Akihiko Hirata — Actor (52)
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ノストラダムスの大予言
director: Toshio Masuda actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Toshio Kurosawa
other title: Catastrofe / Weltkatastrophe 1999?
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
Gorath (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
妖星ゴラス
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Ryō Ikebe / Yumi Shirakawa
other title: Ufos zerstören die Erde / Le Choc des planètes
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
Sayonara Jupiter (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
さよならジュピター
director: Koji Hashimoto / Sakyo Komatsu actor: Tomokazu Miura / Diane Dangely
other title: Operation Jupiter / Adiós, Júpiter, Adiós
In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole. Koji Hashimoto's 1983 sci-fi adventure was conceived as a Japanese competitor to the upcoming sequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001, titled 2010, and often mirrors the sequel's plot.
Godzilla (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Godzilla
director: Luigi Cozzi / Ishirō Honda actor: Raymond Burr / Akira Takarada
Mentre Tokyo è ormai ridotta ad un cumulo di macerie, Steve Martin, giornalista americano del United World News, racconta di come la città è stata attaccata da una mostruosa creatura. Il racconto poi torna al presente e segue le operazioni che conducono alla distruzione di Godzilla, sconfitto grazie all'intervento del professor Serizawa, vecchio amico di Steve.
The Three Treasures (1959) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
日本誕生
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Takashi Shimura
other title: Os 3 Tesouros / 日本誕生
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 Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
The Secret of the Telegian (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
電送人間
director: Jun Fukuda actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yumi Shirakawa
other title: 電送人間 / Densô ningen
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
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.
Starwolf and the Raiders (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fugitive Alien
director: Kiyozumi Fukazawa / Minoru Kanaya actor: Osamu Murashima / Miyuki Tanigawa
other title: Star Wolf and the Raiders / Fugitive Alien
1986 film
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.
The Last Embrace (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
抱擁
director: Masahiro Makino actor: Yoshiko Yamaguchi / Toshirō Mifune
other title: 抱擁
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in an avalanche, Yukiko leaves the mountains in despair and takes a job in a bar where she becomes deeply involved in the personal lives of several of the patrons. One day she thinks she sees Shinkichi alive, but it turns out to be a gangster named Hayakawa, a man on the run who bears an astonishing resemblance to Yukiko's lost love. Against her better judgment, she is drawn to help Hayakawa, though clearly danger follows him.
Girl of Dark (1961) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
女ばかりの夜
director: 田中绢代 actor: 原知佐子 / 北明美
other title: 只有女人的夜晚 / 女ばかりの夜
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
Immortal Love (1961) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
永遠の人
director: 木下惠介 actor: 高峰秀子 / 仲代达矢
other title: 永远的人 / 永遠の人
A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them.