Acting
Kyosuke Makino
Acting credits
One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.
Murder on the Last Train
1955
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
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
NRA 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
NRSequel to the movie Denko karate uchi.
Meteor Karate Strike
1956
8.0A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.
Pure-Hearted Unit
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Police Precinct Part 2
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
あゝ洞爺丸
1954
8.0First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Moonlight Mask
1958
NRThis 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
NR1957 Japanese movie
Sendō shimai
1957
9.0The fourth installment of G-men of Japan
G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
1956
NR1958 Toei movie.
Midair Circus
1958
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
NRFilm directed by Yasuki Chiba, based on the novel of the same name by Tatsuzou Ishikawa.
The Pleasures of Vice
1954