Writing

Eimei Yamamoto

Born — Died

1935-09-02 — 1991-04-02

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Screenwriter.

Known for

Final Yamato poster
6.8

The Galman Empire is destroyed but the planet Galmania is not, by a chance collision of galaxies. The Bolar Federation worlds including Planet Bolar are destroyed. The Yamato, back under the command of Captain Okita, encounters the planet Denguil too late to save its humanoid civilization from being flooded by the water planet Aquarius. The surviving Denguil, a warrior race who believe only the strong should survive, plan to use Aquarius to flood Earth and destroy humanity, in order to create a new home for their race.

Final Yamato

1983

The Great Adventures of Kikansha Yaemon D51 poster
5.0

An old train engine endeavors to be useful despite the more modern transportation now available in the big city. The story was taken from a highly popular storybook series. Traditionally animated movie Toei based on a bestseller picture book by Agawa Hiroyuki, illustrated by Okabe Fuyuhiko and published in 1959 by Iwanami Shoten Publishing.

The Great Adventures of Kikansha Yaemon D51

1974

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato poster
7.7

The Yamato and her crew face the onslaught of the Comet Empire, a civilization from the Andromeda Galaxy who seek to conquer Earth, led by Prince Zordar. They have harnessed a comet and is using its terrible power to unleash destruction upon its rivals and inferiors... which are in fact everyone. The Space Battleship Yamato heads back into action. But this time, it shall not return, and much of the Yamato crew have signed on for their last voyage.

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

1978

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers poster
10.0

A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to do the same for the Mamushi bros. but the boys don't play along, which pisses Gokudo off. Things get worse when he starts helping a young teacher and Bunta has a crush on a pretty girl... and unbeknownst to them it's the same woman! Yes, the film has not one but two romantic subplots! Of course it all ends in bloodshed.

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

1974

Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger poster
7.0

Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.

Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger

1971

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii poster
5.3

A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of his family, who are estranged from those relatives in Waikiki.

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii

1964

Behind the camera

Final Yamato poster
6.8

The Galman Empire is destroyed but the planet Galmania is not, by a chance collision of galaxies. The Bolar Federation worlds including Planet Bolar are destroyed. The Yamato, back under the command of Captain Okita, encounters the planet Denguil too late to save its humanoid civilization from being flooded by the water planet Aquarius. The surviving Denguil, a warrior race who believe only the strong should survive, plan to use Aquarius to flood Earth and destroy humanity, in order to create a new home for their race.

Final Yamato

1983

The Great Adventures of Kikansha Yaemon D51 poster
5.0

An old train engine endeavors to be useful despite the more modern transportation now available in the big city. The story was taken from a highly popular storybook series. Traditionally animated movie Toei based on a bestseller picture book by Agawa Hiroyuki, illustrated by Okabe Fuyuhiko and published in 1959 by Iwanami Shoten Publishing.

The Great Adventures of Kikansha Yaemon D51

1974

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato poster
7.7

The Yamato and her crew face the onslaught of the Comet Empire, a civilization from the Andromeda Galaxy who seek to conquer Earth, led by Prince Zordar. They have harnessed a comet and is using its terrible power to unleash destruction upon its rivals and inferiors... which are in fact everyone. The Space Battleship Yamato heads back into action. But this time, it shall not return, and much of the Yamato crew have signed on for their last voyage.

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

1978

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers poster
10.0

A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to do the same for the Mamushi bros. but the boys don't play along, which pisses Gokudo off. Things get worse when he starts helping a young teacher and Bunta has a crush on a pretty girl... and unbeknownst to them it's the same woman! Yes, the film has not one but two romantic subplots! Of course it all ends in bloodshed.

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

1974

Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger poster
7.0

Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.

Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger

1971

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii poster
5.3

A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of his family, who are estranged from those relatives in Waikiki.

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii

1964

No artwork available
8.0

Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.

Wolves on Motorcycles

1971

Wicked Priest poster
6.2

Shinkai, a Buddhist monk with a penchant for drinking and gambling, sets sinners straight with judo throws rather than sermons. After fighting off a gang of street thugs, Shinkai is placed on probation but manages to escape his superiors’ watchful eyes to covertly indulge in life’s pleasures. But when he hears of rogue priests in his order consorting with yakuza, Shinkai must make them see the error of their ways and reach enlightenment, one punch at a time.

Wicked Priest

1968

Delinquent Boss: Devour to the Bone poster
7.0

This is the Sixteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…

Delinquent Boss: Devour to the Bone

1972

Brutal Tales of Chivalry poster
7.4

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.

Brutal Tales of Chivalry

1965

The Bad Boss 3 poster
10.0

A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.

The Bad Boss 3

1969

Wolves of the City: Checkmate poster
7.0

This is the sixth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…

Wolves of the City: Checkmate

1970

Here Because of You poster
5.5

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing up in modern times, students often look to Mr. Yabuki for advice and guidance. But when Mr. Yabuki’s career is threatened as a result of a false accusation from the school’s PTA, the students band together to stand up for their beloved teacher and help him to save his good reputation and job.

