Directing
Motoyoshi Oda
Born — Died
1909-07-21 — 1973-10-21
Place of birth
Moji, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Motoyoshi Oda (July 21, 1910; Moji City, Fukuoka – October 21, 1973; Tokyo) was a Japanese film director. An English major who graduated from Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious, in 1935, Motoyoshi Oda was promptly accepted into the directors' program at Tokyo's P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratories, a film company later incorporated into Toho Studios). He studied under director Satsuo Yamamoto, as did Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda, and Senkichi Taniguchi. When the latter two trainees were drafted into Japan's war in China, Oda found his career accelerated. He was promoted to director in 1940 with Song of Kunya, after a relatively scant few…
Known for
6.0Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Stubborn Father and Musical Daughter
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Stubborn Father and Stupid Son
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Masurao Dispatchers Men's Group: Especially If You're a Man
1957
6.4A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
NRThe third "Otora-san" feature.
Otora-san at His Best
1958
Behind the camera
6.0Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Stubborn Father and Musical Daughter
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Stubborn Father and Stupid Son
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Masurao Dispatchers Men's Group: Especially If You're a Man
1957
6.4A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
NRThe third "Otora-san" feature.
Otora-san at His Best
1958
NRThe fourth "Otora-san" feature.
Otora-san's Ghostly Rascals
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Masura no Hashitsu Sequel: It's Hard to Be a Company
1956
NRThe first of six "Otora-san" features.
Otora-san
1957
NRThe fifth "Otora-san" feature.
Otora-san's Legal Holiday
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat Company President: The Employee with the Secret Savings Fights Bravely
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Masurao Dispatchers Men's Group: Take Your Best Shot
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Band in Paradise: Acharaka Is Born
1956
NR1956 japanese movie.
Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat President: The Autocrat President's Pure Heart
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sisters at the Hot Springs
1956
9.0Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are against the T-Men organization. Mibu whats to kill all of the T-Men one-by-one.
Lady From Hell
1949
NRBased on the story "Actress and Poet" ("Joyu to shijin") by Minoru Nakano.
Kiss the Moon
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Song of Memory
1955
NRThe sixth and final "Otora-san" feature.
Otora-san's Business is Booming
1958
6.7When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.
Invisible Man
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
1956
NRTonii is a salesman at a mortgage company, and although he is in a romantic relationship with Haruko, a typist at the company, they cannot get married because they have nowhere to live. Growing impatient, Haruko declares, “As long as he can support us, I’d even marry an old man,” leaving Tonii deeply troubled.
Family Affairs: They're Stupid, Aren't They?
1954
NRTonii is an aspiring world-class inventor who has sold off his parents’ estate and mansion and was now continuing his research in a shed tucked away in a corner of the spacious garden. Because a deafening roar echoed from inside the shed every day, the current owner of the estate, the wealthy Ginzo Kaneda, demanded that he vacate the premises.
Family Affairs: The Book of Good Evenings
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Detour to Love
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Band in Paradise: Acharaka's Big Hit
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Family Affairs: Book of Necho Rinkon
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Town of the Starry Skies
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lady Takarazuka
1951
6.7A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.
Ghost Man
1954
8.0A Texan visiting Tokyo takes medicine that gives him strength.
A Texan in Tokyo
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
It's Paradise When One Sings
1941
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
NRBaseball comedy.
Hōmurankyō jidai
1949
10.0With his simple appearance, eyes shining with love and a sense of justice, and voice burning with youthful passion, the eleven students felt unexpectedly in each other's hearts that "this teacher will surely be our confidant," and looked at each other and nodded their heads. This was the beginning of their collective affection for the new Ms. Shiono. The school for girls is a sacred place where the hearts of hundreds of innocent girls should ferment beautifully and freely for the day when they will become wives and mothers to come. How can we abandon them in such a state? Even after the nightmarish war was over, the nightmare remained at Shuei Girls' School.
Eleven High School Girls
1946
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Secret Mother
1953
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Family Affairs — Book of the Saizansus
1954
8.0Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.
Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956
NRThe title might sound shocking, but the red hands mean, the hands which drag fishnets. Ohama, 15 or 16 years old girl lost her family and lived alone in a fishermen's village. She is a strong-minded girl and very popular among young children. I guess that this story is one of the origins of girl's manga in the 1950s in which I belonged to the first generation of Japanese story manga.
Mother of the Red Hands
1941
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ghost Taxi
1956
No synopsis available yet.
A Young Couple Oversleeps
1954