Minoru Takada

Rebel Against Glory (1970)

Crazy Big Explosion (1969)

Chaos ensues when a secret agent gathers a group of criminals (The Crazy Cats) to steal gold from a bank. ...

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 ...

Let's Go! Young Guy (1967)

College student Yuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuichi has his sights set on winning football gold, but his father, who wants him to take over his sukiyaki restaurant, isn't t ...

Adventure in Kigan Castle (1966)

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 the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king. ...

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. ...

The Crazy Adventure (1965)

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters. ...

Invaders from Space (1965)

A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman from the Emerald Planet to save the human race before it's too late. ...

Atomic Rulers (1965)

Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil! ...

Attack from Space (1965)

The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth. ...

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat. ...

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. ...

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 ha ...

The Last War (1961)

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers. ...

Sazae-san Plays Cupid (1961)

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic. ...

Battle in Outer Space (1959)

In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks ...

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959)

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 armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew don't know as their radio has f ...

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 ...

Impure Nuns (1958)

A sensual love-story between two lesbian nuns. ...

Holiday in Japan -Chapter 2- (1958)

Part 2 of Holiday in Japan ...

Holiday in Japan (1958)

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding. ...

Star Poisoning Case (1958)

Japanese crime film. ...

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

Traitors of the Blue Castle (1957)

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself. ...

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

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

Super Giant Continues (1957)

The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. ...

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 ...

Mother Peacock (1956)

Japanese drama film. ...

Shin ono ga tsumi (1956)

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901). ...

Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala (1956)

1956 Japanese film, released in two parts. This is Part One. ...

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)

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

Appeal on the Cross (1956)

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan. ...

Kingoro's Soldier (1956)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Speed King (1956)

Japanese film about motorcycle racing. ...

Shirai Gonpachi (1956)

The film adaptation of the famous tragic love story of the young samurai Shirai Gonpachi and the beautiful courtesan Komurasaki. ...

So Young, So Bright (1955)

Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the three of them. A musical starring 3 Japanese pop music and TV stars. ...

Morishige is a Fake Gentleman (1955)

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control. ...

Hanamazu (1955)

The Vassal's Neck (1955)

Japanese film. ...

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 ...

The Green Music Box (1955)

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth ...

Fantasy of Youth (1955)

Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi. ...

Invisible Man (1954)

When an invisible man is run down by a car it's up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice. ...

Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru (1954)

Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi. ...

Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced (1954)

Japanese war film. ...

The Devil comes and plays the Flute (1954)

The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur one after another along with the terrifying melody of a flute. It is the fourth film in the series, starring Chiezo Kataoka as Kindaichi Kosuke. ...

Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi (1954)

Nangoku Taiheiki (1954)

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival (1954)

Japanese musical. ...

Love Letter (1953)

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko. ...

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 ...

The Battleship Yamato (1953)

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato". ...

Sunset Over Mount Fuji (1952)

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi ...

Geisha Waltz (1952)

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe. ...

Kyōshū (1952)

A Ripple in a Morning (1952)

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan. ...

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2 (1952)

At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin, Lord Kōmon's ingenious strategy swiftly overcomes the wicked bandits in this exhilarating and unrivaled epis ...

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1 (1952)

The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various provinces. Here, a lively and entertaining tale unfolds, filled with swordplay where heroes and villains clash ...

Golden Beast (1950)

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped Western-style outfit lying in his exam room. He must retrace his blurry steps of the night before, and navigate ...

A Bullet Hole Underground (1949)

Lady From Hell (1949)

Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are against the T-Men organization. Mibu whats to kill all of the T-Men one-by-one. ...

Twenty-One Fingerprints (1948)

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka ...

These Foolish Times (1947)

To Love and Swear (1945)

After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot. ...

Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron (1944)

A 1944 propaganda film that depicts the fictionalised career of IJAAF pilot Tateo Kato, who led the 64th Sentai during the early months of the Pacific War. The film has scenes featuring Ki-43 fighters escorting Ki-21 bombers to attack Rangoon, where they a ...

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky (1943)

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. ...

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower (1943)

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits. ...

Sky of Hope (1942)

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942. ...

White Heron (1941)

OSHINO, the beautiful daughter of restaurant owners, is in love with SHIRASAGI the painter. But there is another young man, the son of a moneylender family, who is desperately in love with Oshino... ...

Yukiko and Natsuyo (1941)

Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940. ...

The Poppy (1941)

1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel. ...

Sincerity (1939)

Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is not. At one time Tomiko's father was quite fond of Nobuko's mother. ...

Iron Brothers (1939)

It's been a long time since the war. Since we haven't been at war with America yet, there is a line in the movie that asks, "How do you say "dried fish" in English?" Brothers who work at a factory that handles iron in Tokyo. After losing his parents, his ...

Ichiyo Higuchi (1939)

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896). ...

Enoken’s Shrewd Period (1939)

Pastoral Symphony (1938)

A priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in love with her. ...

Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)

Toyomi is pregnant -- and while Shintaro and Yurie are on their extended honeymoon, she bears his child, a girl named Kiyoko. She is supported in adversity by close friend Michiko and her mother but also, surprisingly, Shintaro's mother and siblings. Even ...

Learn from Experience, Part One (1937)

Wealthy young Toyomi and Shintaro are in love. However, Shintaro's father is arranging for him to marry Yurie, the scion of an even wealthier family. The two lovers flee to Tokyo, but when Shintaro returns to proclaim his intent to marry Toyomi, his father ...

Japanese Women's Textbook (1937)

A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again (1937)

Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts him deeply towards Kayo. On the other hand, Kayo prays for the happiness of her best friend and marries a very ordi ...

Sun over the River (1934)

Father, son Kentaro and daughter Ochiyo, who live on the banks of the Sumida River, regain their love for each other after family discord and separation. The film is considered lost. ...

Tsuki yori no shisha (1934)

Silver Stream (1931)

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is now a union leader in opposition of her husband. ...