Tadao Nakamaru — Actor (30)
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Brain 17 (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Brain 17
director: Minoru Yamada / Michael Part actor: Masahiro Kamiya / Ulf Otsuki …
Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial moorings, and it's up to The Defenders to track it down. Unfortunately, Brain has developed an amazing army of deadly giant robots, including one with a huge "17" emblazoned on its chest-plate, with which it plans to subjugate its creators. A young boy whose family was killed by Brain's followers manages to activate Daitetsujin 17, which thereafter comes to his rescue whenever he is in danger from Brain's minions.
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Daredevil in the Castle (1961) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
大阪城物語
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Kyōko Kagawa …
other title: 大阪城物語 / The Story of Osaka Castle …
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
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Beast Alley (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
けものみち
director: Eizō Sugawa actor: Junko Ikeuchi / Keiju Kobayashi …
other title: けものみち
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entangled in the dark web of an influential, elderly power broker, becoming his mistress and a pawn in his political schemes. As she descends further into a downward spiral of moral decay, Tamiko realizes that the freedom she sought is merely a new form of entrapment.
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A Keg of Powder (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
国際秘密警察　火薬の樽
director: Takashi Tsuboshima actor: Tatsuya Mihashi / Makoto Satō …
other title: 国際秘密警察　火薬の樽 / International Secret Police -Keg of Gunpowder
In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientist. Edited into Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" along with the 4th film in the series, "Key of Keys".
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Trapped, the Crimson Bat (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
めくらのお市　地獄肌
director: Sadatsugu Matsuda actor: Yōko Matsuyama / Yasunori Irikawa …
other title: めくらのお市　地獄肌
Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She must face numerous other challenges before confronting her greatest rival. While longing to live and love like other women, she realizes that she can never have a normal life, her sword which she holds on to like a security blanket will always come between her and such a life...
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The Lovelorn Geisha (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
夜の流れ
director: Mikio Naruse / Yūzō Kawashima actor: Yōko Tsukasa / Isuzu Yamada …
other title: Courant du soir / Corriente nocturna …
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 in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
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Samurai Pirate (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
大盗賊
director: Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Mie Hama …
other title: Der Löwe des gelben Meeres / Le Défi des géants …
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
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The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
十九歳の地図
director: Mitsuo Yanagimachi actor: Yūji Honma / Keizo Kanie …
other title: 十九歳の地図 / Jūkyūsai no Chizu …
A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighborhood and keeping a journal of why he doesn't like them. Declaring himself a 'right-winger' and calling in bomb threats against the neighbors he doesn't like, the 19-year-old begins a war of psychological terror against the families in his neighborhood.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.