Someshō Matsumoto

AKA:

0.8144

1903-03-20

Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {66}

1962-01-28 6.5

Woman of Design

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm. ...

Genre :Drama

Torakichi Araiwa

1961-08-13 0

An Urban Affair

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments. ...

Genre :Comedy

1959-07-28 0

汚れた顔

1959 Japanese movie ...

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1962-01-23 0

Cat Changed Into Tiger

A life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He heads to another town to sell insurance, but to his surprise, the elderly are all healthy thanks to a specia ...

Genre :Comedy

1963-06-16 0

Fifty-Fifty

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima. ...

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1960-11-20 0

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo. ...

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1962-03-25 0

Black Dice

1962 Japanese movie ...

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1961-12-09 0

Kaei

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1959-06-23 7

Break Down that Wall

A man is wrongfully accused of murder. ...

Genre :Drama

1960-11-29 6

Get 'em All

Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one. ...

Genre :Crime

1965-02-14 0

Mission to Annihilate the Underworld

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series. ...

Genre :Crime, Action, Drama

1962-05-27 0

Kiriko no unmei

1962 Japanese movie ...

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1962-06-01 5.8

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

Genre :Comedy

1962-06-24 0

Hitori tabi

1962 Japanese movie ...

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1962-06-24 0

Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi

1962 Japanese movie ...

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1962-07-07 0

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

1962 Japanese movie ...

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1962-07-29 0

Last Round

1962 Japanese movie ...

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1966-03-19 7

Gamblers' Luck

A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge themselves on cruel landlords, animate the corpse of a ...

Genre :Comedy

Chuzaemon Yoshida

1957-07-13 0

Last Days of the Samurai

Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted as a tragic romance between one of the ronins, Juro ...

Genre :Drama, History

Matsumura

1961-07-30 0

The Crimson Plains

The action takes place in the highlands of the Chugoku region. While the owner of the Yazaki ranch is away, a gang of villains is trying to take over the ranch, which is run by his wife alone, but the ...

Genre :Western, Action, Crime

1962-11-03 0

Hitoribotchi no futari daga

1962 Japanese movie ...

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Alien Expert (uncredited)

1964-12-20 6.98

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat. ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Thriller

1960-03-26 0

He's the Witness

Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association, and he disguises himself. ...

Genre :Action, Crime

1962-05-20 0

Song of a Traveller

A crime film released in 1962 ...

Genre :Crime

1962-10-13 0

Mama, I Need You!

After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone in the unproductive northern district. He finds a job in a small laundry in downtown Tokyo and works ...

Genre :Drama

1962-12-01 0

Kidō sōsahan-gun ōkami no machi

1962 Japanese movie ...

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Buddhist Priest

1965-12-19 6.763

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing God ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action

Dr. Onuki

1962-08-11 6.894

King Kong vs. Godzilla

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Action

Fujichiyo's Teacher

1960-12-11 6.6

The Human Vapor

A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's mos ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Crime, Thriller

Construction Company President Hatano

1960-09-19 7.688

The Bad Sleep Well

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Government Personnel

1962-03-21 6.44

Gorath

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

The 1/8 Project Staff Candidate

1990-04-14 0

Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project

Theatrical version of episode 17 of Ultra Q TV series. ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action, Mystery, Horror

Runaway Warrior

1964-11-21 7.7

Onibaba

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they le ...

Genre :Horror

1969-09-06 7

The Private Police

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans to join their group. In Ginza, the Togawa gang hav ...

Genre :Crime

1957-08-21 0

Harbor Rats

A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews c ...

Genre :Drama, Action

1967-11-18 7.6

Two in the Shadow

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money tha ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Tonraku Owner

1969-02-15 0

Bonds of Love

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encoun ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama, Mystery

1964-01-03 6.4

Whirlwind

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. ...

Genre :History, Action, Adventure

Anzai

1965-08-25 6.3

Murder Unincorporated

When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate, his colleagues, fearing for their own lives, call on the services of assassin agency Murder Uninco ...

Genre :Comedy, Action

Tatsuji Matsuzaki

1964-10-14 0

Red Diamond

After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki beans market. A young man tries to regain his wea ...

Genre :Comedy

1958-04-15 5.7

Night Drum

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spitefu ...

Genre :Drama, History

1966-08-26 6

Nerves for Victory

A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Tokudano

1963-07-14 7

The Symbol of a Man

A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict. ...

Genre :Drama

Official

1966-07-31 6.4

The War of the Gargantuas

Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, San ...

Genre :Action, Horror, Science Fiction

1962-08-12 0

The Rambler Returns Home

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series. ...

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Nojima

1963-01-27 0

Shichinin no keiji

Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1961-01-15 9

Happiness of Us Alone

The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys. ...

Genre :Drama

1965-11-20 7.3

The Flower and the Dragon

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love and struggle. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1964-01-09 7

Vanquished Foes

A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the code of the yakuza to put one's life on the line for ...

Genre :Drama

1965-09-05 7

Beast Alley

Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entangled in the dark web of an influential, elderly pow ...

Genre :Drama

1956-11-27 0

Actress

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness. ...

Genre :Drama

1959-02-18 7.3

Lucky Dragon No. 5

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Ato ...

Genre :Drama

1960-01-11 0

Tatsumaki kozō

Tommy, a tornado boy who arrived at Arima Onsen in search of his father, whom he separated from when he was young, meets a girl named Eiko after driving away a group of thugs causing trouble at a vari ...

Genre :Action

1961-02-08 0

Hidden Fangs

Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch. ...

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1959-10-20 0

Seven-Color Mask: Terrifying Revenge

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask. ...

Genre :Mystery

1959-10-27 0

Seven-Color Mask: Chase of Death

The third installment of Seven-Color Mask. ...

Genre :Mystery

1959-10-13 0

Seven-Color Mask

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask. ...

Genre :Mystery

1965-02-14 4.667

The School of Flesh

A love story about a former noblewoman who greedily enjoys love after breaking up with her unhappy marriage after the war, in pursuit of a wild and pure Japanese man. Three gorgeous 39-year-old single ...

Genre :Drama

1960-01-03 6

Keiji monogatari Tōkyō no meiro

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1961-04-04 0

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie ...

Genre :Drama

1967-06-03 0

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

1963-07-27 0

At the Side of the Bridge 4

Genre :Drama

1961-08-13 0

白い南風

1961 Japanese movie ...

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1961-11-12 0

Structure of Hate

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives. ...

Genre :Drama

1960-07-05 0

Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4

The fourth instalment in the Life's Simple Pleasures (Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei) series. ...