Direction: Shigeo Tanaka

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Shigeo Tanaka. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Kojiro Hongo · Kyôko Enami · Yuzo Hayakawa · Takuya Fujioka

Synopsis After a treacherous expedition to retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal reveals itself to be an egg which spawns Barugon, demon dog from Hell! Armed with a deadly tongue and cold beams, Barugon wreaks havoc on Japan....

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The Great Wall

1962 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan

Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Fujiko Yamamoto · Ken Utsui · Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Synopsis In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin’s great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film.

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Tokyo onigiri musume

1961 · Movie · Japan

Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Ayako Wakao · Ganjiro Nakamura · Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Keizo Kawasaki

Synopsis When the tailor Tsuruyoshi retires, his daughter Mariko reforms the place and transforms it into a bar. Mariko has three suitors, but doesn't know which one to decide on.

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Onna tobakushi jûban shôbu

1969 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Kyôko Enami · Ryunosuke Minegishi · Shizuo Otomo · Junko Natsu

Synopsis Ginko is a professional player who has left the paternal house. After the death of her father, her brother Ryuji repudiates her.

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Furin

1965 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Ayako Wakao · Keizo Kawasaki · Kyôko Enami · Rieko Sumi

Synopsis Toshi, winner of a literary prize for an essay on sexuality, is against marriage. Maintains relations with two women at the same time: the sweet and homelike Seiko, and the liberated Maki.

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Three Women Gambling Experts

1967 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

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Hachigatsu umare no Onna

1963 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Ayako Wakao · Chieko Murata · Ken Utsui · Yoshiro Kitahara

Synopsis Yumi is a company and, as a good woman born in August, she has a strong character. One day, driving in his sports car, he collides with the car of one Riki. Between Yumi and Riki the sparks jump.

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Typhoon Reporter

1963 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Ken Utsui · Jiro Tamiya · Junko Kano · Horikawa Yuzô

Synopsis Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui) investigates a homicide in Tokyo’s bustling construction scene, meanwhile a super typhoon is brewing in the Pacific, and...

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Kyohansha

1958 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Eiji Funakoshi · Tatsuo Hanabu · Yuzo Hayakawa · Hikaru Hoshi

Synopsis Based on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

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Aiga

1958 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Ayako Wakao · Keizo Kawasaki · Kuniko Miyake · Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Synopsis Sansako and Shinko are two friends whose respective boyfriends ask them to have sex. Shinko accepts, Sansako refuses ... but the consequences will not be easy for either of them.

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A Woman's Gamble

1966 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

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