Susumu Namishima

Acting

Susumu Namishima

Born — Died

1922-10-03 — 1995-01-01

Place of birth

Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

58 titles

Known for

Nanairo Kamen poster
9.0

Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New Seven Color Mask (新七色仮面, Shin Nanairo Kamen). It was created by Kōhan Kawauchi, who also created Moonlight Mask. This B&W TV show was the first superhero TV series by Toei Company Ltd. It was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from June 3, 1959 to June 30, 1960, with a total of 57 episodes divided into 7 segments. Aside from being Toei's first TV superhero show, this series was also the debut of actor Sonny Chiba, who was 19 at the time, who took over the title role from Susumu Namijima after Episode 32.

Nanairo Kamen

1959

Lords of Oppression 2 poster
NR

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Lords of Oppression 2

1957

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: 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

Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten poster
NR

Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie

Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten

1954

Film credits

1960s · 21 titles

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

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

Storming Squadron poster
NR

1960 Toei war movie.

Storming Squadron

1960

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind poster
NR

The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush." Taro, who had painstakingly graduated from the University of Merchant Marine after six years, was on his way to work for Saikai Kaiun on a tourist ship on the Beppu route. He was in a euphoric mood, teasing a young lady playing golf on the deck, and helping the geisha Umeka who was being harassed by a drunkard, with his natural sense of justice, as the ship arrived at Beppu Port.

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind

1961

South Pacific Waves Are High poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

South Pacific Waves Are High

1962

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

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy poster
8.0

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

1960

腕まくり七色娘 poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

腕まくり七色娘

1961

G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves poster
NR

G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels all the way from Kyushu to Tokyo. Disguising himself as a yakuza member, he intends to root out the underworld's base of operations, weaving together love, guns, and violence to unravel the mystery behind the enigmatic incident and the true nature of evil. This thrilling action drama combines suspense with excitement, depicting a tale filled with love, fists, and firearms.

G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves

1960

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

Police Department Part 15: Alibi poster
NR

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alibi for the suspects. A security guard was killed in the building, the safe was broken into, but nothing was stolen. The three suspects have alibis, but who then killed the guard and broke into the safe? The 15th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department. Sonny Chiba's first film role as one of the seven detectives.

Police Department Part 15: Alibi

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

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm poster
6.5

Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Meanwhile, the body of an orthopedist is discovered in the river.

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm

1961

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - The Final Trump Card poster
NR

The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - The Final Trump Card

1960

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Million Dollar Showdown poster
NR

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Million Dollar Showdown

1960

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Horror of the Black Hand poster
NR

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Horror of the Black Hand

1960

Seven-Color Mask: Three Ace - The Dancing Gold Demon poster
NR

The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: Three Aces.

Seven-Color Mask: Three Ace - The Dancing Gold Demon

1960

Seven-Color Mask: Three Ace - Midday Kidnapping Order poster
NR

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: Three Aces.

Seven-Color Mask: Three Ace - Midday Kidnapping Order

1960

Seven-Color Mask: Three Ace - The Devil's Claw Marks poster
NR

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: Three Aces.

Seven-Color Mask: Three Ace - The Devil's Claw Marks

1960

1950s · 35 titles

Lords of Oppression 2 poster
NR

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Lords of Oppression 2

1957

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

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

Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten poster
NR

Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie

Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten

1954

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

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

The Scarlet Cherry Lord poster
7.5

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to fall in love with. It turns out that she is just his prospective bride.

The Scarlet Cherry Lord

1958

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

Tokyo Detective Girl poster
NR

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

Tokyo Detective Girl

1959

Lords of Oppression poster
NR

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Lords of Oppression

1957

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

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

Seven-Color Mask: Terrifying Revenge poster
NR

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask.

Seven-Color Mask: Terrifying Revenge

1959

Meteor Karate Strike poster
NR

Sequel to the movie Denko karate uchi.

Meteor Karate Strike

1956

With Songs in My Heart poster
NR

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.

With Songs in My Heart

1958

Man of Thirteen Eyes poster
NR

Japanese mystery film.

Man of Thirteen Eyes

1958

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

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

Speed Crazy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Speed Crazy

1959

The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man poster
7.0

Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man

1958

Lightning Karate Blow poster
NR

Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair of Okinawa karate films. The two-parter was released on Jan. 29, 1956 as two thirds of a triple feature. Both halves run just under one hour. The fighting is actually pretty good for the time, and it's fun to see Takakura as an impatient, bearded karate rascal.

Lightning Karate Blow

1956

Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai poster
NR

Based on a novella in the Kyosuke Kozu series. The story depicts the meeting between Kyosuke Kozu and Kenzo Matsushita, as well as student dorm life and social customs in the 1930s, and the social climate following the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai

1951

鞍馬天狗 第一話 白馬の密使 poster
NR

1956 movie from Japan

鞍馬天狗 第一話 白馬の密使

1956

Maboroshi Kaito Dan poster
NR

This is the first film in the third installment of the adventure film for boys that depicts the battle between a thief who calls himself "the secret envoy of the Demon Lord" and private investigator Hideo Sayama. In the Toei, the roles are twenty faces and Kogo (Twenty Faces) and Akechi Kogo, with a content that seems to be strongly conscious of the "boys' Detectives" series of Edogawa Rampo, which was later made into a movie.

Maboroshi Kaito Dan

1955

No artwork available
10.0

Seventh film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend

1958

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

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose poster
NR

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose

1959

The Boy Detectives Club – The Revenge of Twenty Faces poster
10.0

Fifth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

The Boy Detectives Club – The Revenge of Twenty Faces

1957

Lovestruck Ronin poster
NR

Tai Kato's first film directed at Toei.

Lovestruck Ronin

1957

No artwork available
9.0

Sixth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

The Boy Detectives Club – The Glow-in-the-Dark Monster

1957

Seven-Color Mask: Chase of Death poster
NR

The third installment of Seven-Color Mask.

Seven-Color Mask: Chase of Death

1959

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Disappearing Gentleman poster
NR

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Disappearing Gentleman

1959

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead poster
NR

King Rose returns, unleashing terror from beyond the grave. Detective Kotaro Ran, as Seven-Color Mask, investigates eerie crimes. As he unravels the mystery, he faces deadly traps and a final battle to stop King Rose's reign.. The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead

1959

Seven-Color Mask poster
NR

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask.

Seven-Color Mask

1959

Seven-Color Mask: Triumph of the South Sea poster
NR

The fourth and final installment of Seven-Color Mask.

Seven-Color Mask: Triumph of the South Sea

1959

Series credits