Writing

Shin Morita

Born

1921-03-17 (105)

Known for

Writing

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Invasion of the Neptune Men poster
3.1

Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens, Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric barrier to block the aliens from coming to the Earth. After several losses by the aliens, they announce that they will invade the Earth, throwing the world into a state of panic.

Invasion of the Neptune Men

1961

Eighteen Years in Prison poster
8.0

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.

Eighteen Years in Prison

1967

You Can If You Try poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

You Can If You Try

1965

Love at the Fogged Harbor poster
NR

A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.

Love at the Fogged Harbor

1962

Tale of Young Drifter 2 poster
NR

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.

Tale of Young Drifter 2

1960

La Fée Diabolique poster
NR

Drama about a young woman, abused as a child, who carries on sexual relations with four men, but is unable to get close to any of them.

La Fée Diabolique

1963

Prince of Space poster
2.6

Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Krangkor, the dark planet, descends on Earth to steal the formula from its creator, the benevolent Dr. Makin.

Prince of Space

1959

Irresponsible Age of Japan poster
9.0

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Irresponsible Age of Japan

1962

Jet Air Base 101 poster
NR

The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.

Jet Air Base 101

1957

Sendō shimai poster
NR

1957 Japanese movie

Sendō shimai

1957

No artwork available
NR

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

Murder on the Last Train

1955

Maboroshi Kaito Dan poster
NR

This is the first film in the third installment of the adventure film for boys that depicts the battle between a thief who calls himself "the secret envoy of the Demon Lord" and private investigator Hideo Sayama. In the Toei, the roles are twenty faces and Kogo (Twenty Faces) and Akechi Kogo, with a content that seems to be strongly conscious of the "boys' Detectives" series of Edogawa Rampo, which was later made into a movie.

Maboroshi Kaito Dan

1955

Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes poster
NR

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.

Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes

1963

Planet Prince - The Terrifying Spaceship poster
NR

Sequel to 1959's Planet Prince

Planet Prince - The Terrifying Spaceship

1959

Tale of Young Drifter poster
NR

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.

Tale of Young Drifter

1960

Planet Prince poster
6.0

A mysterious hero must intervene when a nefarious presence from outer space arrives to steal a powerful new rocket fuel.

Planet Prince

1959