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悪名 (1961)
Character: N/A
Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with, is kidnapped by a rival clan and sold to a a house of pleasure, Asakichi and Sada set out to rescue her.
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柳生武芸帳 剣豪乱れ雲 (1963)
Character: N/A
Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.
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蟻の街のマリア (1958)
Character: N/A
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.
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大いなる旅路 (1960)
Character: N/A
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .
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海の地図 (1959)
Character: Takaoka
Akiko Mizushina, a university student, is in love with Keisuke Okazaki, a member of the rugby team at the same university. Sugiura, a brilliant scholarly student, also has feelings for Akiko. During the summer vacation, Akiko thought she was enjoying the joys of youth, but she was filled with a feeling that something was missing.
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花と竜 第二部 愛憎流転 (1954)
Character: Setsurin Harada
Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie
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悲劇の将軍 山下奉文 (1953)
Character: N/A
When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the Malay front and occupied Singapore at once, and was praised as a "Malay tiger." However, the situation in Japan changed steadily by the failure of Sai pan from the GA Talca translation.
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風雲児 (1951)
Character: N/A
Yano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts physical power with moral principles, faces off against a man protecting jujitsu in the twilight of Kikyōgahara!
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大菩薩峠 (1957)
Character: N/A
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
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第五福竜丸 (1959)
Character: N/A
An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the crew come up to watch. They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take time to clear their fishing gear. A short time later, grey ash starts to fall on the ship. When the ship returns to port the sailors have been burned brown. They unload the fish, which are then transported away. They visit the local doctor and then go to Tokyo for an examination. It turns out they are all highly radioactive. Their symptoms become worse, and the contaminated fish causes a panic.
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砂漠を渡る太陽 (1960)
Character: Ivanov
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
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人間の壁 (1959)
Character: N/A
Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.
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考える葉 (1962)
Character: N/A
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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夜の熱帯魚 (1969)
Character: N/A
Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.
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女優 (1956)
Character: N/A
Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.
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広場の孤独 (1953)
Character: N/A
Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta
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眠狂四郎 卍斬り (1969)
Character: N/A
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.
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勝負犬 (1967)
Character: Michihiko Nakazawa
A series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38. Indeed, Daisuke himself is almost killed while investigating the case. This occurred while he was with Ritsuko, daughter of a company president. Detective Kimura thinks that the president himself, returned to Japan after an absence of fifteen years, might be the killer, or at least the man who supplied the gun. Ritsuko's father limps and though she explains this as the result of a traffic accident, Kimura remembers a narcotics smuggler named Suginami who shot himself in the ankle and then escaped from the hospital. He believes that the company president and the drug peddler are the same.
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べらんめえ芸者罷り通る (1961)
Character: Tatsuzaemon Yamanaka
A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.
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新選組鬼隊長 (1954)
Character: Katsu Awa-no-kami
Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who devoted his life to protecting the shogun and fighting on the side of the Tokugawa. This tells the story of the Shinsengumi starting at the moment of their greatest triumph through the final battles as the Tokugawa shogunate was brought down.
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スパイ (1965)
Character: N/A
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.
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一万三千人の容疑者 (1966)
Character: N/A
Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.
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点と線 (1958)
Character: N/A
Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.
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霧丸霧がくれ 南海の狼 (1961)
Character: Yahei
Namie's in trouble again, getting snatched by an evil gang in search of treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart, and falls in with a band of pirates who are also hunting the hidden stash.
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暴力の街 (1950)
Character: Sasaki
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
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まごころ (1953)
Character: Fumiko's uncle
A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.
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眠狂四郎無頼剣 (1966)
Character: Senjûrô Shikibu
Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political reformer that pushed for better provisions for the lower classes until he was assassinated by Shogunate agents. Their plot, to set fire to the oil refineries of two rich merchants and unleash a raging inferno that will hopefully burn down the Edo Castle.
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剣は知っていた 紅顔無双流 (1958)
Character: N/A
In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.
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浮草日記 (1955)
Character: Hirano
A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins, however, a miners' strike is announced, creating an uproar. In addition, the players find they have been cheated out of their profits by a crooked impresario.
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水戸黄門漫遊記 怪力類人猿 (1956)
Character: N/A
A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature.
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破戒 (1948)
Character: (as Kiyoshi Nagata)
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
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三つ首塔 (1956)
Character: N/A
Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never heard of. The lawyers haven't located Shunsaku yet, allowing Otone to think about whether she accepts the conditions of the will. One month later after, Takato Shunsaku is found. Murdered. At the birthday party of Otone's uncle. With Shunsaku dead and thus making it impossible for Otone to marry him, the inheritence is to split amongst all (living) family members. And yes, as always, that means that the potential successors get killed off one by one. But Kosuke Kindaichi is on the trail...
