Acting

Akemi Nishi

Born

1930-06-13 (96)

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Known for

Ultraseven poster
7.9

In the not-too-distant future, the Earth finds itself constantly under attack from extraterrestrial threats. The Terrestrial Defense Force establishes the Ultra Garrison, a team of six elite members who utilize high-tech vehicles and weaponry. Joining their fight is the mysterious Dan Moroboshi, secretly an alien from the Land of Light in Nebula M-78, who transforms into his true form in times of crisis, Ultraseven.

Ultraseven

1967

Love Letter poster
6.9

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.

Love Letter

1953

Female Slave Ship poster
6.5

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down and he is taken aboard a ship bound for Shanghai to deliver its merchandise - a ship filled with Female Slaves kidnapped from Japan. Will he abandon the women to pursue his main objective? Or will he fight foes, spies and pirates to save these women against all odds?

Female Slave Ship

1960

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

カックン超特急

1959

An Inn at Osaka poster
7.5

Follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life.

An Inn at Osaka

1954

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

1952

Film credits

1960s · 14 titles

Female Slave Ship poster
6.5

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down and he is taken aboard a ship bound for Shanghai to deliver its merchandise - a ship filled with Female Slaves kidnapped from Japan. Will he abandon the women to pursue his main objective? Or will he fight foes, spies and pirates to save these women against all odds?

Female Slave Ship

1960

Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū poster
NR

Comedy movie

Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū

1962

Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni poster
NR

The last film produced by Shintoho.

Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni

1962

Jealousy poster
NR

Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.

Jealousy

1962

I am the Judge poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

I am the Judge

1962

Yuganda rakei poster
NR

Twenty years have passed since the end of the war, and it seems as though no scars of war remain anywhere. This unique human drama explores the love story between a man trapped in the dark atmosphere of war and a woman burdened by fate, wandering through a desperate youth.

Yuganda rakei

1965

Death Row Woman poster
6.0

Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.

Death Row Woman

1960

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
10.0

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

Kaachan

1961

Shôjo no hanpatsu poster
NR

Pinku from 1965.

Shôjo no hanpatsu

1965

No artwork available
2.0

Pink film by Kan Mukai.

Married Woman Due Date

1966

Iro-mai poster
2.0

Pink film directed by Kan Mukai.

Iro-mai

1965

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1966.

Shojo henreki

1966

No artwork available
NR

Pink film by Satoru Kobayashi

Female Wolf

1964

1950s · 16 titles

Love Letter poster
6.9

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.

Love Letter

1953

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

カックン超特急

1959

An Inn at Osaka poster
7.5

Follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life.

An Inn at Osaka

1954

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

1952

Satsujinhan nanatsu no kao poster
NR

Japanese crime film

Satsujinhan nanatsu no kao

1959

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

Soldiers' Girls poster
NR

Women endure hardship and struggle to keep away from prostitution in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The "Special Comfort Women Association" (RAA) creates a shelter for women to avoid falling into prostitution. Young Fumiko and Yuko will try their luck there.

Soldiers' Girls

1958

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo poster
NR

The fifth volume of the Ningyo Sana Torimonocho series. Based on the original work by Seishi Yokomizo, the film was adapted by Mitsuo Kaneda (The Nude Model Murder Case), directed by Tatsuo Yamada, who worked on The Golden Bugyo, and shot by Kikuzo Kawasaki. Keiko Hibino, Shigeru Amachi, Tomisaburo Wakayama

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo

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

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū

1959

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class poster
NR

Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

1954

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

太陽娘と社長族

1958

No artwork available
NR

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

The Fencing Collegian

1956

Flesh Pier poster
5.8

Director Teruo Ishii's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style.

Flesh Pier

1958

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man poster
NR

This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man

1959

Super Giant Continues: Kingdom of the Poison Moth poster
8.0

The 9th and final Super Giant film, in which he fights a group plotting to assassinate a Middle-Eastern prince for his country's treasure.

Super Giant Continues: Kingdom of the Poison Moth

1959

Series credits