Movies: Masaya Nihei

  • 1984
    Fireflies in the North

    Fireflies in the North (1984)

    Fireflies in the North

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    Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory....

    Fireflies in the North
  • 1970
    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den (1970)

    Dodes'ka-den

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    This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused...

    Dodes'ka-den
  • 1965
    Samurai Assassin

    Samurai Assassin (1965)

    Samurai Assassin

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    Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune....

    Samurai Assassin
  • 1962
    Gorath

    Gorath (1962)

    Gorath

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    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 ...

    Gorath
  • 1963
    Samurai Pirate

    Samurai Pirate (1963)

    Samurai Pirate

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    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 re...

    Samurai Pirate
  • 1978
    Dynamite Don-Don

    Dynamite Don-Don (1978)

    Dynamite Don-Don

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    Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic...

    Dynamite Don-Don
  • 1965
    The Retreat from Kiska

    The Retreat from Kiska (1965)

    The Retreat from Kiska

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    In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuation...

    The Retreat from Kiska
  • 1962
    Operation Sewer Rats

    Operation Sewer Rats (1962)

    Operation Sewer Rats

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    Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity....

    Operation Sewer Rats
  • 1963
    Warring Clans

    Warring Clans (1963)

    Warring Clans

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    A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are t...

    Warring Clans
  • 1964
    You Can Succeed, Too

    You Can Succeed, Too (1964)

    You Can Succeed, Too

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    A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan....

    You Can Succeed, Too
  • 1963
    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963)

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

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    A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story....

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
  • 1967
    The Age of Assassins

    The Age of Assassins (1967)

    The Age of Assassins

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    A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously, he fends off other assassins and with the help of reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and car mechanic Bill O...

    The Age of Assassins
  • 1961
    Blueprint of Murder

    Blueprint of Murder (1961)

    Blueprint of Murder

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    Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sat...

    Blueprint of Murder
  • 1967
    Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature

    Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature (1967)

    Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature

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    The film consists of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Episodes 1, 8, 26, and 27 were used for the film. They were narrated by Hikari Urano as an "Ultraman Documentary". Allegedly only one new scene was shot, and that s...

    Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
  • 1964
    A Keg of Powder

    A Keg of Powder (1964)

    A Keg of Powder

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    In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientist. Edited into Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" along with the 4th film in the series, "Key of...

    A Keg of Powder
  • 1979
    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman

    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman (1979)

    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman

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    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman is a 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Akio Jissoji. It is a compilation film made up of scenes from Jissoji's episodes of the original Ultraman TV series....

    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
  • 1964
    Oh, Bomb!

    Oh, Bomb! (1964)

    Oh, Bomb!

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    During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb....

    Oh, Bomb!
  • 1965
    Campus A Go-Go

    Campus A Go-Go (1965)

    Campus A Go-Go

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    Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Released alongside Invasion of Astro Monster....

    Campus A Go-Go
  • 1966
    The Thin Line

    The Thin Line (1966)

    The Thin Line

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    Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wif...

    The Thin Line
  • 1963
    Ichi ka bachi ka

    Ichi ka bachi ka (1963)

    Ichi ka bachi ka

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    The final film by Yuzo Kawashima....

    Ichi ka bachi ka