Kôji Nakata

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990)

The evil Dr. Kochin uses the dragon balls to resurrect his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, in an effort to take over the world. Dr. Wheelo, his body having been destroyed by the avalanche that killed him fifty years before, desires the body of the strongest fighter in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Nishio
CAST:  Masako Nozawa  •  Toshio Furukawa  •  Mayumi Tanaka  •  Hiromi Tsuru

The evil Dr. Kochin uses the dragon balls to resurrect his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, in an effort to take over the world. Dr. Wheelo, his body having been destroyed by the avalanche that killed him fifty years before, desires the body of the strongest fighter in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Nishio
CAST:  Masako Nozawa  •  Toshio Furukawa  •  Mayumi Tanaka  •  Hiromi Tsuru

Crayon Shin-chan: The Hidden Treasure of the Buri Buri Kingdom (1994)

The Noharas win a vacation to the Kingdom of Buri Buri -- but the whole thing was just a clever ploy by an evil organization to kidnap Shin-chan!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuru Hongo
CAST:  Akiko Yajima  •  Miki Narahashi  •  Keiji Fujiwara  •  Kosei Tomita

The Noharas win a vacation to the Kingdom of Buri Buri -- but the whole thing was just a clever ploy by an evil organization to kidnap Shin-chan!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuru Hongo
CAST:  Akiko Yajima  •  Miki Narahashi  •  Keiji Fujiwara  •  Kosei Tomita

Double Deception (2000)

Mr. Ozaki, a Japanese conglomerate businessman living in Los Angeles, hires a beautiful young double (Maria) to protect his real daughter (Lisa) from harm. When Maria is kidnapped by a professional crime organization for a $2 million ransom, her bodyguard, Luke ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimichi Ohkawa
CAST:  Rei Kikukawa  •  Louis Mandylor  •  James Russo  •  Udo Kier

Mr. Ozaki, a Japanese conglomerate businessman living in Los Angeles, hires a beautiful young double (Maria) to protect his real daughter (Lisa) from harm. When Maria is kidnapped by a professional crime organization for a $2 million ransom, her bodyguard, Luke ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimichi Ohkawa
CAST:  Rei Kikukawa  •  Louis Mandylor  •  James Russo  •  Udo Kier

Silent Möbius (1991)

In a futuristic Tokyo, several policewomen fight a monster. One of them, Katsumi Liqueur, remembers where she saw it before... Katsumi Liqueur, an American-born woman of Japanese descent, travels to Tokyo to visit her mother, Fuyuka, who is sick in the hospital. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michitaka Kikuchi  •  Kazuo Tomizawa
CAST:  Toshiko Fujita  •  Chieko Honda  •  Masako Ikeda  •  Kiyoshi Kawakubo

In a futuristic Tokyo, several policewomen fight a monster. One of them, Katsumi Liqueur, remembers where she saw it before... Katsumi Liqueur, an American-born woman of Japanese descent, travels to Tokyo to visit her mother, Fuyuka, who is sick in the hospital. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michitaka Kikuchi  •  Kazuo Tomizawa
CAST:  Toshiko Fujita  •  Chieko Honda  •  Masako Ikeda  •  Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)

Time to ease up ... not! Although the Yamato's crew has witnessed the end of the long, hard-fought Comet Empire War, a peaceful future will have to wait. While Dessler gathers together the shattered remnants of his Gamilus Empire, new forces are at work in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Masuda  •  Takeshi Shirato
CAST:  Kei Tomiyama  •  Yoko Asagami  •  Shūsei Nakamura  •  Takeshi Aono

Time to ease up ... not! Although the Yamato's crew has witnessed the end of the long, hard-fought Comet Empire War, a peaceful future will have to wait. While Dessler gathers together the shattered remnants of his Gamilus Empire, new forces are at work in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Masuda  •  Takeshi Shirato
CAST:  Kei Tomiyama  •  Yoko Asagami  •  Shūsei Nakamura  •  Takeshi Aono

Future War 198X (1982)

An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from both the US and the USSR governments, war breaks out and humanity faces a new bloodshed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Masuda  •  Tomoharu Katsumata
CAST:  Masashi Amenomori  •  Yoshio Kaneuchi  •  Kinya Kitaoji  •  Masako Natsume

