Shinichi Sekizawa — Playwright (21)
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Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
１３号待避線より　その護送車を狙え
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Michitarō Mizushima / Mari Shiraki …
other title: Assalto al blindato / １３号待避線より　その護送車を狙え
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
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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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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb
キングコング対ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Tadao Takashima / Kenji Sahara …
other title: Il trionfo di King Kong / Die Rückkehr des King Kong …
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
怪獣大戦争
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Nick Adams / Akira Takarada …
other title: L'invasione degli astromostri / Befehl aus dem Dunkel …
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
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Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
モスラ対ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Yuriko Hoshi …
other title: Watang! Nel favoloso impero dei mostri / Godzilla und die Urweltraupen …
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
三大怪獣　地球最大の決戦
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Yōsuke Natsuki / Yuriko Hoshi …
other title: Ghidorah! Il mostro a tre teste / Frankensteins Monster im Kampf gegen Ghidorah …
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
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Son of Godzilla (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子
director: Jun Fukuda actor: Tadao Takashima / Bibari Maeda …
other title: Il figlio di Godzilla / Frankensteins Monster jagen Godzillas Sohn …
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.
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Mothra (1961) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
モスラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Frankie Sakai / Hiroshi Koizumi …
other title: Mothra bedroht die Welt / MOTHRA …
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
1960s japan monster monsterdon moth
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Atragon (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
海底軍艦
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Tadao Takashima / Yōko Fujiyama …
other title: Atoragon / U 2000 - Tauchfahrt des Grauens …
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.
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Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン
director: Jun Fukuda actor: Hiroshi Ishikawa / Tomoko Umeda …
other title: Godzilla contro i giganti / Frankensteins Höllenbrut …
Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and begin their own plan of action.
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Battle in Outer Space (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
宇宙大戦争
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Koreya Senda / Ryō Ikebe …
other title: Inferno nella stratosfera / Krieg im Weltenraum …
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ　南海の大決闘
director: Jun Fukuda actor: Akira Takarada / Kumi Mizuno …
other title: Il ritorno di Godzilla / Frankenstein und die Ungeheuer aus dem Meer …
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization controlling a crustacean monster. Finding a sleeping Godzilla, they decide to awaken him to defeat the terrorists and liberate the natives.
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Tomboy Samurai (1958) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
女ざむらい只今参上
director: Kunio Watanabe actor: Hibari Misora / Jun Tazaki …
other title: 女ざむらい只今参上
The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for her worried father. Disguising herself as a man and changing her name, she heads for the capital...
1950s japan jidaigeki misorahibari onnamusha
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All Monsters Attack (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData
ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール怪獣大進撃
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Tomonori Yazaki / Hideyo Amamoto …
other title: La vendetta di Godzilla / Godzilla: Attack All Monsters …
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow classmate Sachiko. Ichiro turns to escapist dreams of Monster Island where he befriends the equally bullied Minilla.
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Dogora (1964) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Robert Dunham / Yōsuke Natsuki …
other title: Dogora il mostro della grande palude / X 3000 - Fantome gegen Gangster …
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
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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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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".