Yūsuke Takita — Actor (13)
Crime Reporter (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
事件記者
other title: 事件記者
The story centers on the fierce competition among newspaper reporters stationed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as they race to break major scoops. Alongside this, the film humorously depicts a rookie reporter who grows while repeatedly making mistakes. The first film in a series adapted from an NHK TV drama. Focused on those who work at the 'Sakurada Press Club', the home base of crime reporters who pursue exclusive stories in a corner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
Legend of the Assassin (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
暗殺者の神話
other title: 暗殺者の神話
The Saika clan, that had succeeded in battle against the large armies of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, had in the Tokugawa era of Ieyasu, been driven into the mountains 7 generations later, forced into subsistence hunting. A man comes to them offering revenge: to assassinate current Tokugawa Shogun Yoshimune. (Made-for-TV movie)
Song of Vengeance (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
復讐の歌が聞える
other title: 復讐の歌が聞える
Executive management of a major Tokyo construction company are getting bumped off one after another. It seems obvious that it is a former partner of the company with a long-standing grudge who is responsible, but he died in the first ten minutes of the movie. Or did he? This may aptly be described as a giallo-noir for the unrelenting string of murders by a mystery man and the black-and-white gritty urban setting.
Lill, My Darling Witch (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
可愛い悪女
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Bunjaku Han / Etsuko Ikuta
other title: 可愛い悪女
Set against the background of a giant newspaper company. A girl reporter on the staff of the newspaper witnesses the accidental killing of one of the top executives, whose wife is having an affair with the head of the company.
Romance Express (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
特急にっぽん
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Frankie Sakai / Reiko Dan
other title: 特急にっぽん
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.
The Sex Check (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
セックス・チェック 第二の性
director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Michiyo Yasuda / Ken Ogata
other title: セックス・チェック 第二の性
Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWII. A broken man, he leads the dissolute life of a gigolo until a chance meeting with a fiery young athlete named Hiroko (Michiyo Yasuda). Realizing that she has talent as a sprinter, Miyagi sees a second chance at Olympic glory in becoming her coach. Following Miyagi’s unconventional, military-style training, Hiroko sets a record for the 100-meter dash, but her greatest hurdle proves to be a “sex check” which all professional athletes must pass.
Assignment Dragon No. 3 (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
陸軍中野学校 竜三号指令
other title: 陸軍中野学校 竜三号指令
In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously assassinated, however, when his car was blown up. The General Staff Headquarters in Japan, sends Lieutenant Shiina, a graduate of the famed Nakano School of Spies inaugurated by Colonel Kusanagi, to investigate the matter. Arriving in Shanghai, he disguises himself as a Chinese coolie and sets out to watch for developments, the only clue being a silver dollar found beside what was left of the victim.
Double Suicide (1969) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
心中天網島
other title: Doppio Suicidio ad Amijima / Double suicide à Amijima
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.