Yoshibumi Tajima — Actor (30)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb Douban
女が階段を上る時
9.4 (5 ratings) director: Mikio Naruse actor: Hideko Takamine / Masayuki Mori
other title: Quando una donna sale le scale / Quando Uma Mulher Sobe as Escadas
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
The Hidden Fortress (1958) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
隠し砦の三悪人
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Minoru Chiaki
other title: La fortezza nascosta / Den skjulte fæstning
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Masayuki Mori
other title: I cattivi dormono in pace / O Mal Dorme Bem
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
The Bullet Train (1975) [Movie] TMDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData NeoDB IMDb Douban
新幹線大爆破
director: Junya Satō actor: Ken Takakura / Sonny Chiba
other title: Super Expresso 109 / Panik im Tokio-Express
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
Chûshingura (1962) [Movie] TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Matsumoto Hakuō I / Toshirō Mifune
other title: 47 Samurai / 47 Ronin
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Koji Tsuruta
other title: Samurai 2 - Duello al tempio Ichijoji / Duel à Ichijôji
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
Samurai Saga (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
或る剣豪の生涯
other title: Samurai saga / 或る剣豪の生涯
Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb
キングコング対ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Tadao Takashima / Kenji Sahara
other title: Il trionfo di King Kong / Die Rückkehr des King Kong
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
Ultra Q (1966) [TV] TMDB
ウルトラQ
director: Eiji Tsuburaya actor: Kenji Sahara / Hikaru Urano
other title: ウルトラQ
As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young investigators—two pilots and a reporter—take it upon themselves to study these unexplained phenomena in order to inform and protect the public.

With allies and science aiding them on their journey, the trio must separate myth from history as they explore the greater mysteries of these occurrences: are they unrelated, or is this barrage somehow a portent of even worse things to come?
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
怪獣大戦争
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Nick Adams / Akira Takarada
other title: L'invasione degli astromostri / Befehl aus dem Dunkel
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
モスラ対ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Yuriko Hoshi
other title: Watang! Nel favoloso impero dei mostri / Godzilla und die Urweltraupen
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Yōsuke Natsuki / Yuriko Hoshi
other title: Ghidorah! Il mostro a tre teste / Frankensteins Monster im Kampf gegen Ghidorah
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
Destroy All Monsters (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
怪獣総進撃
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Kubo / Jun Tazaki
other title: Gli eredi di King Kong / Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
Japan's Longest Day (1967) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
日本のいちばん長い日
director: 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.
Mothra (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
モスラ
director: 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.
The H-Man (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
美女と液体人間
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akihiko Hirata / Kenji Sahara
other title: Uomini H / Das Grauen schleicht durch Tokio
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
Atragon (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
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.
King Kong Escapes (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
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.