Ichirō Shimizu

The Revolt (1980)

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha ...

Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider (1973)

A sinister organization launches a wave of audacious attacks in an attempt to gain world domination. Commanded by the evil Professor Gill, masked androids and fearsome DARK Destructoid monsters terrorize innocent victims and wreak havoc throughout Japan. ...

Black Curtain (1966)

Two pharmaceutical companies in Tokyo and Osaka engage in a fierce battle of wits over the sale of aphrodisiacs. Shigeru Amachi and Yumiko Nogawa, special sales agents known as "propers," operate in the shadows. ...

Fearful Witch (1962)

Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

If You're Man Enough (1960)

G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves (1960)

G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels all the way from Kyushu to Tokyo. Disguising himself as a yakuza member, he intends to root out the underworl ...

Won't Stand for Dying (1960)

The son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company. However, soon the girl Kenji Amy, who was in favor of the director of the company, is sexually harassed by him. Kenji beats the director and resigns. He asks h ...

The Human Wall (1959)

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home. ...

Tokyo Detective Girl (1959)

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case. ...

Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil (1959)

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s. ...

The Beast Shall Die (1959)

A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man. ...

Police Precinct: Car 108 (1959)

Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes its getaway. ...

I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)

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 as a war criminal and sued for murder. ...

Akutoku (1958)

A movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a modern youth who is attracted to the evil path. Saburi Shin, a well-known actor who also demonstrated his skill as a director in a bold social work, embodies a pe ...

The Living Koheiji (1957)

The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro. ...

A Dangerous Hero (1957)

A film by Hideo Suzuki. ...

Actress (1956)

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness. ...

Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu (1956)

The Motherless (1955)

Japanese drama film. ...

The Samurai of Edo (1955)

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, and therefore, shows audience the dynamic change from Edo to Meiji. Before the war, the director, E ...

Striving to Live (1955)

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in trouble because he had a bonus of 10,000 yen more. ...

My Pistol Is Quick (1954)

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi (1954)

Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and womanizing much to the surprise of his friends. As their wedding day approached, Minosuke who had long been infatuat ...

Turbid Youth (1954)

Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayashi and seeked their own careers in the film industry. ...

The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair. ...

Always in My Heart Part 3 (1954)

Machiko and Haruki's drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe. ...

Young Miss Executive (1953)

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Madoka wants to be a stage dancer, so she won't concentrate her office job. Madoka meets Akiyama, a stage di ...

One-Eyed Detective (1953)

Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who uses his signature disguise to solve crimes with a double-barreled pistol. ...

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove (1952)

Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father, Ryutaro, whom she always thought was an agricultural and forestry engineer, was a circus clown. Over time, M ...

Third Class Executives (1952)

1950s Japanese comedy. ...

Farewell to Spring (1952)

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura ...

Repast (1951)

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage. ...

I Yearn for Father (1951)

Yuji Makita (Wakahara) came to a hot spring port town as a singer who plays the guitar. Thirteen years ago, Sanae Shimura (Miyake) was in love with him, and now Sanae works at a bar in Tokyo to support her daughter Emiko (Misorah) and elderly father Daisek ...

Rumba of Passion (1950)

Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki. ...

Scandal (1950)

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer. ...

Omoide no borero (1950)

Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki. ...

Sad Whistling (1949)

A young girl searches for her long-lost brother in postwar Tokyo, clinging to hope and music amid the rubble of a broken Japan. Along the way, she touches the hearts of those around her with her resilience and song. ...

Late Spring (1949)

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of ...

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life (1948)

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob. ...

A Hen in the Wind (1948)

Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, so she resorts to prostitution. A month later, her husband returns to find his desperate wife, who tells hi ...

Great X (1948)

A 1948 Japanese film. ...

Shachō to onna tenin (1948)

Yurusareta ichiya (1946)

The Woman Who Holds the Key (1946)

Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso. ...