Eiji Okada — Actor (61)
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The Pirates (1960)
海賊八幡船 IMDb TMDB
Tadashi Sawashima actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Denjirō Ōkōchi …
other title: 海賊八幡船
Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period (Sengoku-jidai)sailed to China, Korea, Luzon, and Siam under the Hachiman banner. A battle for supremacy of the seas begins when a strange old shipwreck survivor is brought to Sakai where he divulges a secret that can change the course of history.One of the most literate and well-written films from Toei, this is an exciting tale of swashbuckling samurai on the high seas!
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Bullet Wound (1969)
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Shirō Moritani actor: Yūzō Kayama / Kiwako Taichi …
other title: 弾痕
Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to take out both parties. After almost getting assassinated himself, he takes a wounded civilian with him despite living in a world where no one can be trusted.
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Pretty Devil Yoko (1966)
非行少女ヨーコ IMDb TMDB
Yasuo Furuhata actor: Mako Midori / Hayato Tani …
other title: Yôko, a delinquente / 非行少女ヨーコ
Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here the first boyfriend.
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Cobra 2 (1976)
撃たれる前に撃て！ IMDb TMDB
Umetsugu Inoue actor: Jirō Tamiya / Keiko Matsuzaka …
other title: 撃たれる前に撃て！
A Datsun driving, face-punching moody super-cop Cobra Cumera battles homicidal mobsters intent on causing mayhem and trouble in beautifully shot Tokyo. Complete with strippers, muggins, drugs, car chases, bouncy pop tunes, freak-outs, and a saucy lady assassin.
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Hirado Pirates (1955)
天保六道銭 平戸の海賊 IMDb TMDB
Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Ryutaro Otomo / Ryūnosuke Tsukigata …
other title: 天保六道銭 平戸の海賊
In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who earned huge amounts of gold by piracy. Along the way, he picked up Ichinojo Kaneko, a Ronin who survived the disaster at sea. Seizo and Orin, the daughter of merchant Yohei, are in love with each other and want to get married. However, Kashiwakura Gaiki, the samurai of the domain, wants to kill Seizo for the sake of his son Shozaburo, who is in love with Arin, and Kurando Matsuura, the owner of the castle, wants to seize all the gold for himself...
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The Ugly American (1963)
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George Englund actor: Marlon Brando / Eiji Okada …
other title: Missione in Oriente - Il brutto americano / Quando os Irmãos Se Defrontam …
An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?
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Take Me Away! (1978)
ふりむけば愛 IMDb TMDB
Nobuhiko Obayashi actor: Momoe Yamaguchi / Tomokazu Miura …
other title: ふりむけば愛
Kyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was not in his mind. They were to meet again back in Tokyo but Tetsu didn't turn up. She went to look for him in San Francisco but all she found was him with his new girlfriend. Kyoko went back to Tokyo and eventually married a big corporate CEO.
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Vixen (1969)
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Yasuzō Masumura actor: Ruriko Asaoka / Eiji Okada …
other title: Indagine su una ninfomane / 女体 …
Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie, Ishida's wife and the chairman's daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.
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Tower of Lilies (1953)
ひめゆりの塔 WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Tadashi Imai actor: Keiko Tsushima / Eiji Okada …
other title: La Tour des lys / ひめゆりの塔 …
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
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Kamikaze, the Adventurer (1981)
冒険者カミカゼ IMDb TMDB
Ryuichi Takamori actor: Sonny Chiba / Hiroyuki Sanada …
other title: 冒険者カミカゼ
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “special fees” from parents wanting to assure their offspring’s’ acceptance into the hallowed institution. He forms an unbeatable alliance with an ex-employee and crime bosses to retrieve the ill-gotten money from the “wrong” hands.
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Traffic Jam (1991)
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Mitsuo Kurotsuchi actor: Kenichi Hagiwara / Hitomi Kuroki …
other title: 渋滞
A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides that they will go by car to save on expenses. Unfortunately, the long drive from Tokyo to his hometown becomes a much longer journey than expected due to traffic, sickness and other misfortunes and by the time they arrive three days later, they only have time for a short but happy visit.
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The Eleventh Hour (1957)
どたんば WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tomu Uchida actor: Takashi Shimura / Shinjirō Ehara …
other title: どたんば / The Eleventh Hour 1957
Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.
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Hiroshima (1953)
ひろしま
Hideo Sekigawa actor: Isuzu Yamada / Eiji Okada …
other title: ひろしま / 广岛 …
Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.
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Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
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Kenjirô Ohmori actor: Hiroshi Katsuno / Shuji Otaki …
other title: Erdbeben - Flammendes Inferno von Tokio / Terremoto 81 …
A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.