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Whirlwind (1964)
士魂魔道 大龍巻 IMDb TMDB
Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Akihiko Hirata …
other title: Tourbillon / 士魂魔道 大龍巻
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
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Young Swordsman (1963)
秘剣 IMDb TMDB
Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Matsumoto Hakuō II / Hiroyuki Nagato …
other title: 秘剣
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.
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Farewell Rabaul (1954)
さらばラバウル
Ishirō Honda actor: Ryō Ikebe / Mariko Okada …
other title: さらばラバウル / 再见了拉包尔 …
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
柳生武芸帳 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Koji Tsuruta …
other title: Ninjitsu / 柳生武芸帳 …
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
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Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ishirō Honda actor: Tadao Takashima / Nick Adams …
other title: Frankenstein alla conquista della terra / Frankenstein – Der Schrecken mit dem Affengesicht …
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
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Gorath (1962)
妖星ゴラス WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ishirō Honda actor: Ryō Ikebe / Yumi Shirakawa …
other title: Ufos zerstören die Erde / Le Choc des planètes …
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
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Samurai Pirate (1963)
大盗賊 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Mie Hama …
other title: Der Löwe des gelben Meeres / Le Défi des géants …
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
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The Human Vapor (1960)
ガス人間第一号
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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Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
ゴジラ対ヘドラ
Yoshimitsu Banno actor: Akira Yamanouchi / Hiroyuki Kawase …
other title: Godzilla - Furia di mostri / Gojira tai Hedora …
An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
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The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ WikiData IMDb TMDB
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)
地球防衛軍 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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)
空の大怪獸 ラドン WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
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)
キングコングの逆襲 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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Matango (1963)
マタンゴ
Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Kubo / Kumi Mizuno …
other title: Matango il mostro / マタンゴ …
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations which were left behind by the former crew. Soon they discover something unfriendly there...
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Destroy All Monsters (1968)
怪獣総進撃
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.