Toshio Egi

High and Low (1963)

A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Kyōko Kagawa  •  Tatsuya Mihashi

A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Kyōko Kagawa  •  Tatsuya Mihashi

The Rambler Rides Again (1960)

In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from unscrupulous land developers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buichi Saitō
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Ruriko Asaoka  •  Shigeru Amachi  •  Mari Shiraki

In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from unscrupulous land developers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buichi Saitō
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Ruriko Asaoka  •  Shigeru Amachi  •  Mari Shiraki

カックン超特急 (1959)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiro Omi
CAST:  Tōru Yuri  •  Mayumi Ozora  •  Junko Ikeuchi  •  Toshiaki Minami

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiro Omi
CAST:  Tōru Yuri  •  Mayumi Ozora  •  Junko Ikeuchi  •  Toshiaki Minami

Tarao Bannai (1978)

Legendary detective returns  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Aki Yashiro  •  Ichirō Zaitsu

Legendary detective returns  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Aki Yashiro  •  Ichirō Zaitsu

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiko Obayashi
CAST:  Ikko Furuya  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Miyoko Akaza  •  Hideko Yoshida

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiko Obayashi
CAST:  Ikko Furuya  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Miyoko Akaza  •  Hideko Yoshida

Jaguarman (1967)

Jaguar-Man (豹(ジャガー)マン, Jagā Man) is an unaired tokusatsu TV pilot produced by P-Productions in 1967. It is an alternative pitch to Hyouman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Funatoko
CAST:  Hikaru Urano  •  Tetsuya Uozumi  •  Rokuro Naya  •  Toshio Egi

Jaguar-Man (豹(ジャガー)マン, Jagā Man) is an unaired tokusatsu TV pilot produced by P-Productions in 1967. It is an alternative pitch to Hyouman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Funatoko
CAST:  Hikaru Urano  •  Tetsuya Uozumi  •  Rokuro Naya  •  Toshio Egi

Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 (1980)

A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Nishimura
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Eiji Okada  •  Toshio Shiba  •  Makoto Akatsuka

A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Nishimura
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Eiji Okada  •  Toshio Shiba  •  Makoto Akatsuka