Cast: Shôji Nakayama

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Shôji Nakayama. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Anatahan (The Saga of Anatahan)

1953 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan

Direction Josef von Sternberg

Cast Akemi Negishi · Tadashi Suganuma · Kisaburo Sawamura · Shôji Nakayama

Plot Josef von Sternberg directed, photographed, provides the voice-over narration and wrote the screenplay about twelve Japanese seaman who, in June 1944, are stranded on an abandoned-and-forgotten island called An-ta-han for...

7.2

209 votes

7.2

209 votes

Wakusei daisenso

1977 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Direction Jun Fukuda

Cast Kensaku Morita · Yûko Asano · Ryo Ikebe · Masaya Oki

Plot Earth is attacked by alien spacecraft from Venus. But a Japanese scientist has constructed a space craft, the Gohten, with which he may save humanity.

4.5

29 votes

4.5

29 votes

Attack from Space (TV)

1965 · Movie · 76 min. · Japan

Direction Koreyoshi Akasaka · Teruo Ishii · Akira Mitsuwa

Cast Ken Utsui · Sachihiro Ohsawa · Utako Mitsuya · Junko Ikeuchi

Plot Benevolent aliens from the planet Emerald send superhero Starman to protect Earth from invasion by an evil alien race called the Spherions. When Starman arrives on Earth, he discovers a...

4.0

34 votes

4.0

34 votes

Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero

1990 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Masao Kusakari · Kaori Mizushima · Eisei Amamoto · Shôji Nakayama

Plot A major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can be physically handled is thrown into turmoil when a murderous demon is unleashed...

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He Had to Die

1956 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan

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Jihi shinchô

1954 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

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The Tale of Jiro

1955 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Michiyo Kogure · Ichirô Ryûzaki · Junko Ikeuchi · Shôji Nakayama

Plot Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his...

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Invaders from Space (TV)

1965 · Movie · 78 min. · Japan

Direction Koreyoshi Akasaka · Teruo Ishii · Akira Mitsuwa

Cast Ken Utsui · Minako Yamada · Junko Ikeuchi · Sachihiro Ohsawa

Plot A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant...

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Ultraseven (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuho Mitsuta · Toshitsugu Suzuki · Samaji Nonagase · Hajime Tsuburaya

Cast Kôji Moritsugu · Yuriko Hishimi · Sandayû Dokumamushi · Shôji Nakayama

Plot An alien superhero from M-78 protects Earth from extraterrestrial threats in this popular classic follow-up to the original "Ultraman" TV series.

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Atomic Rulers of the World (TV)

1965 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan

Direction Koreyoshi Akasaka · Teruo Ishii · Akira Mitsuwa

Cast Ken Utsui · Junko Ikeuchi · Shôji Nakayama · Sachihiro Ohsawa

Plot Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil.

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Ultraman 80 (TV Series)

1980 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Noriaki Yuasa · Tôru Toyama · Kiyo Sumi Fukazawa · Shohei Tojo

Cast Masaaki Daimon · Yûsaku Yara · Hatsunori Hasegawa · Jin Nakayama

Plot TV Series (1980-1981). 50 Episodes. Ultraman 80, disguised as mild-mannered schoolteacher Takeshi Yamato, defends the Earth from ferocious giant monsters, which are the result of negative energy from human anger.

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Mid-August Commotion

1962 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Tsuneo Kobayashi

Cast Sonny Chiba · Kaneko Iwasaki · Koji Tsuruta · Isao Yamagata

Plot The story follow Japan's surrendering in WWII. On August 14-15 the surrendering declaration had already been prepared for broadcasting; however, a group of rebel soldiers attempted a coup d'état by...

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Arega minato no hi da

1961 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan

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The King's Move

1955 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

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The Kamikaze-Suicide Soldiers

1962 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Sonny Chiba · Kenji Imai · Tatsuya Ishiguro · Ryûko Minakami

Plot The story follow the Japanese kamikaze and human torpedo pilots.

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