An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from both the US and the USSR governments, war breaks out and humanity faces a new bloodshed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Masuda  •  Tomoharu Katsumata
CAST:  Masashi Amenomori  •  Yoshio Kaneuchi  •  Kinya Kitaoji  •  Masako Natsume

Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo (2004)

Fujiko and Lupin are kidnapped by Malkovich, a notorious criminal escaped from Alcatraz who forces Lupin to steal the "Bull's Eye," a precious stone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidehito Ueda
CAST:  Kanichi Kurita  •  Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi  •  Gorō Naya  •  Eiko Masuyama

Fujiko and Lupin are kidnapped by Malkovich, a notorious criminal escaped from Alcatraz who forces Lupin to steal the "Bull's Eye," a precious stone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidehito Ueda
CAST:  Kanichi Kurita  •  Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi  •  Gorō Naya  •  Eiko Masuyama

Sing, Young People (1963)

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Kinoshita
CAST:  Tsutomu Matsukawa  •  Yūsuke Kawazu  •  Shinichirō Mikami  •  Kei Yamamoto

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Kinoshita
CAST:  Tsutomu Matsukawa  •  Yūsuke Kawazu  •  Shinichirō Mikami  •  Kei Yamamoto

Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve (1989)

Years after the events of Megazone 23 II, the only city on Earth is the supposedly idyllic Eden. There lives Eiji Takanaka, a B Level hacker who has just been accepted into EX, the organization that controls Eden. However, before his first day on the job, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aramaki  •  Kenichi Yatagai
CAST:  Hiroko Kasahara  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Takeshi Kusao  •  Maria Kawamura

Years after the events of Megazone 23 II, the only city on Earth is the supposedly idyllic Eden. There lives Eiji Takanaka, a B Level hacker who has just been accepted into EX, the organization that controls Eden. However, before his first day on the job, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aramaki  •  Kenichi Yatagai
CAST:  Hiroko Kasahara  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Takeshi Kusao  •  Maria Kawamura

Sangokushi: The Distant Land (1994)

Third movie of the Sangokushi animated film trilogy. The movie covers the longest time span of the three films, from Liu Bei's expedition to Shu in 211 CE to the death of Kongming in 234 CE.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoharu Katsumata
CAST:  Teruhiko Aoi  •  Takashi Yamaguchi  •  Takeshi Aono  •  Tarō Ishida

Third movie of the Sangokushi animated film trilogy. The movie covers the longest time span of the three films, from Liu Bei's expedition to Shu in 211 CE to the death of Kongming in 234 CE.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoharu Katsumata
CAST:  Teruhiko Aoi  •  Takashi Yamaguchi  •  Takeshi Aono  •  Tarō Ishida

Puppet Princess (2000)

Princess Rangiku lost her entire family to Lord Karimata, who invaded her home seeking her father's life work, puppets with unique capabilities. As her duty, Rangiku sets out with three of her father's greatest puppet warriors to seek revenge. She can manipulate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirotoshi Takaya
CAST:  Akiko Yajima  •  Norio Wakamoto  •  Kôji Nakata  •  Minoru Inaba

Princess Rangiku lost her entire family to Lord Karimata, who invaded her home seeking her father's life work, puppets with unique capabilities. As her duty, Rangiku sets out with three of her father's greatest puppet warriors to seek revenge. She can manipulate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirotoshi Takaya
CAST:  Akiko Yajima  •  Norio Wakamoto  •  Kôji Nakata  •  Minoru Inaba

Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005)

Fifteen years ago in a barren stretch of the Pacific, a cruise ship collided with an iceberg and was lost at sea. More than a decade later, Hideto Yashiro—a ship engineer—died in a fatal car accident. The unlikely connection between these events only comes to light ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuichiro Yamamoto
CAST:  Minami Takayama  •  Wakana Yamazaki  •  Akira Kamiya  •  Koichi Yamadera

Fifteen years ago in a barren stretch of the Pacific, a cruise ship collided with an iceberg and was lost at sea. More than a decade later, Hideto Yashiro—a ship engineer—died in a fatal car accident. The unlikely connection between these events only comes to light ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuichiro Yamamoto
CAST:  Minami Takayama  •  Wakana Yamazaki  •  Akira Kamiya  •  Koichi Yamadera

