Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

June 16, 1926 · 100 years old

Known For

21 titles
1
After Life

After Life

1999 · 1h 59m · Movie

After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.

7.6
2
Shogun Assassin

Shogun Assassin

1980 · 1h 25m · Movie

When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.

7.3
3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

1972 · 1h 24m · Movie

The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.

7.7
4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961 · 3h 10m · Movie

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.

8.8
5
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959 · 3h 1m · Movie

As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.

8.5
6
Godzilla 1985

Godzilla 1985

1985 · 1h 27m · Movie

Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.

6.1
7
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

1956 · 1h 56m · Movie

A conscience-driven Japanese soldier traumatized by the events of WWII adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.

8.0
8
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

1973 · 1h 29m · Movie

Five warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader.

7.5
9
The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

1984 · 1h 43m · Movie

The Japanese government suppresses news of Godzilla's resurrection as political tensions increase between the US and USSR, both of whom willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

6.8
10
Samurai Fiction

Samurai Fiction

1998 · 1h 51m · Movie

A noble young samurai searches for a thief who has stolen a precious treasure and killed one of his clansmen and meets an older samurai who tries to deter him from the violence of revenge.

7.2
11
The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand

1974 · 2h 23m · Movie

Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.

7.3
12
Kamikaze Taxi

Kamikaze Taxi

1995 · 2h 49m · Movie

A revenge-seeking man and his foolish friends plan to rob a yakuza gang.

7.5
13
The Snow Woman

The Snow Woman

1968 · 1h 20m · Movie

The lives of a master sculptor and his young apprentice are changed forever when they meet an evil witch during a snow storm.

7.2
14
Manhunt

Manhunt

1976 · 2h 31m · Movie

A tough police detective is falsely accused of corruption, and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.

6.8
15
Coup d'Etat

Coup d'Etat

1973 · 1h 50m · Movie

A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.

6.8
16
The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

1997 · 1h 25m · Movie

Sakiko, a young bank teller, has an unhealthy obsession with money. Thieves hold up the bank, kidnapping Sakiko in the process, but eventually crash their car, cash falling into a nearby river. Sakiko begins a quest to retrieve th...

7.0
17
Death of a Tea Master

Death of a Tea Master

1989 · 1h 47m · Movie

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.

6.8
18
Suspicion

Suspicion

1982 · 2h 7m · Movie

The story follow a court case of a woman accused of having killed her husband.

7.1
19
The Devil's Island

The Devil's Island

1977 · 2h 21m · Movie

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

6.4
20
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

1967 · 1h 39m · Movie

The Wife of Seishû Hanaoka is set in feudal Japan. Its two central characters are based on the wife and mother of Japanese physician Seishû Hanaoka (1760-1835). Hanaoka developed a herbal general anesthetic, "Tsusensan", some fort...

7.5
21
Shinsho: shinobi no mono

Shinsho: shinobi no mono

1966 · 1h 31m · Movie

It is the 1570's in Japan. Ninja Kasumi Kanbey specializes in making gunpowder. He lives with his young son Kojiro, who witnesses his assassination by five skilled ninjas. Kanbey manages to kill two of his attackers before succumb...

6.7