Sho Natsuki

Acting

Sho Natsuki

Born 1928-01-06 · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Sho Natsuki (夏木 章, Natsuki Shō) was a Japanese actor.

Acting credits

Nocturne of a Woman poster
7.0

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a nightclub. He sets her up with her own nightclub, but with expectations attached.

Nocturne of a Woman

1961

Shinzōyaburi no oka poster
NR

A moving story depicting the spirit of a young marathon runner who set a new world record in Boston, encouraged by the love of his family, a young woman’s prayers, and warm friendship.

Shinzōyaburi no oka

1954

Princess Yang Kwei-fei poster
6.7

In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen, whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets.

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955

Gamera vs. Barugon poster
6.4

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.

Gamera vs. Barugon

1966

Her Brother poster
7.1

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.

Her Brother

1960

The Great White Tower poster
6.9

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.

The Great White Tower

1966

Gamera vs. Gyaos poster
6.1

Unusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power to slice things in half with an ultrasonic ray. While scientists and the military scramble to devise a way to stop this new threat, a young boy forms an alliance with Gamera; a monster no one else seems to trust.

Gamera vs. Gyaos

1967

Fires on the Plain poster
7.6

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.

Fires on the Plain

1959

Outlaw poster
NR

A young engineer and a pure-hearted mountain girl take on the challenges of the Akan primeval forest, where lawlessness and violence run rampant.

Outlaw

1953

Konna beppin mita koto nai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Konna beppin mita koto nai

1954

The Lowest Man poster
9.0

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him.

The Lowest Man

1958

Sutekina 16-sai poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Sutekina 16-sai

1962

Gamera vs. Viras poster
5.6

As alien invaders plot to conquer the Earth, two Boy Scouts steal a mini-submarine and discover Gamera in their midst. Transported to the alien's spaceship, the Scouts are menaced by the evil inhabitants, including Viras, a squid-like monster that grows to colossal size to battle Gamera.

Gamera vs. Viras

1968

A Woman's Testament poster
6.4

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.

A Woman's Testament

1960

Shunsetsu no mon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shunsetsu no mon

1953

Ten Dark Women poster
5.8

Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long as she was the only woman in his life.

Ten Dark Women

1961

Being Two Isn't Easy poster
6.9

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

Being Two Isn't Easy

1962

Tokyo Elegy poster
NR

In 1945, in a Shanghai filled with a palpable sense of unease as the war was still raging, Atsuko Kijima and Ryuji Kudo fell in love and exchanged promises of marriage. Ryuji was deployed shortly thereafter, and after the war ended, he was taken to Siberia as a prisoner of war. Atsuko, who had returned to Tokyo, clung to the promise she had made with Ryuji—that if he were safe, he would “come to the garden of St. Nicholas Cathedral at noon on Christmas Day.” Relying on that promise, she went to St. Nicholas Cathedral at noon on Christmas Day in both 1946 and 1947, but Ryuji never appeared.

Tokyo Elegy

1951

Fangs of Vengeance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fangs of Vengeance

1965

A Wife Confesses poster
6.7

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.

A Wife Confesses

1961

Haha nami poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha nami

1953

Giants and Toys poster
7.1

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Giants and Toys

1958

Hoodlum Soldier poster
7.2

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.

Hoodlum Soldier

1965

Gamera vs. Jiger poster
5.7

When a giant stone statue on Wester Island is disturbed, the legendary monster Jiger appears and heads for Japan. Gamera tries to stop this new rival, only to be injured when Jiger lays eggs inside of him. As two boys in a submarine go on a dangerous quest inside of Gamera's body to save him, Jiger threatens the Expo '70 world's fair in Osaka.

Gamera vs. Jiger

1970