Masaya Nihei

Masaya Nihei

Born: December 4, 1940
Died: August 21, 2021
in Nagatachō, Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Masaya Nihei...

Ultraman Monster Legend: The 40 Year Old Truth
Title: Ultraman Monster Legend: The 40 Year Old Truth
Released: December 22, 2005
Type: Movie
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Title: Farewell, Mr. Premier
Released: April 8, 1997
Type: TV
What happens when the Prime Minister of Japan suddenly has the lowest approval ratings in history? Tamura Masakazu plays an unpopular Prime Minister who faces daily protests of citizens, inside betrayals, and the decision of a new Chief Cabinet Secretary. He makes an unprecedented selection, choosing his daughter's private tutor, who is only in his 20s and not even a politician! Will the Prime Minister be able to turn his ratings around, or will he be forced to resign? This drama focuses on the government of Japan, with a comedic twist.
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Revive! Ultraman
Title: Revive! Ultraman
Released: March 9, 1996
Type: Movie
The film is composed of stock footage from the original Ultraman television series with additional newly filmed content, and it served as an “epilogue” as Ultraman returns to Earth for one final battle.
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Title: Special Rescue Police Winspector
Character: Genichi Yonekura, Taizo Ohmagari
Released: February 4, 1990
Type: TV
Special Rescue Police Winspector is a "Special Rescue Police Winner" who loves peace, believes in friendship, and confronts crimes to save lives! (From the opening narration) In 1999, advanced science and technology enriched people's lives, but the damage caused when they were misused for crimes or went out of control and went out of control was also great. The Special Rescue Police Winspector (abbreviated as WSP ) was established to deal with such a situation . Their purpose is not only to investigate crimes and arrest suspects, but also to save the lives of those involved in crimes and disasters.
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Mighty Jack
Title: Mighty Jack
Released: December 29, 1987
Type: Movie
The organization Mighty Jack is formed to combat the criminal syndicate known as "Q", and are given a large array of advanced weapons, chief among them being a high-tech submarine. Harold Hatari is abducted by Q, and Mighty Jack is dispatched to rescue him. Hatari is interrogated and threatened with blinding lights, but the Mighty Jack crew rescue him in the nick of time. Later, Q is discovered to be using "hot ice" (water that remains solid at room temperature) to create weapons and a secret ocean base disguised as an iceberg (though it's not precisely clear how hot ice could be a major world threat). Q then attempts to take over the Mighty Jack sub.
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Fireflies in the North
Title: Fireflies in the North
Character: Tomosaburo Kumagai
Released: September 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
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Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Title: Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Character: Mitsuhiro Ide
Released: July 21, 1979
Type: Movie
A 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Tsuburaya Productions, consisting of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Ultraman: The Great Decisive Battle was the 1st movie of the third Showa phase (Jissouji's Ultraman being first and Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army being second) and because of this Tsuburaya decided to make this a reunion of the last 12 Ultras (aside from Ultraman 80 which hadn't come out yet). Tsuburaya decided to give this a different tone than Jissouji's Ultraman, having more new scenes and appealing to the all-Ultra fan.
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Title: The☆Ultraman
Character: Hiroaki Tobe (voice)
Released: April 4, 1979
Type: TV
Joneus (Joe), a new Ultraman from U-40, merges with young Science Garrison member Chôichirô Hikari to defend the Earth in this, the first-ever animated Ultra Series. The show was the first animated incarnation of Tsuburaya's iconic superhero Ultraman.
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Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
Title: Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
Released: March 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman is a 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Akio Jissoji. It is a compilation film made up of scenes from Jissoji's episodes of the original Ultraman TV series.
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Dynamite Don-Don
Title: Dynamite Don-Don
Character: Inukai
Released: October 7, 1978
Type: Movie
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* way, that is, to settle it with a baseball game. Now, with its money and power, The Hashiden group soon recruits a group of gamblers known to be good at baseball from the whole country. So, what is the Okagen Gumi gonna do?
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The Extravagant Cops
Title: The Extravagant Cops
Released: December 24, 1977
Type: Movie
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Hakunetsu Dead Heat
Title: Hakunetsu Dead Heat
Released: May 28, 1977
Type: Movie
1977 Japanese movie
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Red Target
Title: Red Target
Released: April 5, 1972
Type: Movie
A gunslinger is hired to kill a news photographer. The young ward of the shot photographer discovers the set-up behind the killing - that a laboratory is being set up by a Nazi organization to capture and train talented youth and that the photographer was about to expose it.
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Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Title: Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Released: February 20, 1971
Type: Movie
In the sixth and final episode Rentaro Mikuni steals the show as Baiken Shishido, Musashi's nemesis. Mikuni is the nominal villain of the film, but he is a devoted husband and father as well. He tries to kill Musashi only to avenge the death of his brother-in-law. While Baiken (who wields a chain and sickle against Musashi's sword) is a very human character and the emotions that Mikuni displays in his performance are quite believable and engaging
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Dodes'ka-den
Title: Dodes'ka-den
Character: 4th Man Calling Out
Released: October 1, 1970
Type: Movie
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.
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Melody of Rebellion
Title: Melody of Rebellion
Released: July 22, 1970
Type: Movie
The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover his piercing eyes. Befriending a like-minded lone wolf by the name of Gebasaku, Tetsu builds a coalition against higher forces. A graphic portrayal of irrepressible anger and a friendship worth dying for.
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Title: Mighty Jack
Released: April 6, 1968
Type: TV
