Kita Takeo

Kita Takeo was an art director and producer of Japanese films and President of Toho Built. He was born in Osaka. He was the first deputy director of the Japan Film and Television Art Directors Association. His younger brother Kita Tatsuo is also an art director. In 1926, he graduated from Ichioka Junior…

Fujita Susumu

Fujita Susumu was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Kurosawa Akira's first feature, Sugata Sanshiro, and appeared in other Kurosawa films including The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Honda Ishiro's Mothra…

Koizumi Hiroshi

Hiroshi Koizumi was a Japanese actor who began as an announcer for NHK before transitioning to film in 1950. He was accepted into Toho as part of the 3rd New Face program for new actors and made his film debut in 1952. He first appeared in sci-fi in 1955 as a pilot in Godzilla Raids Again. He would…

Hama Mie

Hama Mie is a Japanese actress. She was working as a bus conductor when she was spotted by producer Tomoyuki Tanaka. She went on to become one of the most in-demand actresses in Japan. Notable appearances included the 1965 spy comedy Kokusai Himitsu Keisatsu: Kagi no Kagi, which was the source for the…

Anzai Kyoko

Anzai was a member of the Osaka Shochiku Opera Company from 1950-1953. She entered film immediately after resigning from the company. She retired from acting completely following her marriage in 1961 to fellow actor Tatsuya Mihashi. They remained married until her death in 2002. While her film career…

Sanjo Miki

Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…

Hoshi Yuriko

Born on December 6 1943, Yuriko Hoshi was one of the younger members of the Toho stable of actors during the 1960s. She made a big impression in the Wakadasho (Young Guy) movies and was recognized for her youthful energy. Eventually she became more known for her roles in kaiju eiga films such as Mosura…

Arikawa Sadamasa

Arikawa Sadamasa was a Japanese special effects cinematographer and director. After his tour as a bomber pilot during WWII, he joined up briefly with Toho, but soon left over disputes with the workers’ union. He encountered Tsuburaya Eiji and joined his private film effects company during the time…

Tajima Yoshibumi

In 1937, he participated in the founding of a small art theater. Dropped out of college in 1941. In 1946, he joined the Haiyuza Theater Company due to "the love of the actress Sumako" ( Shochiku, Kenji Mizoguchi ) In 1954, he left the Haiyuza Theater Company and entered Nikkatsu, where he resumed film…

Fukuda Jun

Born in Changchun, Jilin Province, China (currently Changchun City). He spent his childhood in Manchuria because his father worked for the South Manchuria Railway. Although he went on to Nihon University, he rarely attended lectures and spent most of the day reading and watching movies. In 1946, Toho…

Gwan Gung Vs. Aliens

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A widowed sculptor in Hong Kong races against failing eyesight to finish a statue dedicated to the spear-wielding deity of war Gwan Gung in the hope of attaining a miracle, much to the skepticism of his scientist son…

Monster Next Door

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Cute introvert Diewdai likes living in his ultra private world, hiding away in his apartment. His best friend is a turtle called Khun Shy. Diew's life of peace, however, is destroyed when God—an extroverted senior…