Akemi Kita

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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

Black Tight Killers (1966)

Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar, he becomes involved in saving Yuriko from assassination by stylish, female ninjas. When trying to rescue Yuriko ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Akemi Kita  •  Mieko Nishio  •  Bokuzen Hidari  •  Akira Kobayashi

Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar, he becomes involved in saving Yuriko from assassination by stylish, female ninjas. When trying to rescue Yuriko ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Akemi Kita  •  Mieko Nishio  •  Bokuzen Hidari  •  Akira Kobayashi

The Wiser Age (1962)

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Hideko Takamine  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Reiko Dan

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Hideko Takamine  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Reiko Dan

Brand of Evil (1964)

A Japanese detective, Kikuchi, is framed for a murder and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency to investigate his case and investigates Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm whom is really a crime lord responsible for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromichi Horikawa
CAST:  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Kyôko Kishida  •  Keiji Sada

A Japanese detective, Kikuchi, is framed for a murder and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency to investigate his case and investigates Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm whom is really a crime lord responsible for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromichi Horikawa
CAST:  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Kyôko Kishida  •  Keiji Sada

Sir Galahad in Campus (1961)

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Sugie
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Chōko Iida

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Sugie
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Chōko Iida

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

The Last Gunfight (1960)

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Koji Tsuruta  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Yōsuke Natsuki

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Koji Tsuruta  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Yōsuke Natsuki

Key of Keys (1965)

Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Senkichi Taniguchi
CAST:  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Akiko Wakabayashi  •  Mie Hama  •  Tadao Nakamaru

Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Senkichi Taniguchi
CAST:  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Akiko Wakabayashi  •  Mie Hama  •  Tadao Nakamaru

Man Against Man (1960)

Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to cooperate in a smuggling scheme, conflict arises between the two friends. Falsely blamed for murder, Kikumori is blackmailed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Senkichi Taniguchi
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yumi Shirakawa

Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to cooperate in a smuggling scheme, conflict arises between the two friends. Falsely blamed for murder, Kikumori is blackmailed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Senkichi Taniguchi
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yumi Shirakawa

Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Setsuko Hara  •  Hideko Takamine  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Akira Takarada

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Setsuko Hara  •  Hideko Takamine  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Akira Takarada

Mount Hakone (1962)

Japanese drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūzō Kawashima
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Chieko Higashiyama  •  Shūji Sano

Japanese drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūzō Kawashima
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Chieko Higashiyama  •  Shūji Sano

Oh, Bomb! (1964)

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Fubuki Koshiji  •  Ichirō Nakatani  •  Hideo Sunazuka

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Fubuki Koshiji  •  Ichirō Nakatani  •  Hideo Sunazuka

Pride of the Campus (1962)

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Sugie
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Chōko Iida

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Sugie
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Chōko Iida

Campus A Go-Go (1965)

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Released alongside Invasion of Astro Monster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuki Iwauchi
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Jerry Fujio

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Released alongside Invasion of Astro Monster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuki Iwauchi
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Jerry Fujio

Get 'em All (1960)

Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Hiroshi Mizuhara  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Yukiko Shimazaki

Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Hiroshi Mizuhara  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Yukiko Shimazaki

Blood on the Sea (1961)

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Senkichi Taniguchi
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Makoto Satō  •  Yōsuke Natsuki  •  Yuriko Hoshi

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Senkichi Taniguchi
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Makoto Satō  •  Yōsuke Natsuki  •  Yuriko Hoshi

Girls of the Night (1961)

In the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is a story of one of these brave women Kuniko who is released from the reformatory and tries to build a new life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinuyo Tanaka
CAST:  Akemi Kita  •  Chieko Seki  •  Chieko Naniwa  •  Chikage Awashima

In the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is a story of one of these brave women Kuniko who is released from the reformatory and tries to build a new life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinuyo Tanaka
CAST:  Akemi Kita  •  Chieko Seki  •  Chieko Naniwa  •  Chikage Awashima

Woman of Design (1962)

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Suzuki
CAST:  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Akira Takarada  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Chisako Hara

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Suzuki
CAST:  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Akira Takarada  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Chisako Hara

College Champ (1962)

Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his hometown. When his allowance stops coming in, Yuuichi moves back in with his folks to work part-time. He has his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Yōko Fujiyama  •  Akemi Kita

Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his hometown. When his allowance stops coming in, Yuuichi moves back in with his folks to work part-time. He has his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Fukuda
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Yōko Fujiyama  •  Akemi Kita

Nonsense Boys (1963)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manao Horiuchi
CAST:  Junzaburō Ban  •  Sonomi Nakajima  •  Akemi Kita  •  Yoshiko Kayama

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manao Horiuchi
CAST:  Junzaburō Ban  •  Sonomi Nakajima  •  Akemi Kita  •  Yoshiko Kayama
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