Haruo Nakajima

Japanese actor known for his work in kaiju films.

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All Monsters Attack (1969)

Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tomonori Yazaki  •  Hideyo Amamoto  •  Sachio Sakai  •  Kazuo Suzuki

Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tomonori Yazaki  •  Hideyo Amamoto  •  Sachio Sakai  •  Kazuo Suzuki

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

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)

During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Nick Adams  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Nick Adams  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

A meteor lands in Kurobe Valley as detective Shindo is assigned to protect Princess Salno from assassination. She emerges under the guise of a Venusian prophetess and catches the attention of journalist Naoko and Mothra's fairies by predicting a powerful space ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akiko Wakabayashi  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Emi Ito

A meteor lands in Kurobe Valley as detective Shindo is assigned to protect Princess Salno from assassination. She emerges under the guise of a Venusian prophetess and catches the attention of journalist Naoko and Mothra's fairies by predicting a powerful space ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akiko Wakabayashi  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Emi Ito

Godzilla (1954)

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Takashi Shimura  •  Momoko Kôchi  •  Akira Takarada  •  Akihiko Hirata

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Takashi Shimura  •  Momoko Kôchi  •  Akira Takarada  •  Akihiko Hirata

Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Motoyoshi Oda
CAST:  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Setsuko Wakayama  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Takashi Shimura

Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Motoyoshi Oda
CAST:  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Setsuko Wakayama  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Takashi Shimura

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Hiroshi Ishikawa  •  Yuriko Hishimi  •  Minoru Takashima  •  Tomoko Umeda

Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Hiroshi Ishikawa  •  Yuriko Hishimi  •  Minoru Takashima  •  Tomoko Umeda

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

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization controlling a crustacean monster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Chōtarō Tōgin  •  Hideo Sunazuka

Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization controlling a crustacean monster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Chōtarō Tōgin  •  Hideo Sunazuka

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda  •  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Raymond Burr  •  Frank Iwanaga  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Momoko Kôchi

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda  •  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Raymond Burr  •  Frank Iwanaga  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Momoko Kôchi

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

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1958)

An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a ski-ers' shelter following an avalanche, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda  •  Kenneth G. Crane
CAST:  John Carradine  •  Momoko Kôchi  •  Akira Takarada  •  Akemi Negishi

An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a ski-ers' shelter following an avalanche, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda  •  Kenneth G. Crane
CAST:  John Carradine  •  Momoko Kôchi  •  Akira Takarada  •  Akemi Negishi

I Live in Fear (1955)

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Eiko Miyoshi

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Eiko Miyoshi

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Nick Adams  •  Akira Takarada  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Akira Kubo

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Nick Adams  •  Akira Takarada  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Akira Kubo

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

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Yū Fujiki  •  Ichirō Arishima

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Yū Fujiki  •  Ichirō Arishima

Latitude Zero (1969)

A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Alpha under the command of Captain McKenzie. The group is quickly taken to a vast underwater city known as Latitude ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Cesar Romero  •  Akira Takarada  •  Patricia Medina

A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Alpha under the command of Captain McKenzie. The group is quickly taken to a vast underwater city known as Latitude ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Cesar Romero  •  Akira Takarada  •  Patricia Medina

Matango (1963)

Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Kubo  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Kenji Sahara

Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Kubo  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Kenji Sahara

Mothra (1961)

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Frankie Sakai  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Kyōko Kagawa  •  Ken Uehara

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Frankie Sakai  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Kyōko Kagawa  •  Ken Uehara

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
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