Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata (born Hirata Akihiko; 26 December 1927–25 July 1984) was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies (including Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy), he is most well known for his work in the kaiju genre, including such films as King Kong vs. Godzilla, The Mysterians, and his most famous role of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, the brilliant but disturbed young scientist in the original Godzilla, released in 1954. Hirata died after a long battle with lung cancer in 1984, at age 56.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.309 |
| Birthday | 1927-12-26 |
| Place of Birth | 日本, 東京都 |
| Also Known As |
2002
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
7.43/243
JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the re...
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
1954
Godzilla
7.6/1098
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover somethin...
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Godzilla
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
6.9/341
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approa...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
6.271/217
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...
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
7.145/141
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for h...
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
7.2/208
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
7.155/139
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He'...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1995
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
7.807/295
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. Th...
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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1963
Atragon
6.6/58
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World W...
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Atragon
1959
Sazae-san's Marriage
0/0
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and e...
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Sazae-san's Marriage
1958
The H-Man
5.791/43
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where s...
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The H-Man
1957
The Mysterians
6.385/61
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to s...
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The Mysterians
1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
7/284
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But no...
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1969
Travels of Lord Mito
7/1
In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesabu...
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Travels of Lord Mito
1963
Operation Mad Dog
7/1
Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda
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Operation Mad Dog
1961
Mothra
7.1/182
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population al...
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Mothra
1979
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
6.3/3
A 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Tsuburaya Productions, consisting of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman....
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Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
1962
Gorath
6.5/26
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 en...
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Gorath
1969
Latitude Zero
5.889/27
A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Al...
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Latitude Zero
1975
Terror of Mechagodzilla
6.8/245
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads b...
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Terror of Mechagodzilla
1956
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
6.548/282
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monste...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
Rodan
6.513/186
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mine...
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Rodan
1963
Attack Squadron
7/3
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain...
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Attack Squadron
1977
Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
7/1
Captain Gomes uses a flying battleship to battle the giant robot Daitetsujin 17. Theatrically-released abridgement of Episode 15 of the TV series.
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Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
1982
Brain 17
7.5/2
Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial mooring...
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Brain 17
1966
Adventure in Kigan Castle
6.214/7
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in...
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Adventure in Kigan Castle
1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
6.214/14
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
8/1
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer.
Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1987
Fugitive Alien
3.875/16
An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans.
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Fugitive Alien
1957
Ôban
9/1
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku S...
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Ôban
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
9/1
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful.
Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shis...
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1965
Samurai Assassin
7.355/62
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 assass...
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Samurai Assassin
1983
The Sea of Sparta
0/0
Violent delinquent Shunpei is sent to Totsuka Yacht School, a grueling rehabilitation center. The principal fears that this "half-wolf" is too much. W...
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The Sea of Sparta
1965
Mission to Annihilate the Underworld
0/0
The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.
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Mission to Annihilate the Underworld
1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
8.55/20
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a u...
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Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
8/1
A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju...
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
6.5/6
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disas...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1960
The Secret of the Telegian
6.5/9
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
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The Secret of the Telegian
1981
Station
6.308/13
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
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Station
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
5.375/8
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disas...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1976
Zero Fighter
5.625/4
Based on the true story of Saburo Sakai, ace pilot in the Pacific War. As he witnesses his comrades die, Sakai must face the ultimate battle for survi...
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Zero Fighter
1965
Ironfinger
6.8/10
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 t...
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Ironfinger
1962
Whirlpool of Love
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Whirlpool of Love
1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston
7/4
A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.
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At This Late Date, the Charleston
1959
Samurai Saga
6.947/19
Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady....
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Samurai Saga
1964
Whirlwind
6.6/10
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle...
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Whirlwind
1970
The Militarists
7.5/2
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The Militarists
1984
Sayonara Jupiter
5.55/10
In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an...
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Sayonara Jupiter
1969
Samurai Banners
7.352/27
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He co...
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Samurai Banners
1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
6.5/8
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...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
1962
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
1977
The War in Space
6.077/26
The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudde...
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The War in Space
1957
Last Days of the Samurai
9/1
Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted a...
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Last Days of the Samurai
1966
The Mad Atlantic
9/1
Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they e...
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The Mad Atlantic
1957
A Man in the Storm
7/1
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.
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A Man in the Storm
1967
Japan's Longest Day
7.242/31
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies...
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Japan's Longest Day
1958
Underwater Murder
0/0
The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda.
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Underwater Murder
1962
Youth Season
10/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Youth Season
1981
The Imperial Navy
6.6/16
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship duri...
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The Imperial Navy
1961
Big Shots Die at Dawn
6.4/5
Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and get...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
7/288
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1977
Godzilla
6.8/54
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plu...
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Godzilla
1967
Son of Godzilla
6.43/244
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited b...
