Motomu Ida

Directing

Motomu Ida

Born — Died

1922-09-03 — 2012-09-14

Place of birth

Kyoto, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Motomu Ida was born in Japan. He is known for Sasurai wa ore no unmei (1966), Tôkyô dodonpa musume (1966) and Seishun o kaese (1963).

Known for

I loved you, loved you, loved you so much poster
NR

A coming-of-age entertainment film set to the tune of the hit song of the same name, depicting the friendship between a young photographer who believes in tomorrow and strives to live a bright and healthy life, and his three daughters.

I loved you, loved you, loved you so much

1966

Duel at Sundown poster
NR

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

Duel at Sundown

1955

Ukiyo-e Artist poster
9.0

A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa Shogun Tsunayoshi.

Ukiyo-e Artist

1968

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji

1963

Jidanya poster
NR

Every day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement agents (jidanya), mediators between the parts and the insurance companies to avoid time-consuming legal actions that could come when no settlement is reached (while cheating both parties out of some piece of the settlement pay). Genkichi is a well versed old-timer, that sees how his freshly out of collage son struggles to fit into the business, while at the same time facing one of his lowest rivals in a car crash incident.

Jidanya

1963

Loss of Innocence poster
NR

A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the journalist finally comes to the conclusion, which he publishes, that "keeping your virginity until your wedding day will never be a source of regret for either men or women."

Loss of Innocence

1965

Behind the camera

I loved you, loved you, loved you so much poster
NR

A coming-of-age entertainment film set to the tune of the hit song of the same name, depicting the friendship between a young photographer who believes in tomorrow and strives to live a bright and healthy life, and his three daughters.

I loved you, loved you, loved you so much

1966

Duel at Sundown poster
NR

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

Duel at Sundown

1955

Ukiyo-e Artist poster
9.0

A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa Shogun Tsunayoshi.

Ukiyo-e Artist

1968

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji

1963

Jidanya poster
NR

Every day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement agents (jidanya), mediators between the parts and the insurance companies to avoid time-consuming legal actions that could come when no settlement is reached (while cheating both parties out of some piece of the settlement pay). Genkichi is a well versed old-timer, that sees how his freshly out of collage son struggles to fit into the business, while at the same time facing one of his lowest rivals in a car crash incident.

Jidanya

1963

Loss of Innocence poster
NR

A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the journalist finally comes to the conclusion, which he publishes, that "keeping your virginity until your wedding day will never be a source of regret for either men or women."

Loss of Innocence

1965

Loss of Innocence poster
NR

A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the journalist finally comes to the conclusion, which he publishes, that "keeping your virginity until your wedding day will never be a source of regret for either men or women."

Loss of Innocence

1965

Isseki Nicho poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Isseki Nicho

1961

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Sararīman monogatari shin'nyū shain dai ikka

1962

An Angel is Chasing Me poster
NR

A comedy-action film depicting a kind-hearted protagonist who, feeling disillusioned with the world, asks a hitman for assistance with suicide, only to find himself embroiled in a thrilling and hilarious journey involving money and women.

An Angel is Chasing Me

1961

Tale on Tokai Chivalry poster
NR

The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying to live a real human life, violating the cruel laws of the passing generation.

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

1964

Call My Black Dice poster
NR

The wandering gambler (Akira Kobayashi) once again picks up the dice he forswore in order to take revenge of the gangsters who exploit good citizens. The second installment in The Gambler series.

Call My Black Dice

1964

Call My Black Dice poster
NR

The wandering gambler (Akira Kobayashi) once again picks up the dice he forswore in order to take revenge of the gangsters who exploit good citizens. The second installment in The Gambler series.

Call My Black Dice

1964

Chivalry Broken from All Sides poster
NR

This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take up a sword again because of the emptiness of the Yakuza's life, and the passionate fate of his named sister Maki, nicknamed "The Scarlet Cherry Blossom", who falls in love with him without suspecting that he was the one who was responsible for her father's death and to whom she should take revenge.

Chivalry Broken from All Sides

1966

Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki

1962

Adorable Flowers poster
10.0

The story of the Peanuts.

