Yasuzō Ogawa

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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

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An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Masaaki Daimon  •  Kazuya Aoyama  •  Reiko Tajima  •  Akihiko Hirata

An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Masaaki Daimon  •  Kazuya Aoyama  •  Reiko Tajima  •  Akihiko Hirata

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  David Niven  •  Finlay Currie  •  Robert Morley  •  Cantinflas

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  David Niven  •  Finlay Currie  •  Robert Morley  •  Cantinflas

Atragon (1963)

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Yōko Fujiyama  •  Yū Fujiki  •  Ken Uehara

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Yōko Fujiyama  •  Yū Fujiki  •  Ken Uehara

Kill! (1968)

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Etsushi Takahashi  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Tadao Nakamaru

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Etsushi Takahashi  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Tadao Nakamaru

Red Beard (1965)

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Kyōko Kagawa

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Kyōko Kagawa

Samurai Assassin (1965)

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Toshirō Mifune

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Toshirō Mifune

The H-Man (1958)

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Yumi Shirakawa  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Akihiko Hirata  •  Koreya Senda

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Yumi Shirakawa  •  Kenji Sahara  •  Akihiko Hirata  •  Koreya Senda

The Sword of Doom (1966)

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Yōko Naitō

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Yōko Naitō

Yojimbo (1961)

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Isuzu Yamada

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Isuzu Yamada

The Creature Called Man (1970)

A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Nishimura
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Jiro Tamiya  •  Mariko Kaga  •  Nobuo Nakamura

A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Nishimura
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Jiro Tamiya  •  Mariko Kaga  •  Nobuo Nakamura

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

Yearning (1964)

After a bombing raid destroys the family store and her husband, Reiko rebuilds and runs the shop out of love stopped short by destruction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Hideko Takamine  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Yumi Shirakawa

After a bombing raid destroys the family store and her husband, Reiko rebuilds and runs the shop out of love stopped short by destruction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Hideko Takamine  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Yumi Shirakawa

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963)

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Tatsuyoshi Ehara  •  Hiroshi Tachikawa

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Tatsuyoshi Ehara  •  Hiroshi Tachikawa

Desperado Outpost (1959)

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Makoto Satō  •  Izumi Yukimura  •  Tadao Nakamaru  •  Misa Uehara

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Makoto Satō  •  Izumi Yukimura  •  Tadao Nakamaru  •  Misa Uehara

Warring Clans (1963)

A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Makoto Satō  •  Ichirō Nakatani

A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Makoto Satō  •  Ichirō Nakatani

Japan's Longest Day (1967)

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Seiji Miyaguchi  •  Rokkō Toura  •  Yoshio Kosugi  •  Takashi Shimura

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Seiji Miyaguchi  •  Rokkō Toura  •  Yoshio Kosugi  •  Takashi Shimura

Lake of Dracula (1971)

A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Yamamoto
CAST:  Midori Fujita  •  Chōei Takahashi  •  Sanae Emi  •  Shin Kishida

A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Yamamoto
CAST:  Midori Fujita  •  Chōei Takahashi  •  Sanae Emi  •  Shin Kishida

Ironfinger (1965)

After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning the favor of a notorious arms dealer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Mie Hama  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Jun Tatara

After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning the favor of a notorious arms dealer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Mie Hama  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Jun Tatara

The Thin Line (1966)

Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Tatsuya Mihashi

Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Tatsuya Mihashi

Moment of Terror (1966)

When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's husband manages to buy silence about the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Hideko Takamine  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Daisuke Katō

When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's husband manages to buy silence about the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Hideko Takamine  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Daisuke Katō
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