Hiroaki Kurahashi

Hiroaki Kurahashi

Movies for Hiroaki Kurahashi...

Maizôkin monogatari: Zangyaku no ana
Title: Maizôkin monogatari: Zangyaku no ana
Released: November 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Pinku from 1965.
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Beast Alley
Title: Beast Alley
Released: September 5, 1965
Type: Movie
"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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俺が裁くんだ
Title: 俺が裁くんだ
Released: February 11, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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東京の夜は泣いている
Title: 東京の夜は泣いている
Released: March 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.
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怒号する巨弾
Title: 怒号する巨弾
Released: November 12, 1960
Type: Movie
At the end of the Greater East Asia War, young Amada Koichi and his father were wrongfully accused as spy suspects and his father died in prison after being tortured. Ten years later, Amada seeks for revenge on the three men responsible for his father death.
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Female Detective
Title: Female Detective
Released: August 19, 1960
Type: Movie
With the object of discovering the male accomplice of Hideko, a bad girl, Michiko, a police-woman, disguises herself and infiltrates a gang. Then in a reformatory, under the name of Suzuko, she finds a certain girl who is familiar with Hideko and from her she approaches a woman, named Keiko. One day, at a beer-hall, the police-woman meets Keiko who just finished a secret narcotics transaction and asks her about Hideko. However, with the sudden appearance of Saburo, one of the gang, her search fails, and an exciting pursuit begins. Later Keiko is found dead.
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Ghost of the Pearl Divers
Title: Ghost of the Pearl Divers
Released: July 8, 1960
Type: Movie
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Brutal Woman
Title: Brutal Woman
Character: Kibe
Released: June 4, 1960
Type: Movie
Tired of poverty, Keiko leaves home and soon takes a lover, but leads a wanton life without paying heed to his advice. However, the younger sister Yoshiko, is an innocent and kind girl. One day, with the sudden death of their mother in a car accident, Keiko learns that she and Yoshiko are actually stepsisters, and that she is the daughter of a murderer. She now plans extortion from Yoshiko's true father who is the president of a well-known trading company.
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Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle
Title: Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle
Released: May 28, 1960
Type: Movie
After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact revenge on the Tokugawa. At the same time there is a succession dispute in the Kuroda clan, as one faction tried to usurp the rightful heir and take over the honored clan. Before his untimely death, the lord of the Kuroda bestowed “Nihongo”, a magnificent spear, on his finest warrior, which ultimately brings him into contact with two of Japan’s most famous historical figures, Yagyu Jubei and Miyamoto Musashi. Can the three masters of martial art join forces to defeat their enemies and save the nation?
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Basement of Death
Title: Basement of Death
Character: Dr. Tagawa
Released: February 14, 1960
Type: Movie
Shintoho crime film directed by Kyotaro Namiki.
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爆弾を抱く女怪盗
Title: 爆弾を抱く女怪盗
Released: February 7, 1960
Type: Movie
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Beyond the Hills
Title: Beyond the Hills
Released: January 30, 1960
Type: Movie
On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The military seized the opportunity to round up and kill many socialists, anarchists, and Koreans, culminating in the arrest and murder of Sakae Osugi. His comrades and students are outraged by this atrocity. The young man Furukawa also becomes stronger in his determination to overthrow the military...
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Black Line
Title: Black Line
Character: Detective Inoue
Released: January 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of a young woman. Forced to clear his own name, the handsome journalist sinks deeper into the Black Line’s rotten swamp of drugs, prostitution, and murder and finds unexpected help in Maya, a steamy female gambler familiar with the neon-lit streets, shadowy alleyways, and seedy nightclubs he must navigate. The closest film in the Line series to classic American film noir, Ishii’s Black Line is a pulpy assortment of crime film conventions including the starkly expressionistic black and white cinematography by Jûgyô Yoshida, a jazzy music score by Michiaki Watanabe, and a sleazy screenplay by Ishii and Ichirô Miyagawa.
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Daitengu shutsugen
Title: Daitengu shutsugen
Released: January 3, 1960
Type: Movie
Japanese film.
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Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man
Title: Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man
Released: December 13, 1959
Type: Movie
This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.
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The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin
Title: The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin
Released: September 11, 1959
Type: Movie
In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near the River Kitakami. At night, the villagers of Shirayama gather round a blazing fire, and utter incantations while an old headman tempers a sword...
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Haunted Cave
Title: Haunted Cave
Released: July 17, 1959
Type: Movie
The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. Yumi Aoyama is the only person who knows the location, but her family dies one after another through curious incidents, as if the family were under a curse. Yumi is surprised by the ghost of a dead sister who looks the same as the grim figure who jumped into the old well alter stabbing herself with a sword. Fearful that a similar fate awaits her, Yumi seeks the help of her friend Kyoko. Later the ghost appears before Kyoko and her fiancé, Detective Nonomiya. In a haunted cave, Kyoko and Yumi are in deadly peril from those who seek treasures of the Aoyamas.
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Stormy Virtue
