Masao Imanishi

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)

The story concerns a homeless boy named Ricky, or Ted in the Japanese version. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor Gulliver himself in a forest. Gulliver is now an elderly, space-traveling scientist. With Dr. Gulliver's assistant Sylvester the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sanae Yamamoto  •  Yoshio Kuroda
CAST:  Kyū Sakamoto  •  Chiyoko Honma  •  Seiji Miyaguchi  •  Ayako Hori

The story concerns a homeless boy named Ricky, or Ted in the Japanese version. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor Gulliver himself in a forest. Gulliver is now an elderly, space-traveling scientist. With Dr. Gulliver's assistant Sylvester the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sanae Yamamoto  •  Yoshio Kuroda
CAST:  Kyū Sakamoto  •  Chiyoko Honma  •  Seiji Miyaguchi  •  Ayako Hori

The Imperial Navy (1981)

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shūe Matsubayashi
CAST:  Susumu Fujita  •  Toshiyuki Nagashima  •  Hiroshi Hasegawa  •  Kenichi Kaneda

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shūe Matsubayashi
CAST:  Susumu Fujita  •  Toshiyuki Nagashima  •  Hiroshi Hasegawa  •  Kenichi Kaneda

Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love (1992)

Notorious thief Lupin the Third aims to steal the lost treasure of the Romanov royal family with his criminal associates along for the ride. The treasure is an immense quantity of gold hidden underground in the vaults of a mysterious Texas bank. But to obtain the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Dezaki
CAST:  Kiyoshi Kobayashi  •  Yasuo Yamada  •  Eiko Masuyama  •  Gorō Naya

Notorious thief Lupin the Third aims to steal the lost treasure of the Romanov royal family with his criminal associates along for the ride. The treasure is an immense quantity of gold hidden underground in the vaults of a mysterious Texas bank. But to obtain the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Dezaki
CAST:  Kiyoshi Kobayashi  •  Yasuo Yamada  •  Eiko Masuyama  •  Gorō Naya

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971)

A peasant boy and 38 cats band against the tyrannical Ali Baba the 33rd and his cat-phobic genie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shidara
CAST:  Chikao Ohtsuka  •  Junpei Takiguchi  •  Gorō Naya  •  Kosei Tomita

A peasant boy and 38 cats band against the tyrannical Ali Baba the 33rd and his cat-phobic genie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shidara
CAST:  Chikao Ohtsuka  •  Junpei Takiguchi  •  Gorō Naya  •  Kosei Tomita

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S (1982)

Youth suspense movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshisuke Kawasaki
CAST:  Toshihiko Tahara  •  Yoshio Nomura  •  Masahiko Kondo  •  Hiroko Grace

Youth suspense movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshisuke Kawasaki
CAST:  Toshihiko Tahara  •  Yoshio Nomura  •  Masahiko Kondo  •  Hiroko Grace

The Sensualist (1991)

A story of a man’s erotic experiences since the age of seven, based on the seventeenth-century novel “Koushoko Ichidai Otoko” by Saikaku Ihara.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Abe
CAST:  Masao Imanishi  •  Minori Matsushima  •  Ichiro Nagai  •  Eiichi Yamamoto

A story of a man’s erotic experiences since the age of seven, based on the seventeenth-century novel “Koushoko Ichidai Otoko” by Saikaku Ihara.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Abe
CAST:  Masao Imanishi  •  Minori Matsushima  •  Ichiro Nagai  •  Eiichi Yamamoto

Zôressha ga Yatte Kita (1992)

During WWII most zoo animals that could pose a danger to the public were slaughtered. Only two elephants survived the war, and trains were arranged to bring children from all over the country to see them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mei Kato
CAST:  Kumiko Nishihara  •  Masako Nozawa  •  Osamu Saka  •  Toshio Furukawa

During WWII most zoo animals that could pose a danger to the public were slaughtered. Only two elephants survived the war, and trains were arranged to bring children from all over the country to see them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mei Kato
CAST:  Kumiko Nishihara  •  Masako Nozawa  •  Osamu Saka  •  Toshio Furukawa

Horror of the Wolf (1973)

Enigmatic teenager Akira Inugami is, by night, a powerful werewolf, who falls for a beautiful young teacher, and copes with a ruthless teen gang leader, whose yakuza father murdered Akira's parents years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masashi Matsumoto
CAST:  Tarō Shigaki  •  Yōko Ichiji  •  Michiko Honda  •  Toshitaka Itō

Enigmatic teenager Akira Inugami is, by night, a powerful werewolf, who falls for a beautiful young teacher, and copes with a ruthless teen gang leader, whose yakuza father murdered Akira's parents years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masashi Matsumoto
CAST:  Tarō Shigaki  •  Yōko Ichiji  •  Michiko Honda  •  Toshitaka Itō