Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata ( Hirata Akihiko ) (26 December 1927–25 July 1984) was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies (including Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy), he is most well known for his work in the kaiju genre, including such films as King Kong vs. Godzilla, The Mysterians, and his most famous role of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, the brilliant but disturbed young scientist in the original Godzilla, released in 1954. Hirata died after a long battle with lung cancer in 1984, at age 56. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akihiko Hirata, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Godzilla
as Daisuke SerizawaJapan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the...
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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. ShigezawaThe advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their...
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Son of Godzilla
as FujisakiReporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in...
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
as Professor Hideto MiyajimaAn Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when...
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Capt. YamotoSearching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two...
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Atragon
as Mu Agent #23The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. SerizawaDuring an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught...
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Sanjuro
as SamuraiToshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced,...
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Terror of Mechagodzilla
as Dr. Shinzô MafuneA submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur...
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Chief Detective OkitaAfter a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla...
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
as Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage) (uncredited)JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a...
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Rodan
as Professor Kyuichiro KashiwagiMining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong...
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Mothra
as DoctorShipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific...
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The Mysterians
as Ryoichi ShiraishiIn Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an...
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Seijuro YoshiokaStruggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to...
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47 Ronin
as uncreditedAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Seijuro YoshiokaAfter years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and...
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Japan's Longest Day
as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air GroupFollowing the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...
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The Storm of the Pacific
as Fleet Staff OfficerLt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the...
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Varan the Unbelievable
as Dr. FujimoraIn an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military...
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Environmental scientist #1Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes...
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Admiral Yamamoto
as Staff Officer WatanabeAs Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...
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Samurai Assassin
as Sohei MasuiJapan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the...
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The H-Man
as Inspector TominagaNuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.
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Latitude Zero
as Dr. SugataA massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They...
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Saga of the Vagabonds
as Jiro HidekuniLord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men,...
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Varan
as Dr. Fujimora, bomb expertWhen a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of...
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The Three Treasures
as Kibino TakehikoThe legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to...
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Port Arthur
as Gaishi NagaokaDepicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified...
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Godzilla
as Dr. SerizawaA re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S....
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Samurai Banners
as Suwa YorishigeKansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
as Staff Officer TsunodaJapan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...
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Gorath
as EndôIn 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth....
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Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
as Professor IwamotoThe film consists of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Episodes...
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The Mad Atlantic
as NozakiCaptain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former...
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The War in Space
as Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander OshiThe year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth...
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The Imperial Navy
as uncreditedA lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of...
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Godzilla, the Pacific Ocean Monster
as Dr. SerizawaObscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho...
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The Secret of the Telegian
as Inspector KobayashiMen are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device...
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Station
as uncreditedA detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in...
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Westward Desperado
as uncreditedIn this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do...
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The Weed of Crime
as uncreditedToho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
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The Last Gunfight
as Susumu TendoJapanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the...
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Daredevil in the Castle
as Hayatonosho 'Hayato' SusukidaDuring the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family...
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Blueprint of Murder
as uncreditedYuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother...
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Sayonara Jupiter
as Dr. Inoue RyutarouIn the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the...
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The Retreat from Kiska
as Dr. KudoIn 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers....
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as TomonoriIn the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan...
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Ironfinger
as KomoriAfter being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets...
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Operation Sewer Rats
as Captain SugiyamaTowards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from...
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi's older brotherA salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into...
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Girls of the Night
as ShimaIn the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently release from one of...
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The Lost Alibi
as KishimotoSuspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised...
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Fugitive Alien
as Space Command officialAn alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans.
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Geisha in the Old City
as SashichiDirected by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a...
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The Big Boss
as uncreditedRyuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in...
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Adventure in Kigan Castle
as ChamberlainOsami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the...
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
as uncreditedIn World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western...
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Travels of Lord Mito
as Geki KurokawaIn the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to...
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Get 'em All
as Kozo KinugawaGang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother...
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At This Late Date, the Charleston
as City EmployeeA young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several...
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Nomugi Pass
as uncreditedThe story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early...
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Examination Hell
as uncreditedA student, running late on the day of the University of Tokyo entrance exams, calls in a fake...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
as uncreditedAn early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last...
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Samurai Saga
as AkaboshiEdmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an...
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Dog of Fortune
as Kan AizawaFrom Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home....
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Itsuko to sono haha
as Kozo MiyoshiAn elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
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Attack Squadron
as Senda's AideLt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He...
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as FuransuA crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang...
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Whirlwind
as Ryutaro InoueSet at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the...
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
as uncreditedHistorical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
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Farewell Rabaul
as First lieutenant NoguchiA squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they...
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Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
as IwamotoA 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Tsuburaya Productions, consisting of re-edited...
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Operation Mad Dog
as uncreditedFilm number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda
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The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 戸井田教授Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous...
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Sazae-san's Marriage
as uncreditedSazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken...
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Mr. Pu
as uncreditedA math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
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Blood on the Sea
as uncreditedFour fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
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Rise Against the Sword
as AsakuraFarmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight...
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Kojiro
as uncreditedSasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with...
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The Killing Bottle
as Man With Turkish HatIn Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a...
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as ArishimaUshinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film...
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Ôban
as uncreditedA young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader....
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as TomonoriIn the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan...
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Structure of Hate
as uncreditedDrama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy...
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Brain 17
as Captain RoperBrain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One...
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A Woman in Danger
as uncreditedA girl who comes to Yokohama from Tsuwano stumbles upon the solution to a mysterious series of...
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風来忍法帖
as uncreditedThe first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
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風来忍法帖 八方破れ
as uncreditedThe second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
as uncreditedTora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
as uncreditedOn a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...
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Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
as Captain GomesCaptain Gomes uses a flying battleship to battle the giant robot Daitetsujin 17. ...
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Crazy Big Explosion
as uncreditedA Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
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The Merciless Trap
as uncreditedTaut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy...
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Rainy Night Duel
as Shunsuke IbaMasahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman....
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Young Challengers
as AsakawaA story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow,...
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Operation Enemy Fort
as uncreditedSoldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and...
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Challenge to Live
as uncreditedAn employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a...
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Last Days of the Samurai
as uncreditedSeppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa...
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The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
as OmasaSangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send...
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Count ArishimaUshinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. ...
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A Man in the Storm
as uncreditedJudo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with...
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Girls in the Orchard
as uncreditedGirls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with...
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Revive! Ultraman
as uncreditedThe film is composed of stock footage from the original Ultraman television series with...
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No Response from Car 33
as uncreditedFilm directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
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Legend of the Cat Monster
as ProducerA legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A...
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Man Against Man
as ToriumiKikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a...
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The Last Embrace
as Yamaoka (Sandaime)Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two...
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The Sea of Sparta
as uncreditedViolent delinquent Shunpei is sent to Totsuka Yacht School, a grueling rehabilitation center....
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The Lone Journey
as Horikoshi no MasakichiForced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. ...
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as TokuokaAn Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as...
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A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
as uncreditedAn Ishiro Honda film.
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
as uncreditedAn Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the...
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Ultraman
as Dr. IwamotoHayata is a member of the Science Patrol, an organization tasked with investigating bizarre...
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Warrior of Love Rainbowman
as Mr. KThanks to a Buddhist hermit in India, a young Japanese wrestler transforms into a 7-phased...
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Enban Sensou Bankid
as Commander GuzareEnban Sensou Bankid is the title of a tokusatsu series of classic made by Toho. The series,...
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Daitetsujin 17
as Captain GomezDaitetsujin 17 is a 1977 tokusatsu series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. It...
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