Ken'ichirō Maruyama

Ken'ichirō Maruyama

Born: July 12, 1938

Movies for Ken'ichirō Maruyama...

Destroy All Monsters
Title: Destroy All Monsters
Character: Moon Base Employee
Released: August 1, 1968
Type: Movie
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
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Two Hearts in the Rain
Title: Two Hearts in the Rain
Released: March 27, 1968
Type: Movie
Love story of a working-class boy and girl.
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Son of Godzilla
Title: Son of Godzilla
Character: Ozawa
Released: December 16, 1967
Type: Movie
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.
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Pomegranate Time
Title: Pomegranate Time
Character: Watanabe
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Comedy-drama about university tennis players.
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Las Vegas Free-For-All
Title: Las Vegas Free-For-All
Released: April 28, 1967
Type: Movie
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.
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Let's Go! Young Guy
Title: Let's Go! Young Guy
Character: Club Member #1
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
College student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuuichi has his sights set on winning football gold, but his father, who wants him to take over his sukiyaki restaurant, isn't too keen on this. Set in Kyoto, Hong Kong, and Macau, we follow Yuuichi as he falls in love and chases after his dreams.
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Title: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Character: Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1966
Type: Movie
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization controlling a crustacean monster. Finding a sleeping Godzilla, they decide to awaken him to defeat the terrorists and liberate the natives.
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The Young Ace in Hawaii
Title: The Young Ace in Hawaii
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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Gorath
Title: Gorath
Character: Ôtori Engineer
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.