Mighty Jack was a tokusatsu SF/espionage/action TV series. Created by Japanese effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya, the show was produced by Tsuburaya Productions and was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 6, 1968 to June 29, 1968, with a total of 13 one-hour episodes. The music for the episodes was done by Isao Tomita and Kunio Miyauchi. Reportedly, Eiji Tsuburaya considered this series his masterwork because the focus was on the people rather than on the vehicles and special effects This focus on the people was similar to the works of Gerry Anderson, of which Eiji was a big fan. The Mighty Jack mecha/HQ featured in this series also has some similarities to Eiji's previous TV masterpiece, Ultra Seven. Even for the original series of 13 one hour-long episodes, the ratings were low. The follow-up series, Fight! Mighty Jack, fared better in the ratings, perhaps because of its inclusion of monsters and aliens rather than purely human evil-doers like Q.
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Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
Title: Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
Character: Mitsuhiro Ide
Released: July 22, 1967
Type: Movie
The film consists of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Episodes 1, 8, 26, and 27 were used for the film. They were narrated by Hikari Urano as an "Ultraman Documentary". Allegedly only one new scene was shot, and that some parts of the movie where shot in black and white for unknown reasons. The movie screened at the same time as the Toho movie King Kong Escapes.
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The Age of Assassins
Title: The Age of Assassins
Character: Pappy
Released: February 4, 1967
Type: Movie
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously, he fends off other assassins and with the help of reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and car mechanic Bill Otomo, eventually discovering that a "population control" association is really an assassination squad led by Shogo Mizorogi, who has been training patients of a mental asylum to become killers.
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Title: Ultraman
Character: Mitsuhiro Ide
Released: July 17, 1966
Type: TV
Hayata is a member of the Science Patrol, an organization tasked with investigating bizarre anomalies. He is mortally wounded when accidently encountering an alien being from Land of Light, who grants Hayata new life as the two are merged into one. Now, whenever a threat arises that is too great for the Science Patrol to handle, Hayata activates the beta capsule and becomes the hero known as Ultraman.
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ウルトラマン前夜祭 ウルトラマン誕生
Title: ウルトラマン前夜祭 ウルトラマン誕生
Released: July 10, 1966
Type: Movie
Video recording of a public event featuring Ultraman, held at the Suginami Public Hall in Tokyo on July 9, 1966, one week before Ultraman's first episode aired on tv. That makes it Ultraman's first apparence ever on tv.
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The Birth of Ultraman
Title: The Birth of Ultraman
Released: July 10, 1966
Type: Movie
The recorded stage debut of the original Ultraman.
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The Thin Line
Title: The Thin Line
Released: February 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
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Title: Ultra Q
Character: Morishita
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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Title: Ultra Q
Character: Sato
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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Campus A Go-Go
Title: Campus A Go-Go
Character: Nishina
Released: December 19, 1965
Type: Movie
Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Released alongside Invasion of Astro Monster.
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The Retreat from Kiska
Title: The Retreat from Kiska
Released: July 4, 1965
Type: Movie
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.
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Samurai Assassin
Title: Samurai Assassin
Character: Ronin
Released: January 3, 1965
Type: Movie
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
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A Keg of Powder
Title: A Keg of Powder
Character: Seinen Miyaji
Released: December 9, 1964
Type: Movie
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".
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You Can Succeed, Too
Title: You Can Succeed, Too
Released: May 30, 1964
Type: Movie
A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.
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Oh, Bomb!
Title: Oh, Bomb!
Character: Tatsumi
Released: April 18, 1964
Type: Movie
During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Title: The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Released: November 16, 1963
Type: Movie
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
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Samurai Pirate
Title: Samurai Pirate
Character: Rebel
Released: October 26, 1963
Type: Movie
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
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The Young Ace in Hawaii
Title: The Young Ace in Hawaii
Character: 江口敏
Released: August 11, 1963
Type: Movie
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
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Ichi ka bachi ka
Title: Ichi ka bachi ka
Released: June 16, 1963
Type: Movie
The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.
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Warring Clans
Title: Warring Clans
Released: March 23, 1963
Type: Movie
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack...
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Gekkyū dorobō
Title: Gekkyū dorobō
Released: December 8, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Mount Hakone
Title: Mount Hakone
Released: September 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Japanese drama.
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Our Failures
Title: Our Failures
Released: September 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.
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Operation Sewer Rats
Title: Operation Sewer Rats
Character: (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.
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Gorath
Title: Gorath
Character: Itô
Released: March 21, 1962
Type: Movie
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
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The Witness Killed
Title: The Witness Killed
Released: December 17, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda
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The Merciless Trap
Title: The Merciless Trap
Released: February 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.
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Blueprint of Murder
Title: Blueprint of Murder
Released: January 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), now a reporter... They stumble across murder, espionage and cover-ups. High-class night club, femme fatale, and a "Blueprint of Murder" all adds up to a bigger plot then first expected.