Akihiko Hirata — Actor (81)
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Godzilla (1977)
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Luigi Cozzi / Ishirō Honda … actor: Raymond Burr / Akira Takarada …
other title: ゴジラ / 義大利科斯拉 …
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.
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Sayonara Jupiter (1984)
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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.
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Gorath (1962)
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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.
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Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
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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.
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
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Jun Fukuda actor: Masaaki Daimon / Kazuya Aoyama …
other title: Godzilla contro i robot / King Kong gegen Godzilla …
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second Godzilla emerges, revealing the doppelgänger as a mechanical weapon.
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
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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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The Mysterians (1957)
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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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Rodan (1956)
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Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Yumi Shirakawa …
other title: Rodan il mostro alato / Rodan, o Monstro do Espaço …
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
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Atragon (1963)
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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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Mothra (1961)
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★ 6.8 6 ratings
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.
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Son of Godzilla (1967)
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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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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
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★ 6.0 5 ratings
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)
日本のいちばん長い日
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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Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
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Terry O. Morse / Ishirō Honda actor: Raymond Burr / Takashi Shimura …
other title: Godzilla / Godzilla - König der Monster …
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
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Ultraman (1966)
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Eiji Tsuburaya / Tetsuo Kinjo actor: Susumu Kurobe / Akiji Kobayashi …
other title: ウルトラマン
Hayata is a member of the Science Patrol, an organization tasked with investigating bizarre anomalies. He is mortally wounded when accidently encountering an alien being from Land of Light, who grants Hayata new life as the two are merged into one. Now, whenever a threat arises that is too great for the Science Patrol to handle, Hayata activates the beta capsule and becomes the hero known as Ultraman.
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The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
壁あつき部屋
小林正树 actor: 三岛耕 / 平田昭彦 …
other title: 厚壁房间 / 壁あつき部屋
巣鴨拘留所－－那里文明和和平的名义被判刑的战犯们服刑的。其中一个山下，战时南方上司的命令滨一个人的原住民杀了，不过，那个滨田的密告中重体力劳动终身刑的判决。另外横战时美国俘虏收容所的翻译了巣鴨只是被列入了。而且战时，横只被一个人类的少女”的一个温柔的ヨシ子，现在是涩谷的特飲街工作的女人。朝鲜人的许，神经质的山下也这样的刻印战犯被推的遇难者的一个人而已。逃脱失败了的山下那个紧接之后知道了母亲的死。定时决定来源被允许了的山下，滨田有女人的山下的家到现在持续迫害了的事情知道一切的愤怒和不由得比方了。可是恐怖扭曲的滨田的表情看了的山下，杀意也不做了。唯一的妹妹，“今后怎么办？”据说山下这样的问题，“活下去。”这时回答了。横们再次迎接，拘留所的穿过门山下，然后在那里，再次热只是等待着的墙壁。...
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
ゴジラ×メカゴジラ
Masaaki Tezuka actor: Yumiko Shaku / Shin Takuma …
other title: Gojira × Mekagojira / Godzilla gegen Mechagodzilla …
JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the remains of the original. The machine is discovered to harbor the restless soul of the original monster as Akane must learn to find value in her own life as well.