang activities despite the wishes of his father who wants him to assist strengthen the gang against the Kawano group. Takema's classmate, Akiko, is the daughter of Eiko who operates a restaurant, and through her he obtains a lodging in the house of Shiu, a dancing mistress. The students enjoy their life, but most have their troubles. Sakamoto works as a laborer on the docks to help pay for his schooling, and Akiko worries over the relationship between her mother and Sakurai, a corrupt politician, suspected to be involved in graft over jet aircraft.
The Sky Is Mine
Director
A Man Explodes
Director
Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One day Kensuke saves a suicidal woman, Fukiko Uzu, who jumps into a waterfall. Having injured his eyes in the process, he is brought to Tokyo for medical treatment. In Tokyo, Kensaku visits his mother Kaneko who left her son years ago. She now owns an exclusive club and has a son, Isao, with the president of Kobe Concern. Isao plots to steal Kensuke's farm as part of a land development scheme with Fukiko's husband. Without knowing they are blood related, their conflict over the farm intensifies.
The Tragedy of Today
Director
College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the money isn't there, leading the young men into even more serious crime.
Red Pier
Writer
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
Red Pier
Director
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
Rusty Knife
Writer
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
Rusty Knife
Director
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
The Eagle and the Hawk
Assistant Director
In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
The Champion
Screenplay
Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date. (source: Nikkatsu International)
Dancing Sisters
Assistant Director
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
A Harpa da Birmânia
Assistant Director
Fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial. O disciplinado pelotão do capitão Inouye sempre foi bastante musical. Presos pelos ingleses, eles descobrem que uma tropa de japoneses recusa a rendição e será massacrada pelos inimigos. Mizushima, tocador de arpa do grupo, sobe até uma montanha para tocar, na expectativa de convencer os compatriotas a entregarem-se e evitar o banho de sangue.
Evil Reward
Screenplay
After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sent by his wife's cell and Kenmochi detective of the Metropolitan Police Department, but the real Kenmochi detective arrived a few minutes later. The corpse of the bunch went up in the moat near Akasaka, and the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1 was colored.
The Heart
Assistant Director
In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.