Takehiko Maeda

Takehiko Maeda

Born: April 3, 1929
Died: August 5, 2011
in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Actor, TV writer, presenter, communist

Movies for Takehiko Maeda...

Free and Easy 8
Title: Free and Easy 8
Released: August 10, 1996
Type: Movie
When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé.
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Turning Point
Title: Turning Point
Character: Hasegawa, The Director
Released: June 18, 1994
Type: Movie
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
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Free and Easy 6
Title: Free and Easy 6
Released: December 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity.
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Free and Easy 5
Title: Free and Easy 5
Released: December 26, 1992
Type: Movie
Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.
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The Rocking Horsemen
Title: The Rocking Horsemen
Character: Saburoh Hashima
Released: October 31, 1992
Type: Movie
It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
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Signal Fool
Title: Signal Fool
Released: March 24, 1990
Type: Movie
The main character is Isamu (Hideaki Machida), a sixth grader . Isamu lost his mother in a car accident when he was young. He couldn't forget that, and he couldn't forgive people who didn't follow traffic rules. Today too, Isamu keeps the yellow flag, a memento of his mother, and makes him guard the traffic lights. He doesn't mind paying attention to adults. Everyone calls Isamu a traffic light idiot , but Isamu doesn't care. It was decided that Isamu would have a new mother. Never admit it! Isamu refuses. But when she learns that her new mother also lost her family in a car accident, she gradually opens up. Eventually, Isamu realized the importance of "caring for the other person's feelings" and realized the mistake in his own way of doing things.
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Hoshi wo tsugu mono
Title: Hoshi wo tsugu mono
Character: Managing Director
Released: February 3, 1990
Type: Movie
An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII.
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Free and Easy
Title: Free and Easy
Released: December 24, 1988
Type: Movie
Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and old man who learns to enjoy life again through his friendship with Densuke. Meanwhile, Densuke is completely unaware that Ichinosuke is the boss of his construction company. The two men become friends through their shared passion for fishing.
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Life of Don Matsugoro
Title: Life of Don Matsugoro
Released: March 21, 1986
Type: Movie
Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapped, the canine summons his fellow dogs to help in the rescue effort.
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Congratulatory Speech
Title: Congratulatory Speech
Character: Tanimura, director of a department
Released: December 28, 1985
Type: Movie
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Fine, with Occasional Murders
Title: Fine, with Occasional Murders
Character: Doctor Kazuto Kikui
Released: May 26, 1984
Type: Movie
Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being.
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P. P. Rider
Title: P. P. Rider
Character: Nobunaga's Father
Released: February 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.
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Tora-san's Promise
Title: Tora-san's Promise
Released: December 28, 1981
Type: Movie
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.
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Title: Precious Moments
Released: September 18, 1981
Type: TV
The drama depicts the daily lives of three women of the marriageable age who are desperately trying to make some memories before they get married.
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Solar Eclipse
Title: Solar Eclipse
Released: September 6, 1975
Type: Movie
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
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Tora-san Loves an Artist
Title: Tora-san Loves an Artist
Released: December 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister.
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Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
Title: Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
Character: Policeman
Released: March 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Comedy about a young man who causes pandemonium by raiding a bar patronized by his father, winning the favors of a hostess and ends up feeling the breasts and hips of all the girls in his father's office.
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Love Fantasia
Title: Love Fantasia
Character: President of Maitake Ramen
Released: July 18, 1970
Type: Movie
A musical comedy.
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Showdown in Gangland
Title: Showdown in Gangland
Released: March 7, 1970
Type: Movie
Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.
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One Two Punch
Title: One Two Punch
Released: August 9, 1969
Type: Movie
Two men succeed in opening a joint restaurant after hilarious troubles.
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World of Discontinuity
Title: World of Discontinuity
Character: Narrator
Released: July 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A feature-length documentary film written, directed, and filmed by Akira Ide, a former broadcast writer, covering the truth about discontinuity in the world.
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The Rough One
Title: The Rough One
Released: June 13, 1969
Type: Movie
A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the young hoods run afoul of their underworld idols when they rob the wrong gang, led by brutal boss Konno. When Zenkichi's pals start to bite the dust, he hooks up with a more traditional yakuza, Tetsugoro, to retaliate.
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Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century
Title: Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century
Character: Critic
Released: November 2, 1968
Type: Movie
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Title: Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Released: April 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for money. Goro wants to help and knows that there is only one way to come up with fast money.
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Title: Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Released: January 13, 1968
Type: Movie
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.
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Massacre Gun
Title: Massacre Gun
Character: Boxer
Released: September 6, 1967
Type: Movie
Kuroda is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji and aspiring boxer Saburo, the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no one will stop until one faction emerges victorious.
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Fighting Elegy
Title: Fighting Elegy
Released: November 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.