Haruo Suzuki

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Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Banno
CAST:  Akira Yamanouchi  •  Toshie Kimura  •  Hiroyuki Kawase  •  Keiko Mari

An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Banno
CAST:  Akira Yamanouchi  •  Toshie Kimura  •  Hiroyuki Kawase  •  Keiko Mari

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

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

Ikiru (1952)

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Takashi Shimura  •  Haruo Tanaka  •  Nobuo Kaneko  •  Bokuzen Hidari

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Takashi Shimura  •  Haruo Tanaka  •  Nobuo Kaneko  •  Bokuzen Hidari

Kill! (1968)

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Etsushi Takahashi  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Tadao Nakamaru

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Etsushi Takahashi  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Tadao Nakamaru

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Yū Fujiki

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Yū Fujiki

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 Hidden Fortress (1958)

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Misa Uehara

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Misa Uehara

Seven Samurai (1954)

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Yoshio Inaba  •  Seiji Miyaguchi

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Yoshio Inaba  •  Seiji Miyaguchi

Portrait of Hell (1969)

The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Toyoda
CAST:  Hideyo Amamoto  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Kinnosuke Nakamura  •  Yōko Naitō

The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Toyoda
CAST:  Hideyo Amamoto  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Kinnosuke Nakamura  •  Yōko Naitō

Goyokin (1969)

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Ruriko Asaoka

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Ruriko Asaoka

Without Complaint (1975)

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromichi Horikawa
CAST:  Yukio Aoshima  •  Kyōko Enami  •  Fumio Watanabe  •  Kirin Kiki

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromichi Horikawa
CAST:  Yukio Aoshima  •  Kyōko Enami  •  Fumio Watanabe  •  Kirin Kiki

Beast Alley (1965)

"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Junko Ikeuchi  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Keiju Kobayashi

"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Junko Ikeuchi  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Keiju Kobayashi

Desperado Outpost (1959)

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Makoto Satō  •  Izumi Yukimura  •  Tadao Nakamaru  •  Misa Uehara

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Makoto Satō  •  Izumi Yukimura  •  Tadao Nakamaru  •  Misa Uehara

47 Ronin (1962)

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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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Inagaki
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Matsumoto Hakuō I

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Inagaki
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Matsumoto Hakuō I

Eagle of the Pacific (1953)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Denjirō Ōkōchi  •  Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi  •  Masao Shimizu  •  Eijirō Yanagi

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Denjirō Ōkōchi  •  Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi  •  Masao Shimizu  •  Eijirō Yanagi

Invisible Man (1954)

When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Motoyoshi Oda
CAST:  Seizaburō Kawazu  •  Miki Sanjō  •  Minoru Takada  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Motoyoshi Oda
CAST:  Seizaburō Kawazu  •  Miki Sanjō  •  Minoru Takada  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

Lake of Dracula (1971)

A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Yamamoto
CAST:  Midori Fujita  •  Chōei Takahashi  •  Sanae Emi  •  Shin Kishida

A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Yamamoto
CAST:  Midori Fujita  •  Chōei Takahashi  •  Sanae Emi  •  Shin Kishida

A Woman's Life (1963)

A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Akira Takarada  •  Yuriko Hoshi

A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Akira Takarada  •  Yuriko Hoshi

You Can Succeed, Too (1964)

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Frankie Sakai  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Jerry Itō  •  Mie Hama

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Frankie Sakai  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Jerry Itō  •  Mie Hama
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