Akira Nakamura

Evil Brain from Outer Space (1966)

An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet. ...

Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni (1962)

The last film produced by Shintoho. ...

The End of Love (1961)

A leading postwar Japanese film critic and theorist who co-founded the seminal film magazine Eiga Hihyo (Film Criticism) in 1957, Eizo Yamagiwa made his directorial debut with this independent feature—long thought lost until a negative was recently disco ...

Kaachan (1961)

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression. ...

Ren'ai Zubari Kōza (1961)

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku". ...

Zoku-sei to ningen (1961)

1961 Japanese movie ...

Jigoku (1960)

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell. ...

The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond (1960)

Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not want to let them go. Once upon a time, over a century ago, there had been a crime, whose shadow still hovers ...

The Lady Vampire (1959)

Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro ...

Satsujinhan nanatsu no kao (1959)

Japanese crime film ...

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal (1959)

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and ...

Secret White Line Zone (1958)

First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series. ...

Ghost in the Regiment (1958)

Desiring another officer's new wife, a military police lieutenant fabricates evidence of treason that consigns the innocent man to torture and a firing squad. The lieutenant rapes the wife, but is haunted by bad dreams which after he is assigned to a batta ...

The Mother Tree (1958)

A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the ...

Star Poisoning Case (1958)

Japanese crime film. ...

Super Giant: The Space Mutant Appears (1958)

The 7th Super Giant film. Super Giant battles a marauding alien brain-like creature created by a mad scientist and an alien army. ...

Flesh Pier (1958)

Director Teruo Ishii's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style. ...

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)

A Wicked Woman (1958)

In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss. ...

Hibari's Triple Role: The Transformation of Yukinojo — Part II (1957)

Hibari's Triple Role: The Dazzling Transformation of Yukinojo (1957)

Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction (1957)

The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2) ...

Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle (1957)

The 3rd Super Giant film, in which he saves Earth from the threat of the reptile-like Kapia Aliens. ...

The Ghost of Kasane (1957)

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then ...

Evil Woman Yoarashi Okinu And Saint Otama (1957)

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner. ...

Snow Country (1957)

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's s ...

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an a ...

Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed (1957)

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle nears collapse, Anzai demands a seed from Yoshimi's lineage, specifically from his wife, Fushihime. Outraged but fa ...

Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition (1956)

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a charming princess and a dashing youngster, performs songs and dances throughout the film until the big decisive ...

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet. ...

The Prosecutor and His Sister (1956)

Kensaku Yajima and Akiko are brother and sister. After a hard life, the brother becomes a prosecutor, but ironically, he is in charge of the corruption case of his sister's fiancée. This work pictures Kensaku, an older brother who abandons his personality ...

Twilight Saloon (1955)

Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustrations and social anxieties. A disillusioned professor, a struggling artist, and various laborers find the ...

Nonki saiban (1955)

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crim ...

An Inn at Osaka (1954)

Follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. ...

The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the b ...

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage (1953)

Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series. ...

Geisha Waltz (1952)

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe. ...

Koi no rantō (1951)

"My mother is Japanese, a drifting diva of Tokyo" After the death of her father Reika goes to Japan to visit her mother, but can't find her, so she starts performing at a cabaret in Yokohama. Her mother, already settled, found about Reika's whereabouts, ...

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious leg ...

Kuro-uma no danshichi (1948)

Invitation to Happiness (1947)

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness ...

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions ...

Wakaki sugata (1943)

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo's spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falli ...

Miss Hanako (1943)

Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by Busby Berkeley films, against the national policy under the wartime, was made into a film from comic serials by SUGIURA Yukio published in a magazine. ...

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)

Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales. ...

Currents of Youth (1942)

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive. Yet, he picks a woman who is less a ...

Story of Leadership (1941)

In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is finding the task overwhelming as it is hard work with practical lessons and classroom components. His wife ...