Yoshibumi Tajima — Actor (38)
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Life of a Country Doctor (1960) IMDb TMDB
ふんどし医者
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Takashi Shimura / Hisaya Morishige …
other title: ふんどし医者
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.
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Counterstroke (1962) IMDb TMDB
吼えろ脱獄囚
director: Jun Fukuda actor: Makoto Satō / Yōsuke Natsuki …
other title: 吼えろ脱獄囚
Ryusuke and Joe Oki escape from prison. Ryusuke was incarcerated for killing his younger brother Yasuhiko, who was a bouncer at the cabaret "Three Cats" and Junko's lover who worked at the same restaurant. Of course, Ryusuke did not commit this crime...
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Legacy of the 500,000 (1963) WikiData IMDb TMDB
五十万人の遺産
director: Toshirō Mifune actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Mihashi …
other title: L'héritage des 500 000 / 五十万人の遺産 …
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is now working as a business executive. He meets Mintsura Gunji, the boss of a large company, who offers him to go to the Philippines and bring back the gold.
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The Black Fury (1954) IMDb TMDB
密輸船
director: Toshio Sugie actor: Toshirō Mifune / Asami Kuji …
other title: 密輸船
A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance for the overdose death of his brother and the subsequent decline and death of their mother. Tsuda acts viciously and with disdain for legal niceties in his exploration of the criminal facts behind the explosion of a freighter in the harbor. He goes undercover with a band of drug smugglers, but his methods threaten to destroy him as well as his case.
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A Whistle in My Heart (1959) IMDb TMDB
コタンの口笛
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Ken Yamauchi / Ryoko Koda …
other title: Le Sifflement de Kotan / El silbido de Kotan …
The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.
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Varan (1958) WikiData IMDb TMDB
大怪獣バラン
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kōzō Nomura / Ayumi Sonoda …
other title: Varan - Das Monster aus der Urzeit / Varan, le monstre géant …
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
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300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB
実録三億円事件 時効成立
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Mayumi Ogawa / Yusuke Okada …
other title: 実録三億円事件 時効成立
In this retelling of an infamous unsolved heist, a couple tries to outlast the statute of limitations after successfully stealing 300 million yen.
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The Three Treasures (1959) WikiData IMDb TMDB
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.
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The Human Vapor (1960)
ガス人間第一号
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Yoshio Tsuchiya / Kaoru Yachigusa …
other title: Una nube di terrore / ガス人間第一号 …
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's most wanted criminal, can authorities stop him?
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Dogora (1964) 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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All Monsters Attack (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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The War of the Gargantuas (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Kumi Mizuno …
other title: Kong, uragano sulla metropoli / Frankenstein - Zweikampf der Giganten …
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
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The Mysterians (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
地球防衛軍
director: 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) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
空の大怪獸 ラドン
director: 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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King Kong Escapes (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB
キングコングの逆襲
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Mie Hama …
other title: King Kong - Il gigante della foresta / King-Kong, Frankensteins Sohn …
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
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Atragon (1963) WikiData IMDb TMDB
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.