Acting
Shigeo Nakahara
Known for
Acting
Credits
20 titles
Known for
9.7Chojin Barom One (超人バロム・1 Baromu Wan), or Superhuman Barom 1 is a live-action adaptation of a Japanese manga series written by Takao Saito, produced two years after the comic was originally released. It stars Hiroyuki Takano as Gentaro Shiratori and Hiroki Izuka as Takeshi Kido, the two protagonists.
Choujin Barom-1
1972
7.0In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
Girls of the Night
1961
NRThe first of six "Otora-san" features.
Otora-san
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Bell of Love
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City
1966
NRLate entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
Film credits
1970s · 2 titles
7.5The second film in Toho's series on the military history of the Showa era, Hiromichi Horikawa's war drama offers a look at the career of controversial politician Hideki Tojo and the strained relationships between Japan's government, military, and the media.
The Militarists
1970
8.0In post-war Japan, a publisher goes to visit her former teacher for help on a modern translation of a legend about a mummified Buddhist monk who was revived and who, centuries later, turned into a sex demon who terrorized a village in pre-modern Japan.
A Mummy’s Love
1973
1960s · 11 titles
7.0In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
Girls of the Night
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City
1966
NRLate entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
NRPeriod comedy about an undertaker's assistant in love with the daughter of a wealthy doctor. When her father refuses to allow the young lovers to marry and they attempt double suicide, Death comes to their rescue.
My Friend Death
1960
NRThe 9th "Ekimae" feature.
Mumu Dance
1964
8.5Tobe is a small-time crook who runs a prostitution business of blonde girls, as well as sells pornographic pictures. He frequents a cafe run by two women, one of them a young widow with a son. They like him and think that he is an ordinary office worker. One day, Tobe accidentally discovers pictures of an acquaintance, Kanzaburo, with a woman and sets out to blackmail him. He soon finds out that Kanzaburo died in a train accident but things may not be what they seem
Procurer of Hell
1961
7.0Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
8.0After receiving a phone call from a woman whose child has contracted polio, government official Masayoshi Sakata decides to do everything he can to eradicate the disease.
Could I But Live
1964
8.0Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We follow her ups and downs on the way to stardom as she falls in love with two men, a petty thief and a music writer and teacher, and makes her way in the industry alongside The Peanuts and The Crazy Cats.
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962
10.0A reformed bartender is blackmailed into aiding a heist by former gang associates, leading to betrayal, violence, and the collapse of his hopes for a new life.
Black Flower Petal
1960
1950s · 6 titles
NRThe first of six "Otora-san" features.
Otora-san
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Bell of Love
1959
NRBased on the story "Actress and Poet" ("Joyu to shijin") by Minoru Nakano.
Kiss the Moon
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
I Am Three People
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Record of Loving Your Wife
1959
NRThe third "Otora-san" feature.
Otora-san at His Best
1958
