Samurai Saga
Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.
The Big Boss
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundrels who don’t deserve it.
A Woman's Place
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
The Lovelorn Geisha
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
Chushingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Dance with Me
Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found. So Shizuka sets off on a journey around Japan to find him and break the spell.
Minbo
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters!
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
The End of Summer
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.
King Kong Escapes
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
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.
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
Godzilla
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
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Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Toshirô Mifune
as
Heihachiro Komaki
Akira Takarada
as
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
Seizaburô Kawazu
as
Nagashima
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Tadao Nakamaru
as
Yôsuke Natsuki
as
Kashimura's assistant
Mikio Naruse
Director
Hideko Takamine
as
Sakanishi Kazuko, Yuichiro's wife
Setsuko Hara
as
Sanae Sakanoshi, the eldest daughter
Hiroshi Tachikawa
as
Shin Asabuki
Masahiko Tsugawa
as
Mondo Suzuki
Eijirô Tôno
as
Prime Minister
Kunio Ôtsuka
as
Akemi Kita
as
Yasuko, Matsuyo no musume
Isuzu Yamada
as
Aya Fujimura
Masumi Okada
as
English Teacher
Kumi Nakamura
as
Daikichi Sugawara
as
Restaurant Manager
Ayaka Miyoshi
as
Shizuka Suzuki
Tetsu Watanabe
as
Akechi
Ginji Gao
as
Wakagashira
Dale Ishimoto
as
Dale Ishimoto
Fuyuki Murakami
as
Dr. Tabata
James Hong
as
Ogata / Serizawa
Yasujirô Ozu
Director
Hisaya Morishige
as
Isomura Eiichirou
Reiko Dan
as
Yuriko, her daughter
Takehiro Murata
as
Kenji Andoh
Kenzo Ogiwara
as
Takeo Shimura
Shigeo Katô
as
Transport Ship Sailor
David de Keyser
as
(voice)
Jun Fukuda
Director
Hideo Sunazuka
as
Nita
Jun Tazaki
as
Red Bamboo Commander
Masahiro Takashima
as
Major Sho Kuroki
Yôko Ishino
as
Yukari Yamane
Toranosuke Ogawa
as
President of Company
Kokuten Kôdô
as
The Old Fisherman
Gorô Naya
as
Councilman
Gen Shimizu
as
Minister of Defense
Robert Dunham
as
US Navy Soldier
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