Nadao Kirino

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Atragon (1963)

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Yōko Fujiyama  •  Yū Fujiki  •  Ken Uehara

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Yōko Fujiyama  •  Yū Fujiki  •  Ken Uehara

Battle in Outer Space (1959)

In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Kyōko Anzai  •  Koreya Senda  •  Minoru Takada

In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Kyōko Anzai  •  Koreya Senda  •  Minoru Takada

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Kubo  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Yukiko Kobayashi  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Kubo  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Yukiko Kobayashi  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)

During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Nick Adams  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Nick Adams  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

Gorath (1962)

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Yumi Shirakawa  •  Akira Kubo  •  Kumi Mizuno

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Yumi Shirakawa  •  Akira Kubo  •  Kumi Mizuno

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Nick Adams  •  Akira Takarada  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Akira Kubo

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Nick Adams  •  Akira Takarada  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Akira Kubo

King Kong Escapes (1967)

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Rhodes Reason  •  Mie Hama  •  Linda Miller  •  Akira Takarada

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Rhodes Reason  •  Mie Hama  •  Linda Miller  •  Akira Takarada

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Yū Fujiki  •  Ichirō Arishima

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Yū Fujiki  •  Ichirō Arishima

Samurai Assassin (1965)

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Toshirō Mifune

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Toshirō Mifune

The Secret of the Telegian (1960)

Fast paced

Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Koji Tsuruta  •  Akihiko Hirata  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya  •  Tadao Nakamaru

Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Koji Tsuruta  •  Akihiko Hirata  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya  •  Tadao Nakamaru

The H-Man (1958)

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Yumi Shirakawa  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Akihiko Hirata  •  Koreya Senda

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Yumi Shirakawa  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Akihiko Hirata  •  Koreya Senda

The Last War (1961)

This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shūe Matsubayashi
CAST:  Frankie Sakai  •  Akira Takarada  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Nobuko Otowa

This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shūe Matsubayashi
CAST:  Frankie Sakai  •  Akira Takarada  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Nobuko Otowa

Dogora (1964)

A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Yōsuke Natsuki  •  Yōko Fujiyama  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Nobuo Nakamura

A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Yōsuke Natsuki  •  Yōko Fujiyama  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Nobuo Nakamura

Varan the Unbelievable (1962)

In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda  •  Jerry A. Baerwitz
CAST:  Kōzō Nomura  •  Ayumi Sonoda  •  Fumito Matsuo  •  Clifford Kawada

In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda  •  Jerry A. Baerwitz
CAST:  Kōzō Nomura  •  Ayumi Sonoda  •  Fumito Matsuo  •  Clifford Kawada

The War of the Gargantuas (1966)

Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Russ Tamblyn  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Nobuo Nakamura

Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Russ Tamblyn  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Nobuo Nakamura

Yojimbo (1961)

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Isuzu Yamada

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Isuzu Yamada

Sir Galahad in Campus (1961)

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Sugie
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Chōko Iida

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Sugie
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Chōko Iida

Fort Graveyard (1965)

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Makoto Satō  •  Reiko Dan  •  Yūnosuke Itō

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Makoto Satō  •  Reiko Dan  •  Yūnosuke Itō

A Keg of Powder (1964)

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".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Tsuboshima
CAST:  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Makoto Satō  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Tadao Nakamaru

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".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Tsuboshima
CAST:  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Makoto Satō  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Tadao Nakamaru

Golden Eyes (1968)

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Bibari Maeda  •  Andrew Hughes  •  Tomomi Sawa

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Bibari Maeda  •  Andrew Hughes  •  Tomomi Sawa
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