Shin Ōtomo

Acting

Shin Ōtomo

Born — Died

1919-04-13 — 1988-11-16

Place of birth

Akita Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

Seven Samurai poster
8.5

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Seven Samurai

1954

King Kong vs. Godzilla poster
6.9

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

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

Throne of Blood poster
7.9

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Throne of Blood

1957

The Hidden Fortress poster
8.0

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

The Hidden Fortress

1958

Yojimbo poster
8.1

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

Yojimbo

1961

Film credits

1960s · 38 titles

King Kong vs. Godzilla poster
6.9

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

Yojimbo poster
8.1

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

Yojimbo

1961

Frankenstein Conquers the World poster
6.7

During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.

Frankenstein Conquers the World

1965

Sanjuro poster
7.9

In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Sanjuro

1962

Mothra vs. Godzilla poster
7.0

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964

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

The Secret of the Telegian poster
6.5

Men are being murdered by a killer who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.

The Secret of the Telegian

1960

Chûshingura poster
7.1

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

Chûshingura

1962

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success poster
NR

A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the deal through quick thinking—then turns down a promotion to keep working his own way.

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

1960

Interpol Code 8 poster
7.5

Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.

Interpol Code 8

1963

The Retreat from Kiska poster
8.4

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.

The Retreat from Kiska

1965

Attack Squadron poster
7.0

Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots into an elite squadron and use the unit to pinpoint attacks on the Americans. Disrespected by the kamikaze pilots who think the "non-suicidal" pilots are afraid, the unit redeems itself by stunning victories. But success leads the military leaders to expect too much of the unit, and new orders portend disaster.

Attack Squadron

1963

Daredevil in the Castle poster
7.5

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.

Daredevil in the Castle

1961

Bandits on the Wind poster
9.0

1961 Japanese movie

Bandits on the Wind

1961

The Masterless 47 poster
10.0

Part one of The Masterless 47.

The Masterless 47

1960

Sir Galahad in Campus poster
7.0

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

Sir Galahad in Campus

1961

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

The Craziest Operation poster
10.0

The Crazy Cats try to steal 1,000,000,000 yen in laundered Yakuza money.

The Craziest Operation

1966

Oshichi's Vegetable Store: The No.1 Girl at the Edo Festival poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Oshichi's Vegetable Store: The No.1 Girl at the Edo Festival

1960

The White Rose of Hong Kong poster
7.0

Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets unravel a complex web of betrayal. As love, family, and justice collide, Matsumoto must face a truth too deep to escape—and a loss too great to mend.

The White Rose of Hong Kong

1965

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education poster
8.0

Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with an academic over a business heir.

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

1960

Pride of the Campus poster
8.3

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.

Pride of the Campus

1962

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

1962

The Sandal Keeper poster
8.0

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to eventually become a trusted general.

The Sandal Keeper

1964

Sequel Western King, Eastern Leader poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sequel Western King, Eastern Leader

1965

A Company President's Life Story poster
7.0

A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a world-renowned fashion designer.

A Company President's Life Story

1966

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller poster
9.0

World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management, sending staff on a misguided search. Misinformation, internal friction, and unexpected revelations push the company to its limits.

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

1960

Travel Stories of a Company President poster
7.0

It is the 16th series of the call series with the highest masterpiece among the "President" series. The president of the U. s.solar paint, heitaro Domoto (Morishige), has become completely American, and plans to rationalize the company to the American style and prohibit the company's entertainment. Members of the Taiko Kyushu Branch Company (Ryohei Miki), who were living in the banquet, were hit by a big blow, and the company and the meeting club were very annoying. After that, the president who went to the business trip to Kyushu met with a sexy Geisha (Junko Ikeuchi) on the way to the tour, and he felt like a fool.

Travel Stories of a Company President

1963

Playboy President: Part II poster
8.0

After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate matchmaking and a high-stakes business conflict over a critical eel supply.

Playboy President: Part II

1961

Trap of Suicide Kilometer poster
7.2

Klima, Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Alabanda, has come to Japan to purchase materials for the water dam construction. Kitami, who called himself a salesman and met with Klima, acts as his bodyguard. However, Kitami learns that a large number of industrial cylinders unrelated to dam construction have been purchased, and Klima secretly confined her secretary, a former army colonel, and threatened to produce poisonous gas. Klima packed the gas in a cylinder and sent it to Alabanda in an attempt to cause a civil war between the government and the tribes. Around that time, Klima secretly investigated Kitami's identity and learned that he was a secret agent.

Trap of Suicide Kilometer

1964

Modern Salaryman: Bushido  Romance poster
NR

Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social expectations.

Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance

1960

Taming an Unruly Girl poster
NR

Masao Shinoda, an office worker at Tozai Trading, is feeling down because his colleague Hiraoka was promoted ahead of him, and when he gets home, his wife Sachiko treats him like a doormat.

Taming an Unruly Girl

1966

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents poster
8.0

In this outing, Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

1967

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1 poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

1962

The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru

1962

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Young Salesman: Sanshiro Sebiro

1960

Legend of the Irresponsible Hero poster
8.0

The members of Crazy Cats play employees of a trading company. Ueda Hitoshi of Awa Shoji, a lucky man who never loses a bet, and the managing director, a gambling fanatic, are scammed in a business deal and set off for Macau where the mastermind, Chang, is located for a gambling showdown. Kei Tani plays the role of the Macau gambling manager.

Legend of the Irresponsible Hero

1964

1950s · 21 titles

Seven Samurai poster
8.5

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Seven Samurai

1954

Throne of Blood poster
7.9

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Throne of Blood

1957

The Hidden Fortress poster
8.0

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

The Hidden Fortress

1958

Godzilla Raids Again poster
6.0

Two 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

Gigantis, the Fire Monster poster
6.4

A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

1959

The Mysterians poster
6.3

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.

The Mysterians

1957

The H-Man poster
5.8

When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.

The H-Man

1958

The Big Boss poster
6.5

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.

The Big Boss

1959

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

Yagyu Secret Scrolls poster
6.5

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

1957

The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud poster
NR

The third of four "The Surprising Legend of Jirocho" films.

The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud

1957

Saga of the Vagabonds poster
6.8

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting and befriending Taro, Rokuro decides to return the money to Taro. But Taro's unscrupulous brother Jiro falsely accuse Taro of the theft, and Taro reactively joins the outlaw band and encourages them to steal from the nobles and give to the poor.

Saga of the Vagabonds

1959

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

Samurai Saga poster
6.9

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.

Samurai Saga

1959

The Doom of Night poster
NR

Story of an ex-sailor, caught up in a murder mystery involving gold dust buried in Manchuria, while romancing a woman whose father may be the center of the intrigue.

The Doom of Night

1959

Don't Make a Mistake! poster
NR

Based on the novel "Kyokatsu" ("Blackmail") by Ichiro Kashiwara.

Don't Make a Mistake!

1958

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

1951

In Self-Defense poster
NR

A young detective tries to determine whether a mysterious death was the result of murder or self-defense.

In Self-Defense

1958

A Town of the Starry Skies poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Town of the Starry Skies

1957

Reign of Terror poster
NR

Crime melodrama has young Kijima (Takarada) working at a successful cabaret, actually a front for drug dealing. Initially unaware of this, he falls in love with the daughter (Shirakawa) of one of the club owners (Ozawa). However, the other owner, Takagi (Kawazu), also has designs on her, leading to the inevitable showdown.

Reign of Terror

1957

Three Dolls in Ginza poster
NR

In this sequel to Three Dolls in College, the three friends continue their adventures and get into a rockabilly club in Ginza.

Three Dolls in Ginza

1959

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