Akira Kitchôji

Akira Kitchôji

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Japan's Longest Day
Title: Japan's Longest Day
Character: General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Released: August 12, 1967
Type: Movie
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Rise Against the Sword
Title: Rise Against the Sword
Character: Old Priest
Released: November 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.
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Gorath
Title: Gorath
Character: Government Personnel
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.
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Awamori-kun kanpai!
Title: Awamori-kun kanpai!
Released: October 8, 1961
Type: Movie
Second of the three Awamori-kun movies.
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The H-Man
Title: The H-Man
Character: Nightclub drinker (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.
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Last Days of the Samurai
Title: Last Days of the Samurai
Released: July 13, 1957
Type: Movie
Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted as a tragic romance between one of the ronins, Jurozaemon Isogai, and Omino. An adaptation of Seika Mayama play "Genroku Chusingura, the Last Day of Oishi", which tells about the torments of life and death of samurai living in feudal times.
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Title: Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Released: April 14, 1957
Type: Movie
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
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Half Human
Title: Half Human
Character: Villager (uncredited)
Released: August 14, 1955
Type: Movie
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
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Invisible Man
Title: Invisible Man
Released: December 29, 1954
Type: Movie
When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.
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Seven Samurai
Title: Seven Samurai
Character: Farmer
Released: April 26, 1954
Type: Movie
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
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Eagle of the Pacific
Title: Eagle of the Pacific
Released: October 21, 1953
Type: Movie
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
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The Man Who Came to Port
Title: The Man Who Came to Port
Character: (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1952
Type: Movie
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Oiwa Nagaya
Title: Oiwa Nagaya
Released: August 8, 1931
Type: Movie