Masumi Okada

Masumi Okada

September 22, 1935 · 91 years old

Masumi Okada (岡田眞澄, Okada Masumi, September 22, 1935 – May 29, 2006) was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevalds…

Known For

15 titles
1
Battle Royale

Battle Royale

2000 · 1h 54m · Movie

In a dystopian future, a group of students from a Japanese high school are forced by the government to compete in a battle, killing one another until only one is left standing.

7.5
2
Battle Royale II

Battle Royale II

2003 · 2h 13m · Movie

Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students is sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.

4.6
3
The Hunted

The Hunted

1995 · 1h 50m · Movie

An American businessman visiting Nagoya, Japan, meets a woman in a hotel bar. Returning to her room, 3 ninjas kill her and wound him, but he sees the ninja boss' face. Now, he's the prime target of a dangerous ninja cult.

5.9
4
Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit

1956 · 1h 26m · Movie

Spending their summer on an exotic beach, two brothers fall for the same beautiful girl, whose charm and looks may hide more than they they bargained for.

7.2
5
Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate

Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate

1957 · 1h 50m · Movie

In the last days of the Shogunate, a resourceful grifter seeks to outwit competing prostitutes, rebellious samurai and other inhabitants of a brothel in order to survive the hardened times.

7.2
6
Latitude Zero

Latitude Zero

1969 · 1h 29m · Movie

A journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200-year-old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200-year-old scientist, att...

5.9
7
The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison

1986 · 2h 3m · Movie

Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments.

7.5
8
Bye Bye Jupiter

Bye Bye Jupiter

1984 · 2h 10m · Movie

While extracting water from the Martian polar ice caps, ancient carvings are uncovered describing an alien spacecraft crashing into Jupiter, postponing plans to turn Jupiter into a second Sun.

4.3
9
Hakuchi: The Innocent

Hakuchi: The Innocent

1999 · 2h 26m · Movie

In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible for all of Japan's entertainment.

6.8
10
Red Pier

Red Pier

1958 · 1h 39m · Movie

50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a ...

6.9
11
Tomorrow's Joe 2

Tomorrow's Joe 2

1981 · 1h 50m · Movie

Six months passed since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained, recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on h...

7.5
12
Season of the Sun

Season of the Sun

1956 · 1h 29m · Movie

The story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen...

6.5
13
To Love

To Love

1997 · 1h 54m · Movie

Two young people meet by chance and fall in love but the woman is diagnosed with leprosy and sent away to a remote mountain sanitorium.

6.4
14
Man Who Causes a Storm

Man Who Causes a Storm

1957 · 1h 41m · Movie

Shoichi is a violent young man just released from jail who aspires to be a drummer. He works his way up by playing gigs in a hip Ginza club, an eventually wins a drumming contest. But what he really desires is the approval of his ...

6.2