Minoru Yamada

Directing

Minoru Yamada

Born — Died

1926-06-23 — 1995-08-25

Place of birth

Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Known for

A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble! poster
6.0

The Badan Empire killed Ryo Murasame's older sister, and he had been cybernetically remodeled into ZX. However, he regained himself after an accident and stood up fearlessly.

A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!

1984

Kamen Rider V3: The Movie poster
6.7

During a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by the evil organization's kaijin Hasami-Jaguar. Little does he know that the church where the priest resides is a front for a Destron hideout. After finding out the organization's latest motive, Kamen Rider V3, along with the Double Riders, must stop Destron from detonating a nuclear bomb in Tokyo.

Kamen Rider V3: The Movie

1973

Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell poster
7.0

Takeshi Hongo and FBI agent Kazuya Taki fake their deaths when they are attacked by Shocker soldiers during a motocross race. They disguise themselves as Shocker soldiers and infiltrate the main headquarters, but it doesn't take too long for Ambassador Hell to find their whereabouts and trap them. Before he detonates a bomb within the base, Ambassador Hell tells Kamen Rider #1 and Taki that Shocker is preparing a giant laser capable of destroying cities. Our two heroes must escape from the base's self-destruction and stop Shocker from arming their latest weapon. Not only that, they must rescue Tachibana and the racing club, who have been abducted by Shocker's minions.

Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell

1972

Brain 17 poster
7.5

Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial moorings, and it's up to The Defenders to track it down. Unfortunately, Brain has developed an amazing army of deadly giant robots, including one with a huge "17" emblazoned on its chest-plate, with which it plans to subjugate its creators. A young boy whose family was killed by Brain's followers manages to activate Daitetsujin 17, which thereafter comes to his rescue whenever he is in danger from Brain's minions.

Brain 17

1982

Kappa no Sanpei: Ghost Operation poster
NR

Sanpei has opened the door to the world of the kappa.

Kappa no Sanpei: Ghost Operation

1968

The Super Rider V3 poster
4.0

The leader of Satan Organization creates a new syndicate, Desmoron, which sees the total destruction of the world with General Scorpion in charge. Chen Ying-Jie, a man who saw one of their victims, is hunted down by the syndicate and after his parents are killed and himself badly wounded, the Super Riders save him by transforming him into their newest member, Super Rider V3. Now a superman, Chen now seeks revenge on Desmoron with the fate of the world on the balance.

The Super Rider V3

1975

Behind the camera

A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble! poster
6.0

The Badan Empire killed Ryo Murasame's older sister, and he had been cybernetically remodeled into ZX. However, he regained himself after an accident and stood up fearlessly.

A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!

1984

Kamen Rider V3: The Movie poster
6.7

During a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by the evil organization's kaijin Hasami-Jaguar. Little does he know that the church where the priest resides is a front for a Destron hideout. After finding out the organization's latest motive, Kamen Rider V3, along with the Double Riders, must stop Destron from detonating a nuclear bomb in Tokyo.

Kamen Rider V3: The Movie

1973

Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell poster
7.0

Takeshi Hongo and FBI agent Kazuya Taki fake their deaths when they are attacked by Shocker soldiers during a motocross race. They disguise themselves as Shocker soldiers and infiltrate the main headquarters, but it doesn't take too long for Ambassador Hell to find their whereabouts and trap them. Before he detonates a bomb within the base, Ambassador Hell tells Kamen Rider #1 and Taki that Shocker is preparing a giant laser capable of destroying cities. Our two heroes must escape from the base's self-destruction and stop Shocker from arming their latest weapon. Not only that, they must rescue Tachibana and the racing club, who have been abducted by Shocker's minions.

Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell

1972

Brain 17 poster
7.5

Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial moorings, and it's up to The Defenders to track it down. Unfortunately, Brain has developed an amazing army of deadly giant robots, including one with a huge "17" emblazoned on its chest-plate, with which it plans to subjugate its creators. A young boy whose family was killed by Brain's followers manages to activate Daitetsujin 17, which thereafter comes to his rescue whenever he is in danger from Brain's minions.

Brain 17

1982

Kappa no Sanpei: Ghost Operation poster
NR

Sanpei has opened the door to the world of the kappa.

Kappa no Sanpei: Ghost Operation

1968

The Super Rider V3 poster
4.0

The leader of Satan Organization creates a new syndicate, Desmoron, which sees the total destruction of the world with General Scorpion in charge. Chen Ying-Jie, a man who saw one of their victims, is hunted down by the syndicate and after his parents are killed and himself badly wounded, the Super Riders save him by transforming him into their newest member, Super Rider V3. Now a superman, Chen now seeks revenge on Desmoron with the fate of the world on the balance.

