Hiroyuki Nishimoto

Acting

Hiroyuki Nishimoto

Born — Died

1927-01-03 — 2015-04-19

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

7 titles

Known for

Key Hunter poster
7.0

Key Hunter is a prime-time Japanese television detective series. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:56 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System network from April 6, 1968 to April 7, 1973. There were a total of 262 episodes, and it was one of the most popular action dramas in Japan at the time. The story involved "Key Hunter", a special clandestine unit of the International Police, which endeavored to solve various crimes. "Key Hunter" was a unique TV show, which started out as a grand scale spy thriller never before seen in Japan. The episodes were individually themed on global crimes and political strife. The initial hardboiled theme later evolved to include intellectual elements involving action, and occasionally with comical elements as well. Tetsuro Tamba starred in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice as Japanese Secret Service agent Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond. This role greatly influenced his image in "Key Hunter".

Key Hunter

1968

Woman in the Dunes poster
8.2

A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

Woman in the Dunes

1964

Special Crime Investigation Front poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Special Crime Investigation Front

1977

New Moomin poster
5.5

A remake of the 1969-70 Moomin series. This version is more closely based on the books by the Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson.

New Moomin

1972

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu

1978

Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell poster
5.8

The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.

Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell

1968

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