Akira Katayama

Akira Katayama

Born: January 7, 1922
Died: October 7, 1978
in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Akira Katayama...

Title: J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
Character: Dr. Koyama
Released: April 2, 1977
Type: TV
Cyborg warriors were created by the Special Science Investigation Squad to bear nuclear, gravitational, magnetic, and electrical forces. They fight the crime empire known as "Crime".
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Movie
Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Movie
Character: Rumi's father
Released: May 10, 1975
Type: Movie
A Masked Monster being chased for stealing a microfilm with EAGLE secrets hides on a houseboat to avoid Kaijo and Asuka's pursuit.
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Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
Character: Professor Wakayama
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
The first heroes of the Super Sentai series! The heroes were brought together to defend the world from the Black Cross Army, who attempted to conquer the world. The five powers united as one to defeat the monsters.
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Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
Character: Rumi's father
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
The first heroes of the Super Sentai series! The heroes were brought together to defend the world from the Black Cross Army, who attempted to conquer the world. The five powers united as one to defeat the monsters.
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The Last Kamikaze
Title: The Last Kamikaze
Released: October 29, 1970
Type: Movie
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.
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Prison Boss
Title: Prison Boss
Released: April 18, 1968
Type: Movie
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
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The Golden Bat
Title: The Golden Bat
Released: December 21, 1966
Type: Movie
A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through his telescope. Scoffed at by the scientific establishment, the boy is kidnapped and brought to a secret UN base in the Japan alps. He is immediately inducted into the secret program whose mission is to finish the Super-Destruction Beam cannon and destroy Icarus. The cannon is missing a special mineral for the lens. The team heads for a mysterious island in the middle of the Pacific. There they find ancient ruins of Atlantis but they are suddenly attacked by a strange drill shaped metal squid spaceship. It's commanded by the evil being Nazu who has engineered the collision with Icarus! He doesn't want to share the universe with humans and he really doesn't want the cannon finished. The action is on and the team discovers the Golden Bat who has been asleep for over 10,000 years awaiting this very moment to save the earth!
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Glorious Fights
Title: Glorious Fights
Released: October 29, 1966
Type: Movie
A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.
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The Kamikaze Guy
Title: The Kamikaze Guy
Released: June 4, 1966
Type: Movie
An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.
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The Threat
Title: The Threat
Released: February 17, 1966
Type: Movie
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
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The Glamorous Ghost
Title: The Glamorous Ghost
Character: a clerk at the hospital
Released: October 3, 1964
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife, then embarks on a crusade to extort all the wealthy men whom she had affairs with.
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Wolves, Pigs & Men
Title: Wolves, Pigs & Men
Character: Iwasaki's assistant
Released: August 26, 1964
Type: Movie
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Title: Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Released: October 20, 1963
Type: Movie
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
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Gang vs. G-Men
Title: Gang vs. G-Men
Released: November 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Title: Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Released: October 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes a liking to her beautiful voice. The trouble starts when her family borrows money from the gangsters, setting off a series of incidents which lead to tragedy.
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Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
Title: Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
Released: September 16, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
Title: I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
Released: September 9, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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365 Nights
Title: 365 Nights
Released: September 9, 1962
Type: Movie
A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is offering to repay Koroku’s family debts in exchange for marriage, but Koroku is in love with his landlord’s daughter, Teruko. Things are further complicated when the wicked Tsugawa takes interest in both women, for his own marriage.
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Mid-August Commotion
Title: Mid-August Commotion
Released: August 22, 1962
Type: Movie
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
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G-Men in the Pacific
Title: G-Men in the Pacific
Character: Doi
Released: April 22, 1962
Type: Movie
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
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Tales of President Mito
Title: Tales of President Mito
Released: April 4, 1962
Type: Movie
Mr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quality problems and wins a big ramen contract with a large Chinese company.
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The Injured Boy
Title: The Injured Boy
Released: April 4, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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All Rascals
Title: All Rascals
Released: March 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.
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The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Title: The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Released: December 6, 1961
Type: Movie
A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s talent.
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Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Title: Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Released: September 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Meanwhile, the body of an orthopedist is discovered in the river.
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Man with the Funky Hat
Title: Man with the Funky Hat
Released: August 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business dealings involving a kidnapping.
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Invasion of the Neptune Men
Title: Invasion of the Neptune Men
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.
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Police Precinct Part 12
Title: Police Precinct Part 12
Released: January 27, 1960
Type: Movie
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Speed Crazy
Title: Speed Crazy
Released: December 20, 1959
Type: Movie
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Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
Title: Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
Released: September 15, 1959
Type: Movie
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Prince of Space
Title: Prince of Space
Character: Doctor Naitô
Released: May 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Krangkor, the dark planet, descends on Earth to steal the formula from its creator, the benevolent Dr. Makin.
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Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
Title: Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
Released: February 18, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 Japanese movie
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Police Precinct Part 7
Title: Police Precinct Part 7
Released: June 10, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Story of Pure Love
Title: The Story of Pure Love
Character: Hospital doctor
Released: October 15, 1957
Type: Movie
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
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The Deep Blue Sea
Title: The Deep Blue Sea
Released: July 30, 1957
Type: Movie
To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who has been adopted by another family. When he arrives, Kenji soon discovers that Harumi and her adopted family are the targets of an evil gang boss. In an attempt to help them, he decides to take matters into his own hands.
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Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Title: Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Released: February 19, 1957
Type: Movie
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G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
Title: G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
Released: July 25, 1956
Type: Movie
The fourth installment of G-men of Japan
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Police Precinct
Title: Police Precinct
Released: February 18, 1956
Type: Movie
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Murder on The Last Train
Title: Murder on The Last Train
Released: June 21, 1955
Type: Movie
One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.
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あゝ洞爺丸 
Title: あゝ洞爺丸 
Released: November 8, 1954
Type: Movie