Directing

Morihei Magatani

Born

1923-05-23 (103)

Place of birth

Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

21 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Invitation to the Enchanted Town poster
8.0

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

Invitation to the Enchanted Town

1961

Kingorō no kaigun taishô poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Kingorō no kaigun taishô

1959

Judo Queen poster
NR

1959 Japanese film directed by Morihei Magatani for Shintoho.

Judo Queen

1959

Judo Queen poster
NR

1959 Japanese film directed by Morihei Magatani for Shintoho.

Judo Queen

1959

Haunted Cave poster
8.0

The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. Yumi Aoyama is the only person who knows the location, but her family dies one after another through curious incidents, as if the family were under a curse. Yumi is surprised by the ghost of a dead sister who looks the same as the grim figure who jumped into the old well alter stabbing herself with a sword. Fearful that a similar fate awaits her, Yumi seeks the help of her friend Kyoko. Later the ghost appears before Kyoko and her fiancé, Detective Nonomiya. In a haunted cave, Kyoko and Yumi are in deadly peril from those who seek treasures of the Aoyamas.

Haunted Cave

1959

Fight for a Woman, Fight for your Life! poster
NR

A motorcycle courier (Ken Utsui) is recruited to test a new high-speed motorboat but another company is willing to kill to win the competition to bring it to market.

Fight for a Woman, Fight for your Life!

1960

Lust of the White Serpent poster
NR

A work with the motif of a legend that remains in the mountain villages of Shinshu and Hida. A white snake helped by a young man transfers to a girl's body, longing for him and burning in an endless passion.

Lust of the White Serpent

1960

東京の夜は泣いている poster
NR

Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.

東京の夜は泣いている

1961

Five Violent Girls poster
NR

The All Girl's Rugby Team try to keep their private college from falling into the hands of Yakuza and unscrupulous businessmen.

Five Violent Girls

1960

Demon King of Yoja Manor poster
10.0

During a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles’ star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko Tsukita collapses on stage at Cabaret Copacana. Goro Hayatori, deputy director of Hayatori Hospital, grows suspicious of Akuri, founder of the new religion “Reihi-kyo,” who had predicted these incidents. Together with his fiancée Mitsuko Nogata and friend Chief Kamimura, he investigates Akuri. It’s revealed that Akuri conspired with Dr. Sakurada, a psychiatrist, using a brainwave-disrupting ray to cause Tsubota and Tsukita’s collapse. Disguised as “Busujima,” Sakurada operates from a nearby villa. Meanwhile, Dr. Stanley from Monotor Republic plans to assassinate conglomerate Maurice and enlists Sakurada to create a half-animal man. Soon after, Akuri predicts Tsubota’s death as Sakurada aims to showcase the creature’s power for profit.

Demon King of Yoja Manor

1957

The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin poster
8.0

In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near the River Kitakami. At night, the villagers of Shirayama gather round a blazing fire, and utter incantations while an old headman tempers a sword...

The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin

1959

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Holiday in Japan

1958

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Holiday in Japan

1958

Female Detective poster
NR

With the object of discovering the male accomplice of Hideko, a bad girl, Michiko, a police-woman, disguises herself and infiltrates a gang. Then in a reformatory, under the name of Suzuko, she finds a certain girl who is familiar with Hideko and from her she approaches a woman, named Keiko. One day, at a beer-hall, the police-woman meets Keiko who just finished a secret narcotics transaction and asks her about Hideko. However, with the sudden appearance of Saburo, one of the gang, her search fails, and an exciting pursuit begins. Later Keiko is found dead.

Female Detective

1960

No artwork available
NR

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song by Tsuzuko Sugawara.

北上川悲歌

1961

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

金語楼の成金王

1958

日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦 poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦

1957

美男をめぐる十人の女 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

美男をめぐる十人の女

1956

美男をめぐる十人の女 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

美男をめぐる十人の女

1956

Hore tatte dame yo poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Hore tatte dame yo

1962

Escape from the Soviet Union: Female Military Doctor and Fake Madman poster
NR

The film depicts a psychological battle involving suspense and romance between the protagonist, who feigns mental illness to avoid being declared a war criminal, and a female military doctor from the Soviet military's political department who interrogates him.

Escape from the Soviet Union: Female Military Doctor and Fake Madman

1958