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Son of Godzilla
1962
Sanjuro
8/716
In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influenc...
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Sanjuro
1962
Varan the Unbelievable
4.364/33
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where...
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Varan the Unbelievable
1961
The Merciless Trap
8/2
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.
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The Merciless Trap
1982
A Woman in Danger
0/0
A girl who comes to Yokohama from Tsuwano stumbles upon the solution to a mysterious series of explosions. However, when she learns this secret, evil...
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A Woman in Danger
1965
A Smell of Money
0/0
Banjun organizes a group of con men to fleece the greedy and rich.
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A Smell of Money
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
7.318/11
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyoto...
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Daredevil in the Castle
1959
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
8.667/3
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 a...
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
1957
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
8/2
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds
6.8/5
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting a...
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Saga of the Vagabonds
1957
Geisha in the Old City
10/1
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and res...
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Geisha in the Old City
1968
Imaginary Paradise
0/0
Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends.
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Imaginary Paradise
1970
Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor
10/1
The 14th and final "Crazy" feature. The Crazy Cats reunited (minus Ishibashi, who had by then retired from the team) for one last feature, Jun Ichikaw...
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Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor
1967
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
7.167/6
The film consists of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Episodes 1, 8, 26, and 27 were used for the film. They were narr...
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Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
1960
Westward Desperado
6.143/7
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communi...
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Westward Desperado
1959
The Big Boss
6.5/4
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping...
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The Big Boss
1960
The Last Gunfight
6.2/10
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting bet...
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The Last Gunfight
1963
Siege of Fort Bismarck
7/1
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Siege of Fort Bismarck
1968
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
0/0
The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
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風来忍法帖 八方破れ
1965
風来忍法帖
8/1
The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
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風来忍法帖
1960
The Lost Alibi
5/8
Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lo...
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The Lost Alibi
1953
Mr. Pu
6.667/3
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
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Mr. Pu
1962
The Weed of Crime
7/1
Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
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The Weed of Crime
1955
Stray Sheep
7/1
1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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Stray Sheep
1979
Dog of Fortune
5.667/3
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weap...
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Dog of Fortune
1962
Operation Enemy Fort
7/1
Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.
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Operation Enemy Fort
1958
Varan
5.8/36
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Vara...
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Varan
1953
The Last Embrace
10/1
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in...
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The Last Embrace
1965
The Retreat from Kiska
8.5/4
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhe...
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The Retreat from Kiska
1954
Farewell Rabaul
8.5/6
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little...
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Farewell Rabaul
1982
Examination Hell
0/0
A student, running late on the day of the University of Tokyo entrance exams, calls in a fake bomb threat in order to arrive on time.
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Examination Hell
1961
Blueprint of Murder
6.4/5
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...
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Blueprint of Murder
1967
Kojiro
8/5
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tat...
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Kojiro
1960
Man Against Man
7/1
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...
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Man Against Man
1961
Structure of Hate
7/1
Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.
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Structure of Hate
1959
The Three Treasures
5.5/14
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Empe...
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The Three Treasures
1960
Get 'em All
7/2
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.
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Get 'em All
1961
Challenge to Live
9/1
An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during th...
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Challenge to Live
1968
Admiral Yamamoto
8.5/9
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet....
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Admiral Yamamoto
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
6/9
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1...
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The Storm of the Pacific
1961
Girls of the Night
6.476/20
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build...
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Girls of the Night
1966
Rise Against the Sword
6.3/10
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...
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Rise Against the Sword
1955
The Lone Journey
9/1
Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at s...
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The Lone Journey
1967
The Killing Bottle
8/4
In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddh...
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The Killing Bottle
1980
Port Arthur
7.385/13
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (...
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Port Arthur
1968
Young Challengers
8/1
A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japa...
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Young Challengers
1957
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
8/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
1957
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
9/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
9/1
An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1979
Nomugi Pass
7.2/4
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which...
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Nomugi Pass
1962
Chûshingura
7.152/46
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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Chûshingura
1961
Blood on the Sea
0/0
Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
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Blood on the Sea
1966
The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
7/1
Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life
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The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus
6.167/15
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobo...
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
9/3
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1969
Crazy Big Explosion
7/1
Chaos ensues when a secret agent gathers a group of criminals (The Crazy Cats) to steal gold from a bank.
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Crazy Big Explosion
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
0/0
An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla
6.535/274
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they barga...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
1954
Itsuko to sono haha
8/1
An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
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Itsuko to sono haha
1955
No Response from Car 33
8/2
Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
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No Response from Car 33
1962
Operation Sewer Rats
7/1
Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.
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Operation Sewer Rats
1973
The Human Revolution
7/1
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The Human Revolution
1983
Legend of the Cat Monster
5/1
A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which lea...
