Sho Natsuki

Acting

Sho Natsuki

Born

1928-01-06 (98)

Place of birth

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

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

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 14 titles

The Great White Tower poster
7.3

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

Tōkyō no josei poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tōkyō no josei

1960

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

Yoru wa usotsuki poster
NR

A small restaurant tucked away in the back of Ginza is run by Keiko, the owner’s daughter. Writers, club owners, corporate executives, and others are drawn to her charm.

Yoru wa usotsuki

1960

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

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

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

Ten Women in Black poster
5.9

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 Women in Black

1961

Wings of Dawn poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wings of Dawn

1960

The School of Spies poster
6.6

Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names, families, even lovers to bury themselves in training. Jiro, one of the cadets, successfully seize the secret code of English army to pass the final exam. However, he reaches the crossroad when his fiancee Yukiko turns out to be a spy of the enemy.

The School of Spies

1966

Otoko wa damasareru poster
NR

One night, a college student is found dead, his body charred black. The victim’s girlfriend, Nobuko, vanishes right before the eyes of the authorities’ search team.

Otoko wa damasareru

1960

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

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

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

1950s · 42 titles

Tokai no kiba poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tokai no kiba

1959

Otoko jū kyū no wataridori poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Otoko jū kyū no wataridori

1958

A Week in Hawaii poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Week in Hawaii

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yogiri no kassōro

1958

Koi o sutta onna poster
NR

The case of a millionaire’s daughter who goes missing over a stolen necklace belonging to a foreign woman.

Koi o sutta onna

1958

White Jeep Patrol poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

White Jeep Patrol

1958

Kesareta keiji poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kesareta keiji

1958

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

The Blue Sky Maiden poster
7.1

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.

The Blue Sky Maiden

1957

Wakaretatte ī janai ka poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wakaretatte ī janai ka

1958

Handcuffs poster
NR

An elderly detective and a young detective fall into a trap set by a gang of vicious robbers while escorting a suspect to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Handcuffs

1958

Horeruna Yanpachi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Horeruna Yanpachi

1956

The Birth of Judo poster
NR

Centered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.

The Birth of Judo

1955

Ai no kaikyō poster
NR

A story about a young woman who has been rehabilitated at a juvenile detention center for girls and released into society, but finds herself on the verge of falling back into a life of crime.

Ai no kaikyō

1956

Driving Like Mad poster
NR

Two men clash over the beautiful star of a motorcycle show.

Driving Like Mad

1955

Duel at Noon poster
NR

Judo movie.

Duel at Noon

1957

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

Furusato no tōdai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Furusato no tōdai

1957

Kidnapper poster
NR

A series of kidnappings is occurring right under the authorities’ noses as they desperately pursue the culprits. Could the typewritten ransom note reveal the culprit?

Kidnapper

1955

No artwork available
NR

Even the beautiful international port of Yokohama has a seedy underbelly. An action thriller in which a newspaper reporter plunges into a den of vice to expose the smuggling and the prostitution.

Dai san hijōsen

1956

Kosui monogatari poster
NR

A melancholic love story between a young photographer and a young woman trapped in a loveless marriage for the sake of her poor father-in-law.

Kosui monogatari

1957

No artwork available
NR

A romantic action drama set in early Meiji-era Hokkaido, centered on a passionate, justice-seeking newspaper reporter who takes on an official seeking to line his own pockets, alongside an ill-fated brother and sister harboring a desire for revenge.

Eki basha osowaru

1957

Midori no nakama poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Midori no nakama

1954

Tsuma koso waga inochi poster
NR

This story depicts the struggles of a man living in the cutthroat world of competition and the pure love of his wife.

Tsuma koso waga inochi

1957

Tsuki no kōdōkan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsuki no kōdōkan

1956

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

8:13 PM poster
NR

Melodrama about a young woman who saves a young man from the world of evil after he has saved her from blindness.

8:13 PM

1956

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Konna abekku mita koto nai

1954

Ginga no miyako poster
NR

After helping a woman recover her wallet, which had been stolen by a pickpocket, a rough-around-the-edges young man who is a sixth-dan judo practitioner falls in love with a beautiful teacher of traditional folk songs.

Ginga no miyako

1957

Kimi machifune poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kimi machifune

1954

Bara no kōdōkan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bara no kōdōkan

1956

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

Shunsetsu no mon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shunsetsu no mon

1953

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

Haha nami poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha nami

1953

Konna beppin mita koto nai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Konna beppin mita koto nai

1954

Sabakareru jūdai poster
NR

A high school girl kills her father's mistress.

Sabakareru jūdai

1956

Asashio yushio poster
NR

A sweet and melancholy melodrama set against the backdrop of the beautiful Seto Inland Sea, in which a pair of twin sisters, one a young lady of high birth, the other a maid, are manipulated by the threads of fate as they vie for the affection of the same young man.

Asashio yushio

1956

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

The Telephone Rings in the Evening poster
NR

In a peaceful town near the Seto Inland Sea, a threatening letter arrives along with the ringing of a telephone... A thriller-comedy that sets this stagnant town ablaze.

The Telephone Rings in the Evening

1959

The Most Valuable Wife poster
8.0

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...

The Most Valuable Wife

1959

Troupers of Asakusa poster
NR

On the night of the Sanja Festival, a bloodstained wallet left in the hands of a female pickpocket… The boss’s sinister grasp closing in on an innocent dancer, and the passion and deadly battle unleashed by the righteous hero of Asakusa…

Troupers of Asakusa

1955

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