Search results for "Akira Takarada"
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
IMDb: 7.4
123

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
47 Ronin

47 Ronin

47 Ronin
IMDb: 7.6
207

The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
The Lovelorn Geisha

The Lovelorn Geisha

The Lovelorn Geisha
IMDb: 6.9
111

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years…

Tales of a Golden Geisha

Tales of a Golden Geisha

Tales of a Golden Geisha
IMDb: 6.4
114

The film stars two of Itami’s regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Godzilla vs. Mothra

Godzilla vs. Mothra

Godzilla vs. Mothra
IMDb: 6.1
102

Mothra’s dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately…

Godzilla: Final Wars

Godzilla: Final Wars

Godzilla: Final Wars
IMDb: 6.3
125

Humanity final rids themselves of Godzilla, in-prisoning him in an icy tomb at the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth’s cities. Overwhelmed,…

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
IMDb: 6.3
81

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call ‘Godzilla’. The only hope…

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
IMDb: 5.5
87

Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives…

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Invasion of Astro-Monster
IMDb: 6.2
96

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…

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla
IMDb: 6.5
89

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…

Godzilla

Godzilla

Godzilla
IMDb: 7.5
96

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far more devastating than…

King Kong Escapes

King Kong Escapes

King Kong Escapes
IMDb: 5.5
104

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…

Latitude Zero

Latitude Zero

Latitude Zero
IMDb: 5.9
89

A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Alpha under the command of Captain…

Samurai Saga

Samurai Saga

Samurai Saga
IMDb: 6.8
111

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…

Genre: Action, Drama
The Big Boss

The Big Boss

The Big Boss
IMDb: 6.9
101

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta…

Genre: Crime
The Three Treasures

The Three Treasures

The Three Treasures
IMDb: 6.5
182

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…

Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
IMDb: 7.3
123

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her…

Genre: Drama
Dance With Me

Dance With Me

Dance With Me
IMDb: 6.8
103

Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Glory to the Filmmaker!

Glory to the Filmmaker!

Glory to the Filmmaker!
IMDb: 6.3
108

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he’s a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.

Genre: Comedy, Drama