Adorable Flowers

1959

Tiger of the Sea poster
NR

A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.

Tiger of the Sea

1964

Tiger of the Sea poster
NR

A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.

Tiger of the Sea

1964

Birth of a Fighter poster
7.0

A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.

Birth of a Fighter

1967

The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill

1965

Gambling is My Destiny poster
NR

Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's sister from certain death. Filmed on location on the scenic Manazuru Peninsula, the action is set amidst rugged rocky terrain and raging waves!

Gambling is My Destiny

1965

Gambling is My Destiny poster
NR

Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's sister from certain death. Filmed on location on the scenic Manazuru Peninsula, the action is set amidst rugged rocky terrain and raging waves!

Gambling is My Destiny

1965

Kage no nai yōfu poster
NR

1960 Japanese movie

Kage no nai yōfu

1960

Three Seconds to Zero Hour poster
6.8

“I like shady dealings,” purrs undercover superspy Yabuki en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigger-happy gang of international jewel thieves. Gone renegade from the shadowy espionage bureau that honed his killer instincts to a razor’s edge, the implacable Yabuki teams up with fellow mercenary crime fighter Yamawaki. Together, they follow a trail of stolen gems leading from the final days of WWII to a contemporary conspiracy that reaches into the highest corridors of corporate power and nefarious international villainy.

Three Seconds to Zero Hour

1967

Tōkyō dodonpa musume poster
NR

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Tōkyō dodonpa musume

1961

Tōkyō dodonpa musume poster
NR

Motomu Ida movie

Tōkyō dodonpa musume

1961

Hijo tehai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hijo tehai

1959

Three Wild Cats poster
NR

Three women, deceived by a man, make full use of their feminine weapons, replete with daring and unbridled seduction strategies.

Three Wild Cats

1966

Ore wa toppu-yada: kao no nai bijo poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Ore wa toppu-yada: kao no nai bijo

1961

Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows poster
8.0

During the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a small town. But he does not know that his prowess has already attracted envious attention and that Senzo, the boss of the local gang, plans to have him killed. Seiji, the disowned son of the innkeeper, has run up a big gambling bill and, to settle it, the hoodlums decide to kill him. He is saved, however, by Hanako, star of the dancing troupe also staying at the inn. Gengo meets Hanako and learns that the troupe cannot open their show because the local police corruptly demand too much of the receipts. After another fight, Gengo sees the police-chief on behalf of the troupe, but is refused. So he suspects that the police and the hoodlums are implicated with each other. There seems no way to open the show until they hear that the governor is coming to the town for a local banquet. They appeal to him and he promises to investigate. It is decided that a duel will settle the matter...

Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows

1967

Prisoner of Lust poster
7.0

Pinku from 1969.

Prisoner of Lust

1969

The Stars and I Decided... poster
NR

The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of motorboat.

The Stars and I Decided...

1965

The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream poster
NR

A lighthearted comedy that tells the story of love and the cheerful heroism of a young salesman pursuing a man's dream.

The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream

1961

Tokyo Bath Harem poster
5.3

A public bath house is the scene of illegal female slave trading operations in 18th century Japan and government spy Shinzo is sent in to expose the ringleaders as well as working to get a law passed eliminating coed bathing.

Tokyo Bath Harem

1968

Welcome, My Baby poster
NR

Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic hours, they vie for the affections of a hotel owner's daughter but wind up with separate girl friends and attempt to bring together the parents of a baby who have separated.

Welcome, My Baby

1964

Secret Zone of Tokyo poster
NR

The third installment of the "Night front line" series. An erotic entertainment action in which two young men come to Tokyo and meet face-to-face with a nocturnal organization that controls women with sex and violence.

Secret Zone of Tokyo

1971

A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge poster
NR

Sixth part in the Enblem of Man series.

A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge

1964

The Devil's Sigh poster
NR

Japanese crime film

The Devil's Sigh

1960

I'll Kill the Women poster
NR

A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unaware that he has fallen into a trap set by his younger brother.

I'll Kill the Women

1958

Give Me Back My Youth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Give Me Back My Youth

1963