Title: Stormy Virtue
Character: Accounting Director
Released: April 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Yuri is looking forward to marrying her fiancé Minoru. However, a few days before the wedding she falls victim to his brother Takehiko, and against her will, she becomes Takehiko's wife. The day after the wedding, Yuri begins her silent revenge by not talking to her husband. She retains her love for Minoru and never gives herself to Takehiko's embrace again. She also contributes large sums of money from Takehiko's fortune to charity.
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The Lady Vampire
Title: The Lady Vampire
Character: Namiki
Released: March 7, 1959
Type: Movie
Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, and he's always wearing shades in the daytime...
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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Title: The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Character: Counselor Inoue
Released: January 3, 1959
Type: Movie
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.
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Secret White Line Zone
Title: Secret White Line Zone
Released: September 21, 1958
Type: Movie
First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.
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Black Cat Mansion
Title: Black Cat Mansion
Character: Kenichi (segment "Present Day")
Released: July 13, 1958
Type: Movie
The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.
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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Title: Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Released: March 14, 1958
Type: Movie
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金語楼の成金王
Title: 金語楼の成金王
Released: January 3, 1958
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity
Title: Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity
Released: December 28, 1957
Type: Movie
The 5th Super Giant film. Super Giant pursues a Nazi-like army that operates on a huge satellite in space. The satellite is armed with weapons that could destroy whole cities on Earth from afar. (Part 1 of 2)
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Traitors of the Blue Castle
Title: Traitors of the Blue Castle
Released: December 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.
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Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
Title: Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
Released: October 8, 1957
Type: Movie
The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2)
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Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
Title: Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
Released: October 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The 3rd Super Giant film, in which he saves Earth from the threat of the reptile-like Kapia Aliens.
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Super Giant Continues
Title: Super Giant Continues
Released: August 13, 1957
Type: Movie
The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)
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The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Title: The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Character: MP Captain Ibe
Released: August 6, 1957
Type: Movie
The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Title: Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Character: Finance Minister Sone
Released: April 29, 1957
Type: Movie
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.
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日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦
Title: 日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦
Released: April 23, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Title: Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Released: November 7, 1956
Type: Movie
A 1956 alien invasion tokusatsu film directed by Shinichi Sekizawa, the screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to Toho's Godzilla series by providing the screenplays/stories for the majority of the original Showa films.
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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Title: Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Released: July 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
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Tengoku wa doko da
Title: Tengoku wa doko da
Released: April 23, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese drama.
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The Fencing Collegian
Title: The Fencing Collegian
Released: February 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
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Hanran
Title: Hanran
Released: January 3, 1954
Type: Movie
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When We Came Back
Title: When We Came Back
Released: June 3, 1950
Type: Movie
Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki
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Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Title: Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Character: Young man
Released: November 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he is on the brink of bankruptcy. Around town he is better known by his nickname Mr. Shosuke Ohara.
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Ningen moyo
Title: Ningen moyo
Released: June 14, 1949
Type: Movie
A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.
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Song of the White Orchid
Title: Song of the White Orchid
Released: November 30, 1939
Type: Movie
Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the Kazuo Hasegawa/Shirley Yamaguchi (Ri Koran) “Continental Trilogy.” Handsome Hasegawa (representing Japan) runs up against an impertinent Yamaguchi (representing the continent); not surprisingly, in the course of the film the woman comes around and realizes the benevolent intentions of the Japanese. In Song of the White Orchid Yamaguchi leaves Hasegawa, who plays an expatriate working for the railway, because of a misunderstanding. She joins a communist guerilla group plotting to blow up the Manchurian railway. Learning of the subterfuge that led to the misunderstanding, she renews her faith in Hasegawa—and by extension Japan—and tries to undermine the plot.