Susumu Namishima

Acting

Susumu Namishima

Born 1922-10-03 · Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

Lords of Oppression 2 poster
NR

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Lords of Oppression 2

1957

The Seven Vows, Part 3 poster
7.0

The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai concludes. After their turbulent journey, the seven crosses are finally united to reveal the secret of the royal treasure.

The Seven Vows, Part 3

1957

Tales of Young Genji Kuro poster
7.0

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.

Tales of Young Genji Kuro

1957

Speed Crazy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Speed Crazy

1959

The Seven Vows, Part 2 poster
7.0

The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai continue in its second installment. While being held captive by the enemy pirate Ongo, Goro discovers the whereabouts of the missing seventh cross. Will he succeed in bringing all seven cross together to reveal the secret code of the royal treasure?

The Seven Vows, Part 2

1957

Storming Squadron poster
NR

1960 Toei war movie.

Storming Squadron

1960

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

Police Precinct Part 5 poster
NR

The fifth installment of the Metropolitan Police Department story series. This time, detectives from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division are once again in action, full of thrills and speed, in pursuit of the perpetrator of a mysterious murder that suddenly occurred at an auto race track.

Police Precinct Part 5

1957

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

Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san poster
NR

Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor. Sado Masasaburo, the founder of Sado Masa, one of the oldest lumber merchants in Kiba, has recently become very old and ill, and his tomboyish daughter Nobuko, a native of Edo, cannot stand the methods of Tadayoshi, who has risen to prominence through unscrupulous business practices. In a thrilling period drama in which Hibari plays a chic and stubborn lumberyard girl who, together with her partner Takakura Ken, punishes an evil lumber merchant. A thrilling youth drama that combines familiar songs with the stubbornness and love of Hibari and Takakura.

Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san

1961

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû

1960

Foul Play poster
6.0

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.

Foul Play

1955

The Seven Vows poster
7.0

Toruhan, a king’s retainer, embarks on a journey to find a royal treasure that can only be revealed though secret codes hidden in seven crosses carried by his fellow samurai.

The Seven Vows

1956

Meteor Karate Strike poster
NR

Sequel to the movie Denko karate uchi.

Meteor Karate Strike

1956

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

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

Police Precinct Part 17 poster
8.0

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.

Police Precinct Part 17

1961

Police Precinct Part 17 poster
8.0

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.

Police Precinct Part 17

1961

Fighting Horizon poster
NR

A young man whose father is on death row discovers a terrifying underworld trap that was set up thirteen years ago. At seventeen years old, he risks his life and storms into a hell of violence!

Fighting Horizon

Man with the Funky Hat poster
9.0

Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business dealings involving a kidnapping.

Man with the Funky Hat

1961

Souls in the Moonlight poster
7.0

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.

Souls in the Moonlight

1957

腕まくり七色娘 poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

腕まくり七色娘

1961

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

Tokyo Detective Girl poster
NR

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

Tokyo Detective Girl

1959