Nobuo Tsukamoto

Ballad of Orin (1977)

A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Shima Iwashita  •  Tomoko Naraoka  •  Taiji Tonoyama  •  Tōru Abe

A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Shima Iwashita  •  Tomoko Naraoka  •  Taiji Tonoyama  •  Tōru Abe

Where Spring Comes Late (1970)

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Chieko Baisho  •  Chishū Ryū  •  Hisashi Igawa  •  Gin Maeda

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Chieko Baisho  •  Chishū Ryū  •  Hisashi Igawa  •  Gin Maeda

Good-bye Moscow (1968)

Ex-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends him to Moscow with a jazz combo, he falls in with the dissident youth of the city, and again finds life empty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromichi Horikawa
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Toshiko Morita  •  Yoko Nogiwa  •  Akimi Fuji

Ex-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends him to Moscow with a jazz combo, he falls in with the dissident youth of the city, and again finds life empty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromichi Horikawa
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Toshiko Morita  •  Yoko Nogiwa  •  Akimi Fuji

Playtime Never Ends (1991)

A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't catch him. TV networks begin to broadcast the operation nationwide. TV audiences are amused and root for the runaway ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadaaki Haginiwa
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Tadashi Nishikawa  •  Nagare Hagiwara

A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't catch him. TV networks begin to broadcast the operation nationwide. TV audiences are amused and root for the runaway ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadaaki Haginiwa
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Tadashi Nishikawa  •  Nagare Hagiwara

August without Emperor (1978)

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Etsushi Takahashi  •  Kiyoshi Atsumi

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Etsushi Takahashi  •  Kiyoshi Atsumi

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex (1970)

Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Tezuka  •  Eiichi Yamamoto
CAST:  Chinatsu Nakayama  •  Hajime Hana  •  Kotoe Hatsui  •  Osami Nabe

Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Tezuka  •  Eiichi Yamamoto
CAST:  Chinatsu Nakayama  •  Hajime Hana  •  Kotoe Hatsui  •  Osami Nabe

The Song of the Cart (1959)

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Yūko Mochizuki  •  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Sachiko Hidari  •  Teruko Kishi

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Yūko Mochizuki  •  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Sachiko Hidari  •  Teruko Kishi

Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie (1981)

The Dogma Kingdom attacks the Matagi (mountain tribe) village of Yamabiko to steal the sacred Flying Dragon Fortress and wreak havoc all over Japan. Six children from the fallen village take refuge in a nearby town, keeping their identities as Matagi citizens a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Yamada
CAST:  Hiroshi Miyauchi  •  Shunsuke Takasugi  •  Nobuo Tsukamoto  •  Teru Satō

The Dogma Kingdom attacks the Matagi (mountain tribe) village of Yamabiko to steal the sacred Flying Dragon Fortress and wreak havoc all over Japan. Six children from the fallen village take refuge in a nearby town, keeping their identities as Matagi citizens a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Yamada
CAST:  Hiroshi Miyauchi  •  Shunsuke Takasugi  •  Nobuo Tsukamoto  •  Teru Satō

Bobby's Girl (1985)

Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Hirata
CAST:  Hironobu Nomura  •  Hiromi Murata  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Nobuo Tsukamoto

Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Hirata
CAST:  Hironobu Nomura  •  Hiromi Murata  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Nobuo Tsukamoto

Mystery of the Coral Seas (1988)

A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasutada Nagano
CAST:  Nagisa Katahira  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Reiko Nanjo  •  Junkichi Orimoto

A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasutada Nagano
CAST:  Nagisa Katahira  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Reiko Nanjo  •  Junkichi Orimoto

Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters (1971)

A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12, 1971 as part of the Toho Champion Festival along with Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Earth's Greatest Battle ( edited from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiharu Tomita
CAST:  Jiro Dan  •  Takanobu Toya  •  Nobuo Tsukamoto  •  Shunsuke Ikeda

A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12, 1971 as part of the Toho Champion Festival along with Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Earth's Greatest Battle ( edited from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiharu Tomita
CAST:  Jiro Dan  •  Takanobu Toya  •  Nobuo Tsukamoto  •  Shunsuke Ikeda

Return of Ultraman (1971)

Episodes 5 and 6 of Return of Ultraman show, screened at Toho Championship Festival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiharu Tomita
CAST:  Jiro Dan  •  Nobuo Tsukamoto  •  Shunsuke Ikeda  •  Mika Katsuragi

Episodes 5 and 6 of Return of Ultraman show, screened at Toho Championship Festival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiharu Tomita
CAST:  Jiro Dan  •  Nobuo Tsukamoto  •  Shunsuke Ikeda  •  Mika Katsuragi

Forward, Young People! (1969)

The second film tells about the life of matured brothers and sister Sato. Taro became a foreman. He saves every yen to fulfill his dream of building his own house with stone gates. Jiro continues to work in the transportation office, he dreams of getting married. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokihisa Morikawa
CAST:  Kunie Tanaka  •  Isao Hashimoto  •  Kei Yamamoto  •  Orie Satō

The second film tells about the life of matured brothers and sister Sato. Taro became a foreman. He saves every yen to fulfill his dream of building his own house with stone gates. Jiro continues to work in the transportation office, he dreams of getting married. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokihisa Morikawa
CAST:  Kunie Tanaka  •  Isao Hashimoto  •  Kei Yamamoto  •  Orie Satō