Toshio Tanaka

August Without Emperor (1978)

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is ...

Cobra 2 (1976)

A Datsun driving, face-punching moody super-cop Cobra Cumera battles homicidal mobsters intent on causing mayhem and trouble in beautifully shot Tokyo. Complete with strippers, muggins, drugs, car chases, bouncy pop tunes, freak-outs, and a saucy lady assa ...

Visitor After Dark (1975)

Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case. ...

Love Stopped the Runaway Train (1973)

Based on a novel by Ayako Miura. ...

Stray Dog (1973)

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing ...

Chase That Man (1972)

The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate. ...

High-School Outcasts (1970)

Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes to Tottori, on the Japan Sea coast, to enter a high school. On the beach, he meets a young fisherman, Yusuke (Norihiko Yamamoto) also a student of the same ...

Black Lizard (1968)

A detective tries to outwit an art loving thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond. ...

My Destiny (1968)

Swift Current (1967)

Portrait of Chieko (1967)

Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her family, she finds herself unable to confide in her husband, and the pain she carries within begins to weigh he ...

Three Faces of Love (1967)

When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama. Only one daughter cares to carry on her father's work, but she is met with resistance from her stepmother. ...

The Shape of Night (1964)

Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate affair with one of her regulars, but his changing demeanor and constant demands for money lead Yoshie down a dark path. ...

Seikurabe (1962)

Japanese drama film. ...

Our Marriage (1962)

When two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere. ...

Blood Is Dry (1960)

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, h ...