The Super Rider V3

1975

Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants poster
6.0

A physicist named Tetsuo Okita discovers a new mineral called "Satanium," which is more powerful than uranium and emits destructive effects to anyone exposed to it. However, Destron abducts Okita in hopes of finding the source of Satanium and collecting more of it to expedite their run for global domination. Kamen Rider V3 must act fast in rescuing Professor Okita and preventing Destron from collecting more of the deadly mineral.

Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants

1973

Swords of the Space Ark poster
5.8

Sci-fi meets martial arts in this lively chronicle of a warrior pilot who returns to his native planet to find it controlled by a wicked tyrant Captain Kogar. He also finds his family has been slaughtered and so now it is up to him and his pals to kick the heck out of Kogar and return the planet to its rightful rulers. This film was assembled from episodes of the Japanese TV series, Message from Space: Galactic Warriors (which in itself was a spinoff from the feature Message from Space).

Swords of the Space Ark

1981

Kamen Rider vs. Shocker poster
6.2

Professor Daidōji has developed a gravity machine called the GX Device. Unfortunately, Shocker wants it; so they attack the professor and destroy his laboratory, but come home empty-handed. Shocker's agents find out that the plans for the GX Device are with Daidōji's daughter, who is celebrating her birthday. Now the Kamen Riders, along with FBI agent Kazuya Taki, must protect Daidōji's daughter and prevent Shocker from obtaining the plans.

Kamen Rider vs. Shocker

1972

Choushinsei Flashman: Big Rally! Titan Boy! poster
7.8

Big Rally! Titan Boy! is the second movie of Choushinsei Flashman. It is a theatrical edit of episodes 15 to 18 (The Giant Robo is Worn Out, The Human Minimini Plan, The Mysterious Giant Reckless Car! and Big Turnaround! The Transforming Robo) with new and extended scenes.

Choushinsei Flashman: Big Rally! Titan Boy!

1987

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane! poster
8.6

The Gorenger head for Matsuyama to prevent the Black Cross from firing a missile to destroy Japan. Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane is a theatrical film based on the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series. It was originally shown on July 22, 1976 (between Episodes 56 and 57 of the TV series) as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival. It was the only Gorenger film that was a completely original work and not a theatrical version of a TV episode.

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!

1976

Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie poster
6.2

The Dogma Kingdom attacks the Matagi (mountain tribe) village of Yamabiko to steal the sacred Flying Dragon Fortress and wreak havoc all over Japan. Six children from the fallen village take refuge in a nearby town, keeping their identities as Matagi citizens a secret. Kamen Rider Super-1 must protect these children from the Dogma Kingdom, as they hold the secret to the Flying Dragon Fortress' weakness.

Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie

1981

Daitetsujin 17 poster
7.0

Young orphan Saburo uses a special helmet to command the Iron Robot 17 against the forces of the renegade computer Brain. Theatrical release re-edited from the first two episodes of the TV series, which actually preceded the original broadcast of the second episode.

Daitetsujin 17

1977

Flying from the Movie Screen: Inazuman poster
7.0

The moth-like superhero Inazuman has the climactic battle with Emperor Bamba and the Neo-Human Empire Phantom Army while also confronting the rise of President Geisel and the Desper Corps. An alternate version of events depicted in the TV series, exhibited theatrically in 3-D.

Flying from the Movie Screen: Inazuman

1974

Choushinsei Flashman: The Movie poster
7.8

The Flashman find themselves protecting a puppy targeted by Mess due to it being the weakness of a chimera Beast Warrior.

Choushinsei Flashman: The Movie

1986

Voyage Into Space poster
6.2

Earth is invaded by an interstellar terrorist group, Big Fire (the Gargoyle Gang in the American version), led by Emperor Guillotine who spends most of his time in a multicolored space ship hidden at the bottom of Earth's ocean, from which he issues his orders. Big Fire is capturing scientists to create an army of monsters to conquer Earth. A boy named Daisaku Kusama (Johnny Sokko in the American version) and a young Unicorn agent named Jūrō Minami (Jerry Mano in the American version) are shipwrecked on an island after being attacked by a sea monster and subsequently captured by Big Fire. They flee to where a Pharaoh-like giant robot is being built by captive scientist Lucius Guardian, who gives Daisaku and Jūrō its control device. Guardian helps them escape before he is shot to death; before he dies, he triggers an atomic bomb which destroys the base. The radiation activates the robot, which now obeys only Daisaku.

Voyage Into Space

1970

Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie poster
6.0

The movie version of Ryu and Hayato fighting against the Gavanas Empire.

Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie

1978