Akira Takarada

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Dance with Me
6.8

Dance with Me

Aug. 16, 2019

Dance with Me

Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to ...
Teletubbies
3.9

Teletubbies

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. ...
Glory to the Filmmaker!
6.3

Glory to the Filmmaker!

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he’s a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to ...
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
6.3

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric ...
Tales of a Golden Geisha
6.5

Tales of a Golden Geisha

The film stars two of Itami’s regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko ...
Latitude Zero
5.9

Latitude Zero

Jul. 26, 1969

Latitude Zero

A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named ...
King Kong Escapes
5.5

King Kong Escapes

Jul. 22, 1967

King Kong Escapes

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, “The King Kong Show”. King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a ...
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
5.5

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi ...
Invasion of Astro-Monster
6.2

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth’s people to help save ...
Mothra vs. Godzilla
6.5

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Apr. 29, 1964

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. ...
47 Ronin
7.6

47 Ronin

Nov. 03, 1962

47 Ronin

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim ...
The Lovelorn Geisha
6.7

The Lovelorn Geisha

Jul. 12, 1960

The Lovelorn Geisha

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite ...
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
7.4

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former ...
The Three Treasures
6.5

The Three Treasures

Nov. 01, 1959

The Three Treasures

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 ...
Samurai Saga
6.9

Samurai Saga

Apr. 28, 1959

Samurai Saga

Edmund Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) ...
The Big Boss
7

The Big Boss

Jan. 15, 1959

The Big Boss

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, ...
Godzilla
7.6

Godzilla

Nov. 03, 1954

Godzilla

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 ...
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
7.4

Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so ...