Here Because of You

1964

Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage poster
6.5

Time to ease up ... not! Although the Yamato's crew has witnessed the end of the long, hard-fought Comet Empire War, a peaceful future will have to wait. While Dessler gathers together the shattered remnants of his Gamilus Empire, new forces are at work in the universe that could augur in another conflict. Seems the Black Star Empire has invaded Dessler's homeworld and is decimating it, all the while gathering power for its war machine.

Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

1979

The Swindlers poster
9.0

Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".

The Swindlers

1970

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2 poster
7.5

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro seeks brutal retribution.

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

1966

Wolf Escort poster
8.0

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.

Wolf Escort

1969

Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat" poster
7.0

Tokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters.

Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat"

1969

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder poster
6.7

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th century. Shinkai then runs afoul of a gangster group using strong-arm tactics to take over the profits from local gambling. When he proves to be more than they can handle, they hire the one man who has the ability to kill Shinkai and exact revenge, Ryotatsu, the karate priest whom Shinkai blinded in the first film. This ultra-violent entry has long been considered the best movie in the series and never made its way to home video before. See a spectacular display of Wakayama Tomisaburo’s martial art expertise in this action packed film. The Holy Grail of sword movies has arrived at last! /Winterheart of CG

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

1968

Hooligans on Buggies poster
9.0

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and a gangster organization.

Hooligans on Buggies

1970

North Sea Chivalry poster
9.0

Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this tale of chivalry and friendship among yakuza in the northern regions.

North Sea Chivalry

1967

The Bad Boss poster
NR

The first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.

The Bad Boss

1968

Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage poster
6.5

Shinkai comes to the aid of a coastal village being held hostage by a group of political revolutionaries.

Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage

1969

Dissolution Rites poster
7.0

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.

Dissolution Rites

1967

Kōshoku biyōshi: Nikutai no hōshū poster
NR

The film is an adaptation of Nakano Yu's play "Sexual Beauty Techniques," serialized as a manga.

Kōshoku biyōshi: Nikutai no hōshū

1979

The Incident at Takanodai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Incident at Takanodai

1973

Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City poster
8.5

Kosaka Hiroshi is a small time swindler and the boss of a motorcycle gang in Shinjuku. Living only to make money, he never made the big time until he gets involved with a Yakuza's daughter. But when he gets involved in a scheme to blackmail a Yakuza gang and a land developer, he realizes he's gone way over his head…

Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City

1969

Okatsu the Fugitive poster
6.4

Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry and actually she doesn't seem too upset about the situation. At the same time, a bunch of farmers are being slaughtered by a corrupt group running a tobacco smuggling ring. They're being investigated by a man who is documenting their crimes and when they find out about it, they torture him for information but get none. It's not long before he and Okatsu's mother wind up dead and she sets out for revenge.

Okatsu the Fugitive

1969

The Boy and the Blue Sea poster
6.0

History threatens to destroy the friendship between Hiroshi and Adel whose countries were once enemies. Will Adel forget their quarrel when Hiroshi is in danger?

The Boy and the Blue Sea

1983

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo poster
7.7

Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejirō must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

1969

Farewell to Rock'n Roll poster
7.0

There is an ongoing war between two Girl Gangs, the Akabane 100 Club and the Ikebukuro Cavalry. Yukiko, the "Bankaku," or chief bodyguard of the Akabane, is released from reform school and sets about to finish an ongoing one-on-one grudge match with the Arab Falcon and the whole Cavalry gang. With a theme song by 1970s Japanese "Group Sounds" band Carol, and live performance. Rock and Sukeban unite for an extraordinary and cool piece of filmmaking.

Farewell to Rock'n Roll

1973

The International Gang of Kobe poster
5.7

In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international gangs.

The International Gang of Kobe

1975

The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup poster
10.0

This is the thirteenth film in the series.

The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup

1971

Pimp Heaven poster
3.0

Class-A Kyoto, a strip joint in Kyoto, is raided by the police. Shohei, a salesman who happens to be there, gets caught in the middle of it and is fired from his job. Having nowhere else to go, Shohei reluctantly becomes the manager of the place... The film is a comedy full of pathos about the connection between strippers called "special delivery" and the "pimps" who hang on to them.

Pimp Heaven

1975

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters poster
9.0

The hoodlum group tries to help a little printing factory against gangsters.

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters

1970

Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting poster
10.0

This is the Twelfth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…

Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting

1971

The Japan Derby Race poster
7.0

A story about a man who stakes his life on horse racing.

The Japan Derby Race

1970

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf poster
8.0

The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro of the Shimazu family. When the boss of the Shimazu is killed, Shigejiro takes revenge and is sent to jail. Upon his release, he meets the dying widow of one of hid followers and takes her to her father, Boss Shiomasa, who take him into his family. But when Shiomasa is killed by an old enemy, Shigejiro is obligated to take revenge...

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf

1966

The School Deviate Waru poster
NR

Yoji Himuro (Hayato Tani) is a ruthless bully terrorizing the classroom with his buffoons. New teachers (Kunie Tanaka and Mari Atsumi) get assigned to tame him down, but they fail miserably. Yoji continues his no-respect rampage until the school principal brings in a new student, an American educated karate expert Noboru Ohinata (Yuki Meguro), to counter Yoji’s terror!

The School Deviate Waru

1973

The Chivalrous Life poster
8.5

Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against other yakuza gangs.

The Chivalrous Life

1967