Minoru Takada

Acting

Minoru Takada

Born — Died

1899-12-20 — 1977-12-27

Place of birth

Higashinaruse, Ogachi, Akita, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Minoru Takada (December 20, 1899 - December 27, 1977) was an actor and film producer in the Taisho and Showa periods, he appeared in over 230 films between 1924 and 1971. His wife was the former actress Mikiko Mitsuki. Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Takada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Ultra Q poster
8.0

As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young investigators—two pilots and a reporter—take it upon themselves to study these unexplained phenomena in order to inform and protect the public.

Ultra Q

1966

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster poster
7.0

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

Atragon poster
6.6

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.

Atragon

1963

Learn from Experience, Part Two poster
6.3

Toyomi is pregnant -- and while Shintaro and Yurie are on their extended honeymoon, she bears his child, a girl named Kiyoko. She is supported in adversity by close friend Michiko and her mother but also, surprisingly, Shintaro's mother and siblings. Even moreso, Toyomi and Yurie become friends. Part two of a two-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan.

Learn from Experience, Part Two

1937

Adventure in Kigan Castle poster
6.2

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.

Adventure in Kigan Castle

1966

Battle in Outer Space poster
5.9

In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.

Battle in Outer Space

1959

Film credits

1960s · 11 titles

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster poster
7.0

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

Atragon poster
6.6

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.

Atragon

1963

Adventure in Kigan Castle poster
6.2

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.

Adventure in Kigan Castle

1966

Japan's Longest Day poster
7.3

A dramatisation of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Japan's Longest Day

1967

The Last War poster
6.8

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

The Last War

1961

Sazae-san Plays Cupid poster
8.0

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

Sazae-san Plays Cupid

1961

Evil Brain from Outer Space poster
5.0

An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet.

Evil Brain from Outer Space

1966

Atomic Rulers poster
4.6

Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!

Atomic Rulers

1965

Attack from Space poster
5.3

The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth.

Attack from Space

1965

The Crazy Adventure poster
7.0

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters.

The Crazy Adventure

1965

Invaders from Space poster
4.5

A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman from the Emerald Planet to save the human race before it's too late.

Invaders from Space

1965

1950s · 32 titles

Battle in Outer Space poster
5.9

In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.

Battle in Outer Space

1959

Haha ningyō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha ningyō

1951

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender poster
8.7

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew don't know as their radio has failed. They send their passengers ashore and go out to face a final battle...

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

1959

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War poster
8.0

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

1957

Love Letter poster
6.9

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.

Love Letter

1953

Twilight Saloon poster
8.0

Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustrations and social anxieties. A disillusioned professor, a struggling artist, and various laborers find their lives intersecting through chance encounters and heated arguments fueled by drink.

Twilight Saloon

1955

The Eagle of the Pacific poster
7.8

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.

The Eagle of the Pacific

1953

Mutiny in the North Sea poster
NR

A maritime action drama set aboard a whaling ship rocked by a labor-management conflict. Shintoho's second color feature.

Mutiny in the North Sea

1956

So Young, So Bright poster
7.8

Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the three of them. A musical starring 3 Japanese pop music and TV stars.

So Young, So Bright

1955

Impure Nuns poster
2.7

A sensual love-story between two lesbian nuns.

Impure Nuns

1958

No artwork available
NR

His best friend is a gangster of the seas, and his beloved girlfriend is his sister… The deadly battle between a vicious smuggling ring and the Coast Guard rages on in the strait.

Kaikyo no same

1950

Mother Peacock poster
NR

Japanese drama film.

Mother Peacock

1956

Sunset Over Mount Fuji poster
NR

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

Sunset Over Mount Fuji

1952

A Ripple in a Morning poster
7.0

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

A Ripple in a Morning

1952

Oni azami poster
NR

Five years after parting ways, two people who had once envisioned a life together met again: he was a yakuza out of work, and she was a woman of the night.

Oni azami

1950

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets poster
5.0

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

1956

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Holiday in Japan

1958

Invisible Man poster
6.7

When 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

Sisters at the Hot Springs poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sisters at the Hot Springs

1956

Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi

1954

Bloody History of Soldiers poster
NR

A historical film that portrays the fervent and violent actions of young Army and Navy officers, such as the February 26 and May 15 incidents, in a semi-documentary style.

Bloody History of Soldiers

1958

花吹雪男祭り  poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

花吹雪男祭り 

1952

The Devil comes and plays the Flute poster
7.0

The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur one after another along with the terrifying melody of a flute. It is the fourth film in the series, starring Chiezo Kataoka as Kindaichi Kosuke.

The Devil comes and plays the Flute

1954

Leader of the Bomb Girls poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Leader of the Bomb Girls

1959

Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced poster
NR

Japanese war film.

Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced

1954

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal poster
8.0

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

1959

The Battleship Yamato poster
NR

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".

The Battleship Yamato

1953

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Kingoro's Soldier

1956

The College Ruggers poster
9.0

Story of love, friendship, and college sports.

The College Ruggers

1959

The Pencil Thief poster
NR

Centered on a pencil-loss incident at an elementary school, this story gently and quietly portrays the beauty of children’s innocent hearts.

The Pencil Thief

1957

No artwork available
NR

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped Western-style outfit lying in his exam room. He must retrace his blurry steps of the night before, and navigate a web of embezzlement, murder, framings, and false identities in Tokyo's Ginza district, to discover the identity of the dead woman and why she is there—and hopefully prove his innocence, before his wedding in three days...

Golden Beast

1950

日本敗れず poster
7.0

In May 1945, Japan's defeat was imminent after the attacks on Saipan, Iwo Jima, and the Philippines, and Tokyo was reduced to a sea of ​​fire by another massive air raid. However, within the Ministry of the Army, there were still officers who were enthusiastic about a decisive battle on the mainland. Eventually, the Okinawa garrison was annihilated, and the US military was approaching the mainland, but on July 27th, the Potsdam Conference between the US, Britain, and the Soviet Union broadcast the Triple Joint Declaration, which set out the final terms of surrender for Japan.

日本敗れず

1954

1940s · 8 titles

1930s · 7 titles

Learn from Experience, Part Two poster
6.3

Toyomi is pregnant -- and while Shintaro and Yurie are on their extended honeymoon, she bears his child, a girl named Kiyoko. She is supported in adversity by close friend Michiko and her mother but also, surprisingly, Shintaro's mother and siblings. Even moreso, Toyomi and Yurie become friends. Part two of a two-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan.

Learn from Experience, Part Two

1937

Learn from Experience, Part One poster
6.7

Wealthy young Toyomi and Shintaro are in love. However, Shintaro’s father is arranging for him to marry Yurie, the scion of an even wealthier family. The two lovers flee to Tokyo, but when Shintaro returns to proclaim his intent to marry Toyomi, his father browbeats him into attending the marriage meeting with Yurie. Part one of a two-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan.

Learn from Experience, Part One

1937

A Primer on Marriage poster
8.0

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with his wife, the young woman and her husband. Considered to be a lost film.

A Primer on Marriage

1930

Enoken’s Shrewd Period poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Enoken’s Shrewd Period

1939

Japanese Women's Textbook poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Japanese Women's Textbook

1937

Walk Cheerfully poster
6.1

Raucous small-time thief Kenji falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, but when she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him until he proves to be honest. Kenji soon finds it's not so easy to get rid of one's past.

Walk Cheerfully

1930

Where Do Women Go? poster
NR

Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima.

Where Do Women Go?

1930

Series credits