Hiroko Sakurai

Hiroko Sakurai

Born: March 4, 1946
in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroko Sakurai is a Japanese actress and producer. She is known for her role in the original Ultraman along with the rest of the Ultra series. She is also known for her roles in the films of Akio Jissoji.

Movies for Hiroko Sakurai...

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Title: Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Released: March 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Naraho town in Fukushima Prefecture is on the front-line of the government-funded nuclear power plant decommissioning work. Kokuhei Kusunoki is transferred from Aizu Wakamatsu City to Naraho Town to take over the Disaster PR Division. Murai takes Kokuhei around Fukushima including areas washed away by the tsunami. They examine the still incomplete railway lines, the unfinished decontamination area and villages in the danger zone, where deadly cesium continues to pile up. One day Kokuhei is told to organize a party to celebrate the professor who has been appointed as deputy director of the Atomic Energy Research Institute.
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Death Kappa
Title: Death Kappa
Character: Kawado Fujiko
Released: June 25, 2010
Type: Movie
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa." The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!
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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: Ultraman Max
Character: Yukari Yoshinaga
Released: July 2, 2005
Type: TV
Ultraman Max was an Ultraman TV series which started airing on 7 July 2005, and produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.. The show tried to return to the true formula of new monsters every week and being a fast paced show like previous series with the exception of Ultraman Nexus. The show is full of homages to past series by having three of the original cast members from the first Ultraman series being featured in an episode, updated versions of classic monsters like Red King, Eleking and Pigmon among others. One unusual episode revolves around the filming of the 1964 program Ultra Q which was the predecessor to the first Ultraman show in 1966. Two actors from that show appear as themselves.
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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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Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project
Title: Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project
Character: Yuriko Edogawa
Released: April 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Theatrical version of episode 17 of Ultra Q TV series.
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Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Title: Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Character: Akiko Fuji
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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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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Case of the Disjointed Murder
Title: Case of the Disjointed Murder
Character: Kyoko Yashiro
Released: March 14, 1977
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another. The incident seemed to have no continuity...
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Utamaro's World
Title: Utamaro's World
Released: February 20, 1977
Type: Movie
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
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Poem
Title: Poem
Character: Fujino
Released: June 17, 1972
Type: Movie
The ascetic houseboy of a Japanese lawyer bears witness to the secretive sexual relationship between the lawyer's assistant and the maid, the lawyer's wife's sexual dissatisfaction, and the arrival of the lawyer's brother, who has a plan for the family's land and property.
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Title: Kogarashi Monjiro
Character: Oei
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: TV
Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
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Wicked Nun
Title: Wicked Nun
Released: November 20, 1971
Type: Movie
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Mandala
Title: Mandala
Character: Yasuko
Released: September 11, 1971
Type: Movie
Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked. Desperate for answers, they search for the attackers and come across a cult that promotes sexual freedom.
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The Gentle Japanese
Title: The Gentle Japanese
Released: March 5, 1971
Type: Movie
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
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Zenigeba
Title: Zenigeba
Released: October 31, 1970
Type: Movie
Based on the comic by George Akiyama
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Island of Horrors
Title: Island of Horrors
Character: Osen
Released: October 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Two women are ferried to a small prison colony on the remote and barren prison island, where they and their fellow inmates are forced to perform perilous slave labor along the island’s treacherous cliffs, overseen by both an unforgiving sun and a crew of abusive male wardens. Meanwhile, the arrival of a newcomer among the island’s administrators, a disgraced policeman who is also the son of Nagasaki’s governor, creates dissension between the officials that, along with an untimely outbreak of bubonic plague on the island, ultimately sets the stage for a daring escape attempt on the part of the prisoners.
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Curse of the Blood
Title: Curse of the Blood
Character: Ohisa
Released: May 30, 1968
Type: Movie
A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his entire family is to bear a terrible curse.
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Pomegranate Time
Title: Pomegranate Time
Character: Akiko Shimamura
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Comedy-drama about university tennis players.
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Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
Title: Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
Character: Akiko Fuji
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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Title: Ultraman
Character: Akiko Fuji
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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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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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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Adventure in Kigan Castle
Title: Adventure in Kigan Castle
Character: Handmaiden
Released: April 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.
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Title: Ultra Q
Character: Yuriko Edogawa
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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Oh, Bomb!
Title: Oh, Bomb!
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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Yume de aimasho
Title: Yume de aimasho
Released: September 15, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun
Title: Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun
Released: July 7, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Kaei
Title: Kaei
Released: December 9, 1961
Type: 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.