Tadao Nakamaru — Actor (30)
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The Hidden Fortress (1958) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
隠し砦の三悪人
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Minoru Chiaki …
other title: La fortezza nascosta / Den skjulte fæstning …
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
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Sympathy for the Underdog (1971) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
博徒外人部隊
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: Guerre des gangs à Okinawa / 博徒外人部隊 …
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
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Desperado Outpost (1959) [Movie] TMDB
独立愚連隊
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Makoto Satō / Izumi Yukimura …
other title: 独立愚連隊 / Der Deserteur
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.
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Adventure in Kigan Castle (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
奇巌城の冒険
director: Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Mihashi …
other title: Le avventure di Takla Tan / Les Aventures de Takla Makan …
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.
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Chûshingura (1962) [Movie] TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Matsumoto Hakuō I / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: 47 Samurai / 47 Ronin …
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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Warring Clans (1963) [Movie] TMDB
戦国野郎
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Yūzō Kayama / Yuriko Hoshi …
other title: 戦国野郎 / Clanes en guerra
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack...
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Westward Desperado (1960) [Movie] TMDB
独立愚連隊西へ
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Makoto Satō / Yūzō Kayama …
other title: 独立愚連隊西へ
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment.
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The Last Gunfight (1960) [Movie] TMDB WikiData
暗黒街の対決
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Toshirō Mifune / Koji Tsuruta …
other title: 暗黒街の対決 / Ankokugai no Taiketsu - The Last Gunfight …
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
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Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
女番長　野良猫ロック
director: Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Akiko Wada / Meiko Kaji …
other title: Stray Cat Rock: Female Boss / 女番長　野良猫ロック …
A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
director: Woody Allen / Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Tatsuya Mihashi / Akiko Wakabayashi …
other title: Che fai, rubi? / Que Há de Novo Gatinha …
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.
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Japan's Longest Day (1967) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
日本のいちばん長い日
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Seiji Miyaguchi / Rokkō Toura …
other title: The Emperor and a General / Le jour le plus long du Japon …
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 on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
メカゴジラの逆襲
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Katsuhiko Sasaki / Tomoko Ai …
other title: Distruggete Kong! La terra è in pericolo / Die Brut des Teufels …
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads biologist Ichinose to uncover the work of Dr. Mafune and his mysterious daughter Katsura. Aligned with the Black Hole Aliens, Katsura's life becomes entwined with the resurrected machine.
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The H-Man (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
美女と液体人間
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akihiko Hirata / Kenji Sahara …
other title: Uomini H / Das Grauen schleicht durch Tokio …
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
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The Mysterians (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
地球防衛軍
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Yumi Shirakawa …
other title: I misteriani / Os Bárbaros Invadem a Terra …
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
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Two in the Shadow (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData
乱れ雲
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Yūzō Kayama / Yōko Tsukasa …
other title: Nuages épars / Nubes dispersas …
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
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Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData ReviewDB TMDB
ゴジラの逆襲
director: Motoyoshi Oda actor: Hiroshi Koizumi / Setsuko Wakayama …
other title: Godzilla - Il Re Dei Mostri / Godzilla kehrt zurück …
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.