Acting

Kyosuke Makino

Acting credits

No artwork available
NR

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

Murder on the Last Train

1955

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

Five Paths to Revenge poster
NR

The 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

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei poster
NR

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos, focusing on the daily life of Sanpei Mejiro, a salaryman for over twenty years who finds a little happiness in life in his poor but joyful home.

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei

1955

Meteor Karate Strike poster
NR

Sequel to the movie Denko karate uchi.

Meteor Karate Strike

1956

Pure-Hearted Unit poster
8.0

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

Pure-Hearted Unit

1957

Police Precinct Part 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Police Precinct Part 2

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

あゝ洞爺丸  poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

あゝ洞爺丸 

1954

Moonlight Mask poster
8.0

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Moonlight Mask

1958

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

Sendō shimai poster
NR

1957 Japanese movie

Sendō shimai

1957

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

Midair Circus poster
NR

1958 Toei movie.

Midair Circus

1958

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer poster
NR

A 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

The Pleasures of Vice poster
NR

Film directed by Yasuki Chiba, based on the novel of the same name by Tatsuzou Ishikawa.

The Pleasures of Vice

1954