Acting

Tadashi Suganuma

Known for

Acting

Credits

50 titles

Known for

A Fugitive from the Past poster
7.3

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.

A Fugitive from the Past

1965

Abashiri Prison poster
7.2

Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in this harshest of climates.

Abashiri Prison

1965

The Hoodlum Brothers poster
NR

A crime film released in 1965

The Hoodlum Brothers

1965

The Threat poster
7.3

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.

The Threat

1966

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer poster
NR

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wallet that did not fit the field, earrings, and other valuable materials, which led them on a foot search. The woman's purse had been picked up by a male prostitute on the subway, and from the prostitute's testimony, they were able to identify the pickpocket's face, but the next day, the man was found dead in a road accident, apparently murdered.

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

1957

The Challenge poster
7.4

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.

The Challenge

1962

Film credits

1960s · 35 titles

A Fugitive from the Past poster
7.3

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.

A Fugitive from the Past

1965

Abashiri Prison poster
7.2

Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in this harshest of climates.

Abashiri Prison

1965

The Hoodlum Brothers poster
NR

A crime film released in 1965

The Hoodlum Brothers

1965

The Threat poster
7.3

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.

The Threat

1966

The Challenge poster
7.4

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.

The Challenge

1962

Hell's Kitchen poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Hell's Kitchen

1962

Mist and Shadows poster
8.0

A veteran reporter and a young journalist doggedly pursue clues through sheer persistence and intuition to unravel the mystery behind the sudden death of a teacher in the remote Hokuriku region. In pursuit of the truth, they are led to a web of corporate fraud, an inbred village, bundles of toilet paper, and flatfoots with something to hide as the bodies pile up.

Mist and Shadows

1961

Run, Genta, Run! poster
8.3

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

Run, Genta, Run!

1961

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman poster
NR

Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. The ugly behavior of adults hidden in the name of social welfare is exposed by the investigation. 16th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman

1961

Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku poster
NR

After her father gets incapacitated due to a stroke, a young girl named Sanae takes over his postal job to support her family.

Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku

1962

Homicide poster
NR

This film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of Military Affairs, about the beginning of the incident 2.26 and the execution of young officers.

Homicide

1964

Cosmetic Sales Competition poster
6.0

A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.

Cosmetic Sales Competition

1963

Gambler's Farewell poster
8.0

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

Gambler's Farewell

1968

Devotion to Railway poster
7.0

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

Devotion to Railway

1960

The Man of Seven Faces poster
6.3

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

The Man of Seven Faces

1960

The Thinking Leaf poster
NR

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

The Thinking Leaf

1962

All Rascals poster
7.0

Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.

All Rascals

1962

South Pacific Waves Are High poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

South Pacific Waves Are High

1962

Terror Beneath the Sea poster
5.3

While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair and keep them prisoner in their underwater city.

Terror Beneath the Sea

1966

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery poster
NR

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

1961

I Am The Magician From Hell poster
7.0

Chiezo Kataoka grew up as a Magician's apprentice in America and no prison can hold him!

I Am The Magician From Hell

1961

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind poster
NR

The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush." Taro, who had painstakingly graduated from the University of Merchant Marine after six years, was on his way to work for Saikai Kaiun on a tourist ship on the Beppu route. He was in a euphoric mood, teasing a young lady playing golf on the deck, and helping the geisha Umeka who was being harassed by a drunkard, with his natural sense of justice, as the ship arrived at Beppu Port.

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind

1961

Organized Violence poster
6.5

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.

Organized Violence

1967

Deep River Melody poster
6.0

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Deep River Melody

1960

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance poster
5.7

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

1963

Blackmail poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blackmail

1963

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze poster
7.0

1962 Japanese movie

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

1962

Akai kage no otoko poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Akai kage no otoko

1961

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19 poster
NR

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns out that the rosary belongs to some new religion... The 19th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19

1962

Gang's Upward Strategy poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gang's Upward Strategy

1965

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation poster
NR

A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "backing investigation" to determine whether his confession is true, because the law states that a confession alone is not enough to make the case. The 20nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation

1963

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō poster
NR

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate). Shot by Nishikawa Shoei (I Am the Magician of Hell).

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō

1961

Fearful Witch poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fearful Witch

1962

Operation Diamond poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Operation Diamond

1962

Song of Kagoshima poster
NR

Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt cancellation of the contract with the family-run Satsuma Inn in Kagoshima, Yumemi, launches her own investigation into the matter. Amidst her efforts to resume her company’s contract with the inn, Yumemi finds herself personally involved in the inn’s family affairs and with their guests in a surprising discover of love and friendship.

Song of Kagoshima

1962

1950s · 15 titles

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer poster
NR

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wallet that did not fit the field, earrings, and other valuable materials, which led them on a foot search. The woman's purse had been picked up by a male prostitute on the subway, and from the prostitute's testimony, they were able to identify the pickpocket's face, but the next day, the man was found dead in a road accident, apparently murdered.

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

1957

Anatahan poster
6.8

From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.

Anatahan

1953

Hell's Companion poster
NR

During the seventh-year memorial service for Katsugoro and Genji, Ikari Genji himself emerged from the coffin brought in by the hearse seeking revenge

Hell's Companion

1959

The Battleship Yamato poster
NR

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".

The Battleship Yamato

1953

The Eleventh Hour poster
7.4

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.

The Eleventh Hour

1957

Mother Peacock poster
NR

Japanese drama film.

Mother Peacock

1956

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

Forty-Eight Man poster
8.0

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Forty-Eight Man

1952

Showdown in Blood poster
NR

Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to join Tamura's boxing club, but Tamura fell in love with Ushijima's punch. Then Hayata decides to become Ushijima's manager and make good money on his friend's talent. Ushijima himself is a peaceful, kind guy who doesn't really like boxing, but under the wise guidance of Hayata, he starts to defeat one opponent after another...

Showdown in Blood

1957

The Bastards of Lawless Town poster
NR

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

The Bastards of Lawless Town

1959

The Outsiders poster
7.0

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda.

The Outsiders

1958

Pure-Hearted Unit poster
8.0

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

Pure-Hearted Unit

1957

G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization poster
9.0

The fourth installment of G-men of Japan

G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization

1956

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer poster
NR

A robbery and murder occurred at a gas station facing the national highway at 1:00am. Detectives Nagata, head of the First Investigation Division, begins investigating. Two bullets were removed from the corpse of a staff member on duty at the station, and the last car to be refilled with gasoline, Sakura Taxi No. 5-E1044, appears on the line of investigation. The same night, a robbery murder case was discovered using the same US military gun that was used on the gas station victim.

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer

1956

大岡政談 血煙り地蔵 poster
NR

A thrilling historical drama that revolves around the exoneration of a falsely accused family, the protection of a fallen merchant house, and the overturning of the powerful Shimazu clan, while the Echizen governor brilliantly unravels the truth behind the incident, offering a tale filled with excitement, intrigue, and delightful entertainment.

大岡政談 血煙り地蔵

1955