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Tag Archives: Kihachi Okamoto
UFO Blue Christmas AKA Burû Kurisumasu (1978) Kihachi Okamoto, Hiroshi Katsuno, Keiko Takeshita, Eiji Okada
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Read More »
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman AKA Eburi manshi no yûga-na seikatsu (1963) Kihachi Okamoto, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirô Tôno
This comedy portrays the everyday life of an ordinary salary-man who uses himself as a model to write a novella. Read More »
Big Shots Die at Dawn AKA Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu (1961) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Shimazaki
After a long stint working in Alaska, Jiro returns to his hometown. Read More »
Westward Desperado AKA Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e (1960) Kihachi Okamoto, Hideyo Amamoto, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage Read More »
The Sword of Doom AKA Dai-bosatsu tôge (1966) Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. Read More »
The Human Bullet AKA Nikudan (1968) Kihachi Okamoto, Minori Terada, Naoko Ôtani, Yûnosuke Itô
During World War II, a Japanese soldier finds himself assigned to a kamikaze mission against a U.S. battleship. Read More »
Warring Clans (1963) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satô
A lone masterless warrior with some new friends helps ship 300 rifles to a Japanese warlord during the sengoku period. Read More »
The Last Gunfight (1960) Kihachi Okamoto, Toshirô Mifune, Kôji Tsuruta, Yôko Tsukasa
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Read More »
The Age of Assassins (1967) Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Dan, Hideo Sunazuka
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Read More »
Oh, Bomb! (1964) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Ichirô Nakatani
Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison, but finds his gang usurped by a shady politician. Read More »
Japans Longest Day (1967) Kihachi Okamoto, Seiji Miyaguchi, Rokkô Toura, Chishû Ryû
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. Read More »
East Meets West (1995) Kihachi Okamoto, Christopher Mayer, Hiroyuki Sanada, Scott Bachicha
A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy official are about to land in San Francisco Read More »
Chikagoro naze ka Charusuton / At This Late Date The Charleston (1981) Kihachi Okamoto, Gô Rijû, Yû Fujiki, Ichirô Zaitsu, Comedy
A group of old men take over an empty house and proclaim it to be a new “country” they have founded, called Yama. Read More »
Dokuritsu gurentai / Desperate Outpost (1959) Kihachi Okamoto, Makoto Satô, Izumi Yukimura, Misa Uehara, Drama, War, Action
When Sergeant Okubo’s brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother’s killer. Read More »