Shūji Kawabe

Shūji Kawabe

Born: April 17, 1922
Died: April 3, 2006
in Shibuya, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Shūji Kawabe...

A Taxing Woman's Return
Title: A Taxing Woman's Return
Character: Groundbreaker
Released: January 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead by a corrupt sociopath.
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The Imperial Navy
Title: The Imperial Navy
Released: August 8, 1981
Type: Movie
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
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Title: Uwasa no Keiji Tommy to Matsu
Released: October 17, 1979
Type: TV
Uwasa no Keiji Tommy to Matsu
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Evil Brain from Outer Space
Title: Evil Brain from Outer Space
Character: One Leg Man
Released: January 21, 1966
Type: Movie
An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet.
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Onna zakari
Title: Onna zakari
Released: November 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Pinku from 1965.
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Glossy Yotsuya Ghost Story
Title: Glossy Yotsuya Ghost Story
Released: May 1, 1965
Type: Movie
The pinku version of the famous ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan.
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She and He
Title: She and He
Character: Detective
Released: October 18, 1963
Type: Movie
As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place in the world.
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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
Character: Tsukamoto, the bartender
Released: March 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.
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Kaachan
Title: Kaachan
Released: March 15, 1961
Type: Movie
Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.
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Yellow Line
Title: Yellow Line
Character: Poet
Released: April 29, 1960
Type: Movie
The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women. A hired assassin is betrayed by his organization, and kidnaps a woman who happens to be the girlfriend of a newspaper reporter.
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Basement of Death
Title: Basement of Death
Character: Teranishi
Released: February 14, 1960
Type: Movie
Shintoho crime film directed by Kyotaro Namiki.
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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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Female Slave Ship
Title: Female Slave Ship
Released: January 3, 1960
Type: Movie
The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down and he is taken aboard a ship bound for Shanghai to deliver its merchandise - a ship filled with Female Slaves kidnapped from Japan. Will he abandon the women to pursue his main objective? Or will he fight foes, spies and pirates to save these women against all odds?
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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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Queen of the China Sea
Title: Queen of the China Sea
Released: May 15, 1959
Type: Movie
Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by First Lieutenant Yokoyama of the Japanese Naval Commander's Office. After the end of war, Yokoyama plans to escape from riot-ridden Amoy and finally succeeds with the help of Rika to whom he gives a destroyer. Rika is actually the leader of a gang of pirates, and plans to rule the East China Sea by crushing Banryu, her rival.
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The Lady Vampire
Title: The Lady Vampire
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: Dr. Takikawa
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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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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Queen of Asia
Title: Queen of Asia
Released: December 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.
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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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The Ghost of Kasane
Title: The Ghost of Kasane
Character: Yamadaya Seitarô
Released: July 10, 1957
Type: Movie
A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Title: Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
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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ノイローゼ兄さんガッチリ娘
Title: ノイローゼ兄さんガッチリ娘
Released: April 18, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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新遊侠伝
Title: 新遊侠伝
Released: May 5, 1951
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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Duel in the Sun
Title: Duel in the Sun
Character: Worker
Released: March 7, 1950
Type: Movie
A film by Kiyoshi Saeki
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Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Title: Mr. Shosuke Ohara
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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A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Title: A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Released: February 25, 1947
Type: Movie
The debut film of Shin Toho Productions