Umetsugu Inoue — Playwright (47)
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Cobra 2 (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
撃たれる前に撃て！
director: 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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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.
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The Green Music Box (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
緑はるかに
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Ruriko Asaoka / Minoru Takada …
other title: 緑はるかに
Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.
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Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
戦後派お化け大会
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Yōko Sugi …
other title: 戦後派お化け大会
In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was overwhelmed to make a presentation for the summer festival, but because of lack of funds, she works part-time at the spectacle of a tour, a haunted house Especially. The ghost was a struggle amongst the people, it was a great success in filling the crowd, but in the circus hut next to it, Kenji who was supposed to have disappeared was pitiful.
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Dancing Sisters (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
お転婆三人姉妹　踊る太陽
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Izumi Ashikawa / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: お転婆三人姉妹　踊る太陽
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
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Man Who Causes a Storm (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
嵐を呼ぶ男
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Kyōji Aoyama …
other title: Tóquio de Noite / 嵐を呼ぶ男 …
Shoichi Kokubun is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.
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The Eagle and the Hawk (1957) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
鷲と鷹
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: 鷲と鷹 / Washi to taka …
In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
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Sunset (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
夕陽戀人
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Ching Li / Paul Chun Pui …
other title: 夕陽戀人
Teenage heart throbs Ching Li and Paul Chin Pei come across like Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in the musical Sunset, a musical romp that plays similar to one of Hollywood's famous "Beach Party" movies. A car load of girls meets a car load of boys and Ching and Paul ultimately fall in love. Yet the film takes an acrid twist and turns out to be more like a Shakespearian tragedy than a beach-babe party.
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Whose Baby Is in the Classroom? (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女校春色
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Li Ching / Peter Chen Ho …
other title: 女校春色
This movie stars Peter Chen Ho as a male teacher in an all girls school. The girls are teens and, since they live there, are kind of tickled to see a male teacher. They don't particularly lust after him, but they kind of crush on him. The title of the film refers to a baby that Chen minded as a favor in a doctor's office, only to find the mother left him with Chen. Chen has to take care of the baby and, inevitably, has to bring him to school and hide him, as he lives there also.
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Long Road to Freedom (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
五枝紅杏
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Essie Lin Chia / Meng Chia …
other title: 五枝紅杏
To prevent a drug ring from killing her brother, Ping Ping surrenders to police, claiming she is guilty of trafficking drugs. She is subsequently jailed. Years later she joins fellow inmates to escape and the girls are bent on smashing the drug ring and to wipe out its members.
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The Five Billion Dollar Legacy (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
遺產伍億圓
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Margaret Hsing Hui / Wang Ping …
other title: 遺產伍億圓
Three men and three women beguile, blackmail, bicker and backstab (sometimes literally) each other all the way to a shock surprise ending, in this death-filled, haunted house mystery, written and directed by Shaw Brothers' Japanese maestro Inoue Umetsugu.
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Young Lovers (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
青春戀
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Jenny Hu Yan-Ni / Yang Fang …
other title: 青春戀
Li Ying-wei returns to Hong Kong from England after his grandfather falls ill and is expected to take charge of the family business. Free-spirited and fashionable, Ying-wei quickly clashes with conservative traditions and becomes the target of scheming relatives eager to seize control of the company. Escaping the pressure, he secretly joins a pop band traveling to Japan, where music, romance, and danger await. As gangsters threaten a hotel owner and conspiracies close in from Hong Kong, Ying-wei must use both his charm and martial arts skills to protect those around him and uncover the truth.
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The Singing Escort (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
青春萬歲
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Betty Ting Pei / Shirley Huang …
other title: 青春萬歲
The sex appeal factor shoots skyhigh here with Ting playing Susan, a young woman hiding from her father by being a nightclub singer in Japan. Pop singer Chao Ke-jen (the handsome Lin Chong) gets permission from his boss to visit Japan – but only on condition he finds the boss’s daughter. Boy finds girl, boy falls in love. But will Daddy approve?