Tetsu Nakamura

Tetsu Nakamura

Born: September 19, 1909
Died: August 3, 1992
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Movies for Tetsu Nakamura...

The Last Dinosaur
Title: The Last Dinosaur
Character: Dr. Kawamoto
Released: July 7, 1977
Type: Movie
Wealthy big game hunter (Boone), along with his group, gets trapped in pre-historic times where they are stalked by a ferocious dinosaur.
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Red Sun
Title: Red Sun
Character: Ambassador Sakaguchi
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: Movie
In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor of Japan. On board the same train are two robbers, Link and Gauche, ready to make their move…
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Space Amoeba
Title: Space Amoeba
Character: Chieftain Ombo
Released: August 1, 1970
Type: Movie
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
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Latitude Zero
Title: Latitude Zero
Character: Dr. Okada
Released: July 26, 1969
Type: Movie
A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Alpha under the command of Captain McKenzie. The group is quickly taken to a vast underwater city known as Latitude Zero, a fantastic, Atlantean type utopia, a world beneath the ocean with its own sun. It is soon discovered that Captain McKenzie is at war with the evil Dr. Malic, a cruel scientist who wishes to rule mankind all the while conducting genetic experiments on humans and animals. Malic sends his agents to kidnap Dr. Okada, a human scientist who has created a serum that can immunize exposure to radiation.
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Mastermind
Title: Mastermind
Character: Mr. Hiruta (as Satoshi Nakamura)
Released: June 3, 1969
Type: Movie
Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has delusions that he is a great Samurai warrior and the movie flashes back and forth between present day and ancient times.
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The Killing Bottle
Title: The Killing Bottle
Character: Head of ZZZ Hong Kong Branch Office
Released: February 11, 1967
Type: Movie
In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddhabal. ISP Agents Carter and Kitami are assigned to the case. When the Prime Minister arrives in Tokyo for a friendship visit, Carter and Kitami are on hand to protect him. On hand, too, are assorted ZZZ blackguards. Several attempts on the Prime Minister's life fail, until finally the ZZZ introduces a new device designed to eliminate not only the Prime Minister but the ISP Agents as well: THE KILLING BOTTLE, then, is a pocket-sized container filled with a substance that can expand to thousands of times its size and throttle its victim, then disappear leaving only the corpse.
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What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Title: What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Character: Grand Exalted High Macha of Rashpur
Released: November 2, 1966
Type: Movie
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.
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Atragon
Title: Atragon
Character: Warship Captain
Released: December 22, 1963
Type: Movie
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.
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Samurai Pirate
Title: Samurai Pirate
Character: Chief Archer
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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Legacy of the 500,000
Title: Legacy of the 500,000
Released: April 18, 1963
Type: Movie
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is now working as a business executive. He meets Mintsura Gunji, the boss of a large company, who offers him to go to the Philippines and bring back the gold.
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Mothra
Title: Mothra
Character: Nelson's Henchman
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 Big Wave
Title: The Big Wave
Character: Toru's Father
Released: April 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves on the other. Yukio's younger sister Setsu follows then and dreams of becoming a pearl diver. Toru is preparing to go fishing with his father when a bell tolls and a danger flag is hung high on the hill behind the village to warn of an impending tidal wave by the village patriarch, known as Old Gentleman.
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The Human Vapor
Title: The Human Vapor
Character: Journalist (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1960
Type: Movie
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a beautiful dancer. The Human Vapour is ruthless in his quest for money and kills anyone who stands in his way, especially police. He soon becomes Tokyo's most wanted criminal. Can he be stopped before he kills again?
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The Manster
Title: The Manster
Character: Dr. Robert Suzuki
Released: July 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A reporter is sent to interview a scientist working in his mountain laboratory.
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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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The H-Man
Title: The H-Man
Character: Mr. Chin
Released: June 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.
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The Mysterians
Title: The Mysterians
Character: Dr. Koda
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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Madama Butterfly
Title: Madama Butterfly
Character: Yamadori
Released: June 3, 1955
Type: Movie
Japanese-Italian adaptation of Puccini's opera.
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The Battleship Yamato
Title: The Battleship Yamato
Released: June 15, 1953
Type: Movie
The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
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The Eyes of Two People
Title: The Eyes of Two People
Released: October 23, 1952
Type: Movie
Futari no hitomi (二人の瞳, Futari no hitomi, The Eyes of Two People) a.k.a. Girls Hand in Hand (USA title) is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Shigeo Nakaki.
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Geisha Girl
Title: Geisha Girl
Character: Tetsu Nakano
Released: May 2, 1952
Type: Movie
Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad scientist, geisha girls, and a goofy magician-hypnotist and his white rabbits.
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Oriental Evil
Title: Oriental Evil
Character: Noritomu Moriaji
Released: June 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Set in post war Japan, the film tells the tale of a woman looking for her missing brother. Her brother operated a small export business and has suddenly disappeared. Strangely his business partner has also vanished.
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Tokyo File 212
Title: Tokyo File 212
Character: Mr. Oyama
Released: January 26, 1951
Type: Movie
A Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during the Korean War, using kidnapping, murder and a disturbed former kamikaze pilot. A U.S. secret agent, posing as a reporter, is dispatched to Tokyo to put a stop to these nefarious activities.
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Snow-Flake
Title: Snow-Flake
Released: May 17, 1950
Type: Movie
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Invitation to Happiness
Title: Invitation to Happiness
Released: October 30, 1947
Type: Movie
Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness
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The Dawn of Freedom
Title: The Dawn of Freedom
Released: February 10, 1944
Type: Movie
This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the Philippine people the "benefits" of the Japanese invasion and takeover of their country.