Yoshibumi Tajima — Actor (38)
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Mothra (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
モスラ
6.8 (6 ratings) 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ultra Q (1966) [TV] TMDB IMDb
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?
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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb Bangumi
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.
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Samurai Saga (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
或る剣豪の生涯
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshiro Mifune / Yōko Tsukasa …
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.
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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.
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Chûshingura (1962) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
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.
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The Bullet Train (1975) [Movie] TMDB KevGa-NeoDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
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.
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The Bad Sleep Well (1960) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData Skybridge
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.
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb Douban
女が階段を上る時
9.3 (7 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.