Akage 1969  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Red Lion
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Etsushi Takahashi, Shima Iwashita, Minori Terada, Shigeru Koyama, Nobuko Otowa, Yuko Mochizuki, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Tokue Hanazawa, Kawai Okada, Eisei Amamoto, Hideo Sunazuka
After a ten-year absence, Gonzo (Toshiro Mifune) returns to his village as a representative of the new emperor. His mission is to tell the villagers that there will be a cut in taxes, and he plans to bring an end to the villagers' suffering. But, when the army rescinds the tax cut and attacks the village, Gonzo is left with no choice but to lay siege on the army.
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Atragon 1963  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
Director: Ishiro Honda
Cast: Tadao Takashima, Yoko Fujiyama, Yu Fujiki, Kenji Sahara, Ken Uehara, Jun Tazaki, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yoshifumi Tajima, Akihiko Hirata, Eisei Amamoto, Hisaya Ito, Susumu Fujita
Ex-submarine Captain Hachiro Jinguji (Jun Tazaki) ignores pleas for help in tracking down the undersea society, Mu, which has been sucking energy out of Earths's core and causing giant earthquakes. But, now the Mu have kidnapped his daughter (Yoko Fujiyama), and Jinguji sails his air, land, and sea supership into the maze in an attempt to rescue her.
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Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster 1966  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: Big Duel in the North
Director: Jun Fukuda
Cast: Akira Takarada, Toru Watanabe, Hideo Sunazuka, Kumi Mizuno, Jun Tazaki, Akihiko Hirata, Chotaro Togin, Toru Ibuki, Ikio Sawamura, Pair Bambi, Eisei amamoto, Hisaya Ito, Tadashi Okabe, Kazuo Suzuki, Shoichi Hirose
Teenagers searching for a brother are caught in a storm and arrive at Infant Island where the terrorist organization Red Bamboo has been kidnapping villagers from Mothra Island and holding them captive. The Red Bamboo are in control of a giant monster shrimp, Ebirah, that protects them. After finding Godzilla lying dormant in a cave, the teenagers revive him, and, once again, Godzilla comes to the rescue. Godzilla kills the giant shrimp, and Mothra arrives in time to rescue the islanders.
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out A 2001 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Cast: Chiharu Niyama, Ryudo Uzaki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Shiro Sano, Takashi Nishina, Kaho Minami, Shin'ya Owada, Kunio Murai, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Shingo Katsurayama, Masahiko Tsugawa, Toshikazu Fukawa, Eisei Amamoto, Nobuaki Kakuda, Takafumi Matsuo
[Full title: "Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack"] Mysterious incidents in and off the coast of Japan indicate that Godzilla may have awakened after nearly 50 years. Three guardian monsters–King Ghidorah, Mothra, and Baragon–are awakened to help rid the world of the destructive Godzilla.
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Godzilla's Revenge 1969  G, 70 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: All Monsters Attack!
Director: Ishiro Honda
Cast: Kenji Sahara, Machiko Naka, Tomonori Yazaki, Sachio Sakai, Chotaro Togin, Haruo Nakajima, Eisei Amamoto, Kazuo Suzuki, Shigeki Ishida, Midori Uchiyama, Yutaka Sada, Yutaka Nakayama, Ikio Sawamura, Yoshibumi Tujima, "Little Man" Machan
A young boy, Ichiro Miki (Tomonori Yazaki), dreams of an escape from his present-day world as the victim of bullies and kidnappers. He pictures himself on Monster Island where he makes friends with Godzilla's son, Minya (voice of Midori Uchiyama), and they fight other monsters. The dreams help Ichiro learn how to deal with his real-life problems.
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King Kong Escapes 1967 G, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: The Revenge of King Kong
Director: Ishiro Honda
Cast: Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada, Eisei Amamoto, Sachio Sakai, Ikio Sawamura, Haruo Nakajima, Andrew Hughes, Seishiro Kuno, Yoshifumi Tajima, Toru Ibuki
While his submarine is being repaired, Commander Carl Nelson (Rhodes Reason) and his crew head into the jungle where they discover a friendly King Kong. Meanwhile, evil Dr. Who (Eisei Amamoto) is experiencing problems using a robot MechaKong to dig for gems. His solution: kidnap the real King Kong and, for insurance purposes, take along Nelson's crew as well.
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Matango 1963 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Attack of the Mushroom People
Curse of the Mushroom People
Fungus of Terror
Director: Ishiro Honda
Cast: Akira Kubo, Kenji Sahara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kumi Mizuno, Miki Yashiro, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Eisei Amamoto, Jiro Kumagai, Akio Kusama
After eating toadstools found on an island, shipwrecked vacationers transform into giant toadstools. Only one escapes; but, after returning to the mainland, he starts sprouting mushrooms on his face.
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? 1966 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi, Mie Hama, Akiko Wakabayashi, Tadao Nakamura, Woody Allen, China Lee, John Sebastian, Susumu Kurobe, Sachio Sakai, Eisei Amamoto, Frank Buxton, Tetsu Nakamura, Osman Yusuf, Zal Yanovsky, Steve Boone
Woody Allen dubbed Senkichi Taniguchi's Japanese film and replaced the original soundtrack with a new dialogue and entirely different plot. The result is a very amusing satire on spy movies. Suspense is centered on the ludicrous plot involving Suki Yaki (Akiko Wakabayashi) and Terri Yaki (Mie Hama) who try to prevent the evil Shepherd Wong (Tadao Nakamura) from getting his hands on a top-secret recipe for "the world's greatest egg salad."
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| 1. Akage (1969)
aka: Red Lion
2. Atragon (1963)
3. Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)
aka: Big Duel in the North
4. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out A (2001)
5. Godzilla's Revenge (1969)
aka: All Monsters Attack!
6. King Kong Escapes (1967)
aka: The Revenge of King Kong
7. Matango (1963)
aka: Attack of the Mushroom People
aka: Curse of the Mushroom People
aka: Fungus of Terror
8. What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
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