My Way (1974)

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaneto Shindō
CAST:  Nobuko Otowa  •  Taiji Tonoyama  •  Rokkō Toura  •  Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaneto Shindō
CAST:  Nobuko Otowa  •  Taiji Tonoyama  •  Rokkō Toura  •  Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Aim for the Ace! (1979)

High school freshman Hiromi joins the tennis club because of her admiration for Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki is a senior, who's the best tennis player on the team and also nicknamed "Ochōfujin", ("Madame Butterfly"), because of her elegance on the tennis court. However, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Dezaki
CAST:  Makoto Kousaka  •  Masako Ikeda  •  Kôji Nakata  •  Katsuji Mori

High school freshman Hiromi joins the tennis club because of her admiration for Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki is a senior, who's the best tennis player on the team and also nicknamed "Ochōfujin", ("Madame Butterfly"), because of her elegance on the tennis court. However, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Dezaki
CAST:  Makoto Kousaka  •  Masako Ikeda  •  Kôji Nakata  •  Katsuji Mori

The Fox With Nine Tails (1968)

Tobimaru is the young emperor of Japan. He meets a mysterious woman named Tomamo. After successfully seducing Tobimaru, she brings great misfortune onto the land. Tobimaru soon discovers that Tomamo is actually a kitsune, and now has the task to unmask and kill her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Yagi
CAST:  Emiko Azuma  •  Akio Uchiyama  •  Tadaomi Ozawa  •  Kunio Ôtsuka

Tobimaru is the young emperor of Japan. He meets a mysterious woman named Tomamo. After successfully seducing Tobimaru, she brings great misfortune onto the land. Tobimaru soon discovers that Tomamo is actually a kitsune, and now has the task to unmask and kill her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Yagi
CAST:  Emiko Azuma  •  Akio Uchiyama  •  Tadaomi Ozawa  •  Kunio Ôtsuka

Dark hunter (1994)

Thief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering, he lost his memory and returned to Edo under the name of Yataro Tanigawa. Yaheiji meets Yataro again in Edo, by which time Yataro has become a dark hunter (Hired ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahisa Sadanaga
CAST:  Hiroaki Murakami  •  Keizo Kanie  •  Takahiro Tamura  •  Rie Hatada

Thief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering, he lost his memory and returned to Edo under the name of Yataro Tanigawa. Yaheiji meets Yataro again in Edo, by which time Yataro has become a dark hunter (Hired ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahisa Sadanaga
CAST:  Hiroaki Murakami  •  Keizo Kanie  •  Takahiro Tamura  •  Rie Hatada

A Chorus of One Million People (1972)

A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher of a music class, invites Takuro Yoshida to Koriyama City to hold a concert. He then starts being harassed by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Flower Meg  •  Hiroshi Ichimura  •  Taisuke Inogaki  •  Mitsuyo Inomata

A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher of a music class, invites Takuro Yoshida to Koriyama City to hold a concert. He then starts being harassed by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Flower Meg  •  Hiroshi Ichimura  •  Taisuke Inogaki  •  Mitsuyo Inomata

Kamui the Ninja (1971)

After working his way up from the oppressed peasant class, the rogue ninja Kamui must struggle to free himself from the iron fist of his own clan. He travels through all the country running from ruthless killers who have traveled to the ends of the Earth to destroy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Kondo  •  Yonehiko Watanabe
CAST:  Kôji Nakata  •  Tatsuya Jo

After working his way up from the oppressed peasant class, the rogue ninja Kamui must struggle to free himself from the iron fist of his own clan. He travels through all the country running from ruthless killers who have traveled to the ends of the Earth to destroy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Kondo  •  Yonehiko Watanabe
CAST:  Kôji Nakata  •  Tatsuya Jo

Pineapple Butai (1959)

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DIRECTION:  Seiichirô Uchikawa
CAST:  Naoki Sugiura  •  Mike Sano  •  Mikki Yasukawa  •  Jerry Itō

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DIRECTION:  Seiichirô Uchikawa
CAST:  Naoki Sugiura  •  Mike Sano  •  Mikki Yasukawa  •  Jerry Itō