Haruya Katō

Haruya Katō

Born: June 22, 1928
in Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Haruya Katō...

Kane nara kaesen!
Title: Kane nara kaesen!
Released: December 8, 1994
Type: Movie
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I Are You, You Am Me
Title: I Are You, You Am Me
Character: H.S. Principal
Released: April 17, 1982
Type: Movie
9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.
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The Battle of Okinawa
Title: The Battle of Okinawa
Released: August 14, 1971
Type: Movie
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are diverted to other islands. After a civilian evacuation ends in tragedy most of non-combatants are forced to remain on the island. Many convert to soldier status. Tokyo sends mixed messages that squander time and resources, as when they order the defenders to build an airstrip for aircraft that never come. The truth soon becomes obvious: the high command decides that the island cannot be held and effectively abandons the Okinawan defenders. When the Americans land many troops are deployed in the wrong places. As the slaughter mounts, a suicidal attitude takes hold. Okinawa becomes a death trap, for civilian volunteers and non-combatants as well.
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Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Title: Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Released: June 14, 1969
Type: Movie
A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.
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Japan for Sale
Title: Japan for Sale
Released: November 2, 1968
Type: Movie
The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".
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The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
Title: The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
Character: Kameyoshi
Released: January 3, 1966
Type: Movie
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
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Title: Ultra Q
Character: Souma repoter
Released: January 2, 1966
Type: TV
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. With allies and science aiding them on their journey, the trio must separate myth from history as they explore the greater mysteries of these occurrences: are they unrelated, or is this barrage somehow a portent of even worse things to come?
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
Title: Frankenstein Conquers the World
Character: TTV Director
Released: August 8, 1965
Type: Movie
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.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Title: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Character: Journalist (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1964
Type: Movie
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
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Dogora
Title: Dogora
Character: Sabu, small henchman
Released: August 11, 1964
Type: Movie
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
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喜劇 駅前飯店
Title: 喜劇 駅前飯店
Released: December 23, 1962
Type: Movie
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.
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Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Title: Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Saotome-ka no musume-tachi
Title: Saotome-ka no musume-tachi
Released: September 8, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
Title: King Kong vs. Godzilla
Character: Obayashi's assistant
Released: August 11, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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Ai no uzu shio
Title: Ai no uzu shio
Released: May 22, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Blood on the Sea
Title: Blood on the Sea
Released: August 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
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Mothra
Title: Mothra
Character: Ship Survivor
Released: July 30, 1961
Type: Movie
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Title: The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Released: November 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
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Westward Desperado
Title: Westward Desperado
Released: October 30, 1960
Type: Movie
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment.
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The Angry Sea
Title: The Angry Sea
Released: October 16, 1960
Type: Movie
A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.
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The Gambling Samurai
Title: The Gambling Samurai
Released: March 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
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Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Title: Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Released: August 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.
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The Beast Shall Die
Title: The Beast Shall Die
Released: June 9, 1959
Type: Movie
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
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Room for Let
Title: Room for Let
Character: Koichiro Takayama
Released: June 2, 1959
Type: Movie
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.
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Echo Mountain
Title: Echo Mountain
Character: Hiker A
Released: January 22, 1959
Type: Movie
An Ishiro Honda film.
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The Big Boss
Title: The Big Boss
Released: January 15, 1959
Type: Movie
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.
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The H-Man
Title: The H-Man
Character: Mattchan - Fisherman
Released: June 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.
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All About Marriage
Title: All About Marriage
Character: Hideo Owaki
Released: May 26, 1958
Type: Movie
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
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The Third President
Title: The Third President
Released: March 18, 1958
Type: Movie
The fifth entry in the Company President Series
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A Boy and Three Mothers
Title: A Boy and Three Mothers
Character: Sakata
Released: February 18, 1958
Type: Movie
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Assistant President
Title: Assistant President
Released: January 3, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Mysterians
Title: The Mysterians
Character: Doomed Villager
Released: December 28, 1957
Type: Movie
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.
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Hadaka no Machi
Title: Hadaka no Machi
Released: July 23, 1957
Type: Movie
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The Blue Revolution
Title: The Blue Revolution
Released: June 10, 1953
Type: Movie
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Portrait of Madame Yuki
Title: Portrait of Madame Yuki
Character: Seitaro
Released: October 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath her facade of luxury lies great unhappiness.