Acting
Yuji Kitamine
Acting credits
7.3Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
NRA crime film released in 1965
The Hoodlum Brothers
1965
6.3G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
G-Men in the Pacific
1962
5.5An 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
NRAfter 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Duel of the Underworld
1963
NRThe 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
7.0A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...
Devotion to Railway
1960
3.1Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens, Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric barrier to block the aliens from coming to the Earth. After several losses by the aliens, they announce that they will invade the Earth, throwing the world into a state of panic.
Invasion of the Neptune Men
1961
7.0A man who uses marriage as bait goes from woman to woman, and then a horrific murder is committed for money. Seven police man chase the vicious criminal who disappeared into the vortex of the big city.
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959
NRSequel to the movie Denko karate uchi.
Meteor Karate Strike
1956
7.4Based 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
8.0Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Police Precinct Part 2
1956
7.0Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla
1959
7.01961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.
Devil's Nursery Rhyme
1961
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Operation Diamond
1962
7.0One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boom in snow men, the public began to make a fuss about the fact that the monster that attacked them must be the snow man. Even in Las Vegas, betting began on which country would catch the Snowman. Later, news broke that a Japanese Himalayan expedition had caught the Snowman. The expedition, led by its leader, Dr Kenkichi Domon, lands at the airport, where onlookers and, for some reason, a man named President Otake and his henchmen are waiting to take the Yukio's life, and who appears with the doctor is... a chimpanzee. But this was a trick that Domon used to avoid the panic caused by the boom.
Himalayan Wanderer
1961
NRKen 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
1962
NRA robbery and murder occurred at a gas station facing the national highway at 1:00am. Detectives Nagata, head of the First Investigation Division, begins investigating. Two bullets were removed from the corpse of a staff member on duty at the station, and the last car to be refilled with gasoline, Sakura Taxi No. 5-E1044, appears on the line of investigation. The same night, a robbery murder case was discovered using the same US military gun that was used on the gas station victim.
Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer
1956
NRPatrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes its getaway.
Police Precinct: Car 108
1959
NR1962 Japanese movie
South Pacific Waves Are High
1962
8.0First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Moonlight Mask
1958