Andrew Hughes

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

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

The Last Voyage (1960)

The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service. After an explosion in the boiler room, Captain Robert Adams is reluctant to evacuate the steamship. While the crew fights to hold a bulkhead between the flooded boiler ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew L. Stone
CAST:  Robert Stack  •  Dorothy Malone  •  George Sanders  •  Edmond O'Brien

The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service. After an explosion in the boiler room, Captain Robert Adams is reluctant to evacuate the steamship. While the crew fights to hold a bulkhead between the flooded boiler ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew L. Stone
CAST:  Robert Stack  •  Dorothy Malone  •  George Sanders  •  Edmond O'Brien

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer  •  Toshio Masuda  •  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Martin Balsam  •  Sō Yamamura  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Tatsuya Mihashi

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer  •  Toshio Masuda  •  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Martin Balsam  •  Sō Yamamura  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Tatsuya Mihashi

Flight from Ashiya (1964)

Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors from a murderous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Richard Widmark  •  George Chakiris  •  Suzy Parker

Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors from a murderous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Richard Widmark  •  George Chakiris  •  Suzy Parker

Two in the Shadow (1967)

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Mitsuko Mori

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Mitsuko Mori

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

ESPY (1974)

The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Hiroshi Fujioka  •  Kaoru Yumi  •  Masao Kusakari  •  Yūzō Kayama

The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Hiroshi Fujioka  •  Kaoru Yumi  •  Masao Kusakari  •  Yūzō Kayama

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959)

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew don't know as their radio has failed. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shūe Matsubayashi
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Akihiko Hirata  •  Akira Kubo

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew don't know as their radio has failed. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shūe Matsubayashi
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Akihiko Hirata  •  Akira Kubo

Terror Beneath the Sea (1966)

While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Sato
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Peggy Neal  •  Franz Gruber  •  Steve Queens

While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Sato
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Peggy Neal  •  Franz Gruber  •  Steve Queens

Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Maruyama
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Chishū Ryū

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Maruyama
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Chishū Ryū

Z for Zachariah (1984)

Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust, in which almost everyone has dies, leaving just two families. Eventually just one girl and one man are left, and the majority of the film is about how they cope with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Garner
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Pippa Hinchley  •  David Daker  •  Angela Galbraith

Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust, in which almost everyone has dies, leaving just two families. Eventually just one girl and one man are left, and the majority of the film is about how they cope with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Garner
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Pippa Hinchley  •  David Daker  •  Angela Galbraith

皇室と戦争とわが民族 (1960)

Japanese war film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Komori
CAST:  Kanjūrō Arashi  •  Takamaru Sasaki  •  Yōichi Numata  •  Hiroshi Hayashi

Japanese war film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Komori
CAST:  Kanjūrō Arashi  •  Takamaru Sasaki  •  Yōichi Numata  •  Hiroshi Hayashi

The Golden Bat (1966)

A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through his telescope. Scoffed at by the scientific establishment, the boy is kidnapped and brought to a secret UN base in the Japan alps. He is immediately inducted into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Sato
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Wataru Yamagawa  •  Hisako Tsukuba  •  Emily Takami

A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through his telescope. Scoffed at by the scientific establishment, the boy is kidnapped and brought to a secret UN base in the Japan alps. He is immediately inducted into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Sato
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Wataru Yamagawa  •  Hisako Tsukuba  •  Emily Takami

Las Vegas Free-For-All (1967)

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Tsuboshima
CAST:  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Kei Tani  •  Hajime Hana  •  Mie Hama

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Tsuboshima
CAST:  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Kei Tani  •  Hajime Hana  •  Mie Hama

Submersion of Japan (1973)

A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Moritani
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Hiroshi Fujioka  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Ayumi Ishida

A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Moritani
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Hiroshi Fujioka  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Ayumi Ishida

Crazy Big Explosion (1969)

A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kengo Furusawa
CAST:  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Hajime Hana  •  Kei Tani  •  Hiroshi Inuzuka

A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kengo Furusawa
CAST:  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Hajime Hana  •  Kei Tani  •  Hiroshi Inuzuka

Japan for Sale (1968)

The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Hajime Hana  •  Senri Sakurai  •  Mie Hama

The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Hajime Hana  •  Senri Sakurai  •  Mie Hama