Takashi Tsuboshima

Directing

Takashi Tsuboshima

Born — Died

1928-04-13 — 2007-08-12

Place of birth

Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

King of the Raccoon Dogs poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

King of the Raccoon Dogs

1966

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy poster
6.6

The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-generation cat-burglar Lupin as an obstacle, countless assassins are sent to kill him on sight and kidnap his girl Fujiko! Can Lupin get the loot before the Maccherone gang, rescue Fujiko, and stay alive at the same time?

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

1974

Las Vegas Free-For-All poster
10.0

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.

Las Vegas Free-For-All

1967

I'll Be Deceived poster
10.0

A con man defrauds a small rural town, sparking an international manhunt.

I'll Be Deceived

1971

Mexican Free-for-All poster
10.0

The eleventh film in the comedy series starring Japan's leading comedy group, the Crazy Cats. Susumu Sakamori and his friends travel to Mexico to find a stone statue that contains the location of the secret treasure "Olmeca".

Mexican Free-for-All

1968

Monstrous! Who Am I?! poster
NR

Comedy starring the Crazy Cats' Kei Tani as a salaryman suffering from amnesia.

Monstrous! Who Am I?!

1969

Monstrous! Who Am I?! poster
NR

Comedy starring the Crazy Cats' Kei Tani as a salaryman suffering from amnesia.

Monstrous! Who Am I?!

1969

Demon Spies poster
6.2

Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in order to become the Shogunate's most secret and deadly weapons - the Demon Spies! Their true identities are hidden - even from each other. Behind their demon masks, they are educated in the deadly arts of infiltration, espionage, assassination - and seduction! If they survive to become strong enough to kill their teachers, they will become - the Demon Spies! Sent on a suicide mission to uncover a deadly conspiracy, five inexperienced Demon Spies must infiltrate a powerful fief, discover the location of its secret arsenal, and destroy it. But Lord Shogen, the Demon Hunter, plans to brutally interrogate, ingeniously torture, and cruelly execute - the Demon Spies!

Demon Spies

1974

A Keg of Powder poster
8.5

In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientist. Edited into Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" along with the 4th film in the series, "Key of Keys".

A Keg of Powder

1964

Ant Hell War poster
9.0

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

Ant Hell War

1964

The Weed of Crime poster
7.0

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

The Weed of Crime

1962

Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility poster
10.0

Seven employees rise up in rebellion against an irresponsible company.

Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility

1963

Crazy Violence at  Shimizu Harbor poster
10.0

The 14th and final "Crazy" feature. The Crazy Cats reunited (minus Ishibashi, who had by then retired from the team) for one last feature, Jun Ichikawa's odd Memories of You (Kaisha mono-gatari, 1988) released by Shochiku. Most of the cast of Crazy lrresponsibles at Shimizu Harbor (1966) return in this sequel.

Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor

1970

A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment poster
NR

A young man from a family photo studio becomes a newspaper photojournalist, learning the risks and demands of the job through repeated setbacks. His growing dedication strains his relationship with Keiko, and on the eve of their wedding he puts everything on the line to cover a devastating typhoon.

A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment

1963

The Man from Planet Alpha poster
8.0

A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Crazy Cats comedy group and jazz band members. It is the sixth film in the Crazy Operation series where the lead role was handed over from Eikichi Ueki to Kei Tani. According to the plot, Planet Alpha Secretary severely worried by the effects of the Earth's atomic bomb experiment and sent Mistake 7 and Zero 8, as a watchers to Earth for a nuclear disarmament.

The Man from Planet Alpha

1966

Industrial Spy Free-for-All poster
9.0

Saburo Sarutobi, a former member of the Zengakuren, and Maruo Inumaruo, a former member of the police force, have joined two rival companies, Toyotomi Denki and Tokugawa Musen, respectively, and have been at each other's throats at every turn. They are engaged in a nightly industrial espionage war in an attempt to somehow get under each other's noses, but eventually they both find themselves targeted by an international industrial espionage ring...

Industrial Spy Free-for-All

1967

Monsieur Zivaco poster
8.0

International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.

Monsieur Zivaco

1967

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man poster
10.0

The last (10th) Toho "Crazy film" in the Nippon Ichi series.

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man

1971

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

Bonds of Love poster
9.0

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.

Bonds of Love

1969

Bonds of Love poster
9.0

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.

Bonds of Love

1969

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay poster
7.0

Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

1966

Start Here poster
7.0

Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected remarriage lead her to rethink happiness and relationships.

Start Here

1965

Japan's No. 1 Mischievous Man poster
8.0

The ninth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.

Japan's No. 1 Mischievous Man

1970