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Legend of the Cat Monster
1953
Girls in the Orchard
8/1
Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions (continuing family business, taking...
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Girls in the Orchard
1956
Rainy Night Duel
8/1
Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo...
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Rainy Night Duel
1956
Three Generations of Company Presidents
8/1
The third installment in the Shacho Series.
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Three Generations of Company Presidents
1963
Young Guy in Hawaii
6.5/2
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
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Young Guy in Hawaii
1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish
10/3
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
1996
Revive! Ultraman
6/4
The film is composed of stock footage from the original Ultraman television series with additional newly filmed content, and it served as an “epilogue...
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Revive! Ultraman
1964
The Rabble
10/1
1964 Japanese movie
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The Rabble
1953
Even The Mighty Shed Tears
10/1
After Ryusaku Nishikawa and his girlfriend Katsuko are attacked by a gang, he trains in karate to seek revenge. Years later, Ryusaku is a skilled mart...
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Even The Mighty Shed Tears
1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
0/0
In 1853, Gentetsu Nishiyama tells his students that the French prophet Nostaradamus foretells great change for Japan, some of his students revolt, cal...
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The Last Days of Planet Earth
1955
Tactics of Love
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1955 Japanese movie
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Tactics of Love
1957
Rodan! The Flying Monster
5.7/3
A mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wreaking havoc - at...
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Rodan! The Flying Monster
1975
Main Line to Terror
6.25/18
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hospit...
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Main Line to Terror
1958
Holiday in Tokyo
9/1
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes o...
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Holiday in Tokyo
1980
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
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A despicable boss uses a husband's “promotion” as bait to assault his subordinate's wife (Chieko Matsubara). The wife finally kills him, but...
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The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1965
The White Rose of Hong Kong
7/1
Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets unra...
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The White Rose of Hong Kong
1967
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
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1967 Japanese movie
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Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1974
The Family
9/1
Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.
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The Family
1960
University Bandits
9/1
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...
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University Bandits
1961
Kill the Killer!
10/1
JA woman is witness to a murder but flees the scene, leaving behind only a handkerchief with her name, Rie, embroidered upon it. Police race to find h...
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Kill the Killer!
1959
3 Dolls in College
10/1
The first of eight "Three Dolls" features. In this entry the girls, students at Nichinan University, balance studying for the final exams while fallin...
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3 Dolls in College
1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
0/0
An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On opening night, PR manager Sugishita is...
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Devices Stronger Than Women
1964
Ant Hell War
9/1
The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima
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Ant Hell War
1956
Eacape of Fear
0/0
The story follows a man haunted by debt and crime, who flees with his mistress on a tense journey marked by betrayals and desperate choices. The film...
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Eacape of Fear
1956
Wharf with the Weeping Girl
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After a gang killing forces him to flee abroad, ex-yakuza Ryūji returns to Yokohama a year later to find his lover’s sister’s killer. With help from a...
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Wharf with the Weeping Girl
1960
Showdown on Pier No.3
0/0
Crime thriller about the investigation of a man murdered at a Tokyo race track. Clues lead Detective Yoneyama (Mihashi) to Kobe where a narcotics gang...
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Showdown on Pier No.3
1955
Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
0/0
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Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass
1955
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
0/0
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Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
1956
Summer in Eclipse
0/0
Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with his bickering parents and scheming brother, while fi...
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Summer in Eclipse
1958
Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
10/1
A private detective and a colleague investigate a man for a wealthy young lady.
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Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
1963
Sensation Seekers
9/1
1963 Japanese movie
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Sensation Seekers
1964
Tiger Flight
10/1
A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa
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Tiger Flight
1964
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
8/1
The members of Crazy Cats play employees of a trading company. Ueda Hitoshi of Awa Shoji, a lucky man who never loses a bet, and the managing director...
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Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1977
Bloodthirsty Hawk
9/2
A mining community discovers that men are dying from unknown circumstances which leads to the discovery of a giant flying monster vulture by the name...
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Bloodthirsty Hawk
1960
The Forbidden Scoop
0/0
Modern comedy social drama about a reporter (Mihashi) for the Toto Shimpo determined to scoop his rivals during the murder investigation of the presid...
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The Forbidden Scoop
1981
Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer
0/0
Three years have passed since the suicide of Kayo, the wife of sales manager Hagio of Kaihara Publishing. That day, Hagio is surprised to welcome Kaih...
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Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer
1956
The Wicked Boy
0/0
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The Wicked Boy
1964
Money Is Most Important
0/0
A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to each other...
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Money Is Most Important
1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
0/0
Salaryman comedy.
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1956
A Brother and His Sister
8/1
In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings beca...
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A Brother and His Sister
最後の脱走
0/0
A group of Japanese nursing students and their instructor is serving at an army camp in China. When Japan loses the war the group sets out to depart C...
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