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爛 (1962)
Character: N/A
Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women for the affections and commitment of the same man, a handsome car salesman. Masuko is the number one hostess at a cabaret, living with her lover, ... but finds out that he has a wife. When Masuko’s niece arrives the competition further ratchets up.
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無法松の一生 (1943)
Character: N/A
Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents.
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傷だらけの天使 (1966)
Character: N/A
A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention center and returning to his hometown of Ibusuki, Hachiro begins to investigate the cause of his older sister Sumiko's suicide. While Hachiro was in juvenile detention, Sumiko committed suicide, but there are too many mysteries surrounding this suicide...
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忍ぶ川 (1972)
Character: Tetsuro's father
A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and the inhospitable snowscapes of the north.
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永遠の人 (1961)
Character: Heizaemon
The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war with a crippling injury, and then forced into marriage with him. In four more chapters, presented over three decades, their children undertake their own searches for love, while the parents try to make each other as miserable as possible.
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二代目若親分 (1969)
Character: Osawa
Takeshi Nanjo, a junior lieutenant in the navy whose father, the head of the Nanjo-gumi yakuza family, was killed, is forced to leave the army and become the head of the Nanjo-gumi in the second generation. He brutally chivalrously avenges the death of his father by a vicious yakuza linked to extremists within the army through the courage and swordsmanship of naval training!
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人間の條件 第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇 (1959)
Character: (uncredited)
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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惜春鳥 (1959)
Character: Heizaburô Onizuka
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.
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月光仮面 (1958)
Character: N/A
First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
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風来坊探偵 岬を渡る黒い風 (1961)
Character: N/A
Fukasaku and Chiba are back in a sequel filmed with the same cast and released just two weeks after the first film. This time the storyline is set in a small seaside town and the film favours detective and watadori film influences over westerns. Like its predecessor, the film runs barely over one hour and never drags. It’s a little less goofy, but doesn’t have as beautiful landscapes the first movie had. Not an especially good film, but for fans of Fukasaku and Chiba it’s an entertaining if flawed 60 minutes.
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悪魔の手毬唄 (1961)
Character: Gozo Nire
1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.
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紀ノ川 (1966)
Character: Tahei
Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.
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女優 (1947)
Character: Hiroo Takahama
Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.
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ひろしま (1953)
Character: N/A
The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.
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狼 (1955)
Character: N/A
A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
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柳生武芸帳 片目水月の剣 (1963)
Character: N/A
When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the mystical Yagyu Scroll in order to save all of Japan. This time, Jubei must stop the evil plot of Lord Hayato-no-sho, who secretly plans on overthrowing the Shogunate. This is the most exciting film in the long-running series about one of the greatest swordsmen in Japanese history. Konoe Jushiro gives one of his finest performances in this classic tale.
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野良犬 (1949)
Character: N/A
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
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追いつめる (1972)
Character: N/A
The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.
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太陽の王子ホルスの大冒険 (1968)
Character: Drago (voice)
Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the lands of his ancestors, encountering the beautiful but enigmatic Hilda as his journey leads to a series of adventures.
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獣の剣 (1965)
Character: N/A
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
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涙を、獅子のたて髪に (1962)
Character: N/A
A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar.
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新吾十番勝負 第一部・第二部 総集版 (1959)
Character: N/A
A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, he travels to Edo to find Shogun Yoshimune.
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四谷怪談 (1965)
Character: Yotsuya Samon
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
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人形佐七捕物帖 般若の面 (1960)
Character: N/A
A thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the remarkable feats of the puppet showman Sakichi of Otama Pond, who skillfully unravels the serial murders involving Hannya masks swirling around the streets of Edo's 808 districts with his adept jutte handling. This is the first installment in the series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama.
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若者たち (1968)
Character: N/A
"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second brother, Jiro, is a truck driver. The third, Saburo, is a student, dreams of a better future for the whole family are connected with him, with his career. Brothers and sisters are fighting to give him a higher education. And, finally, the youngest of the brothers, Suekichi, is also going to enter the university after graduation. The life of the Sato family is complicated. Taro is kind, but limited, not always able to find a common language with his brothers and sister Orie. The girl cannot stand the despotism of her brother, leaves her home and goes to work at the factory. With her departure, everything in the house goes upside down. Suekichi fails her university entrance exams, Orie is forced to return to her family.
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安寿と厨子王丸 (1961)
Character: Hito-gai No Yamaoka Dayû (voice)
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments. While Anju falls into a lake and is transformed into a swan, Zushio escapes and after being adopted to a nobleman grows to a young man. He will then fight to defeat the evil Dayu and free all the slaves.
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黒い河 (1957)
Character: (uncredited)
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.
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風花 (1959)
Character: Gonoshin
After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.
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