Direction: Shigeo Tanaka
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Shigeo Tanaka. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Daikaijû kettô: Gamera tai Barugon (The Great Monster Duel: Gamera vs. Barugon)
1966 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan
Direction Shigeo Tanaka
Cast Kojiro Hongo · Kyôko Enami · Yuzo Hayakawa · Takuya Fujioka
Plot 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...
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The Great Wall
1962 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan
Direction Shigeo Tanaka
Cast Shintarô Katsu · Fujiko Yamamoto · Ken Utsui · Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Plot 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 · min. · Japan
Direction Shigeo Tanaka
Cast Ayako Wakao · Ganjiro Nakamura · Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Keizo Kawasaki
Plot 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
Plot 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
Plot 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...
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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
Plot 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...
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Kyohansha
1958 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Shigeo Tanaka
Cast Eiji Funakoshi · Tatsuo Hanabu · Yuzo Hayakawa · Hikaru Hoshi
Plot 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
Plot 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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