William Ross

William Ross

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Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Title: Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Released: December 16, 1978
Type: Movie
The Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bulky, over-sized pink acrylic costume) who suffers acts of unusual cruelty by the keeper and ringmaster before the girls escape with the creature in a circus trailer.
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The War in Space
Title: The War in Space
Character: Dr. Schmidt
Released: December 17, 1977
Type: Movie
The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.
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The Last Dinosaur
Title: The Last Dinosaur
Character: Hal - Mother 1 Technician
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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The Alaska Story
Title: The Alaska Story
Released: January 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He comes off at a certain moment to look for his luck in the gold rush in Alaska. But he does not forget them.
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Graveyard of Honor
Title: Graveyard of Honor
Released: February 15, 1975
Type: Movie
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
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The Yakuza
Title: The Yakuza
Character: Tanner's Guard
Released: December 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.
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Too Late the Hero
Title: Too Late the Hero
Character: Soldier
Released: May 20, 1970
Type: Movie
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
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Flight from Ashiya
Title: Flight from Ashiya
Character: Capt. Jerry Cooper
Released: March 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors from a murderous storm-tossed sea. As they head for their location, the film flashes back to chronicle the pasts of each pilot to make clear their mixed feelings about their upcoming assignment.
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Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
Title: Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
Released: May 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Comedy movie
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Watashi wa uso wa mōshimasen
Title: Watashi wa uso wa mōshimasen
Released: April 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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誰よりも金を愛す
Title: 誰よりも金を愛す
Released: February 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Title: Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
Released: April 1, 1960
Type: Movie
During the naval battle of Midway in WWII, the battleship Mutsu was in its home port in Japan. The ship's officers and crew were frustrated at not being able to take part in the fighting. They had been held back by orders from the Naval Ministry, but there was also a plot by saboteurs, who were trying to prevent the sailing of the Mutsu. Director Komori developed a suspenseful plot by including a fictional adaptation of the Russian spy Richard Sorge, who had been captured in Japan and subsequently executed. Komori brings a fictional Russian spy to the screen by portraying him as a military attaché at the German embassy. As Germany was an ally of Japan in WWII, a secret agent being a mole in the German embassy is a perfect cover. The interaction of the saboteurs and the officers and crew of the Mutsu make an exciting story.
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Pineapple Butai
Title: Pineapple Butai
Character: Lt. Miles
Released: December 27, 1959
Type: Movie
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Maria of the Ant Village
Title: Maria of the Ant Village
Released: December 7, 1958
Type: Movie
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.