Acting
Tadashi Minamikawa
Born 1925-05-10 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Acting credits
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Speed Crazy
1959
NRThe orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Pacific War becomes obsessed with taking revenge on his late father's enemies.
Five Paths to Revenge
1956
6.8A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
Tower of Lilies
1953
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
One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.
Murder on the Last Train
1955
8.5Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence.
Vacuum Zone
1952
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
7.9When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.
Stray Dog
1973
NR1961 Japanese movie
Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961
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
NR1961 Toei comedy
Tale of A Company Boss Pt.2
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Police Precinct Part 2
1956
NROn a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents of the murdered child. They use a towel, baby diapers and bruises on the baby's body as clues in the investigation. Who killed the baby?
Police Precinct Part 13
1960
8.0The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .
The Great Road
1960
NRWhen Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the Malay front and occupied Singapore at once, and was praised as a "Malay tiger." However, the situation in Japan changed steadily by the failure of Sai pan from the GA Talca translation.
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
1953
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
7.01961 gangster film.
Red Flowers of Hell
1961
9.0Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa
Today is Payday
1952
NRFour taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out and escape. From inside the truck comes the body of the taxi driver.
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
7.0Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.
Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
1954
NRThe first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.
Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose
1959
8.0First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Moonlight Mask
1958