Direction: Leiji Matsumoto
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Leiji Matsumoto. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Star Blazers - Quest for Iscandar (TV Series)
1974 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Leiji Matsumoto · Noboru Ishiguro · Toshio Masuda · Yoshinobu Nishizaki
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6.8
56 votes
Arei's Mirror: Way to the Virgin Space (S)
1985 · Movie · 20 min. · Japan
Direction Kōzō Morishita · Leiji Matsumoto
Plot A crew of misfits abandon their war-torn home planet and embark on a cosmic odyssey through space.
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Planet Robot Danguard Ace (TV Series)
1977 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Tomoharu Katsumata · Leiji Matsumoto · Kouzo Takagaki · Masayuki Akehi
Plot Danguard Ace takes place on a future Earth in which nearly all natural resources have been depleted. People have begun looking toward other planets to survive, in particular the fictional...
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Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Leiji Matsumoto · Carl Macek
Plot An amalgam series of 'Queen Millennia' and 'Space Pirate Captain Harlock'.
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Mystery of the Arcadia (TV)
1978 · Movie · 35 min. · Japan
Direction Leiji Matsumoto · Rintaro
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Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
1978 · Movie · 151 min. · Japan
Direction Leiji Matsumoto · Toshio Masuda
Plot After defeating Desler, the crew of the Yamato go their separate ways.The Earth is finally beginning to rebuild itself. Till Shima and Sanada pick up a transmission from a woman...
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Ganso dai yojôhan ô monogatari
1980 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan
Direction Leiji Matsumoto · Chusei Sone
Cast Sen Hara · Yutaka Hayashi · Guts Ishimatsu · Kiyoshi Maekawa
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Starzinger (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Yugo Serikawa · Kōzō Morishita · Kazumi Fukushima · Leiji Matsumoto
Plot The Great Planet is dying, since its Queen is old and powerless... and the universe will perish along with it. Princess Aurora of the Moon volunteers to become the new...
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Be Forever Yamato
1980 · Movie · 145 min. · Japan
Direction Leiji Matsumoto · Toshio Masuda
Plot The Black Nebula Empire attacks Earth and threatens to blow up the planet with a bomb they placed on Earth if counter attacked. Earths hopes rest on the Yamato crew...
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