Movies: Akiko Santo

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a...

1962 Japanese movie...

An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company....

Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film....

Mamoru Hirayama, the sales manager of Clover Shoji, a women's underwear manufacturer, was selected by President Usui to be the manager of the foreign affairs section newly established in the sales department. Masaaki Sakata, Yasushi Inoda, Osamu Yama...

When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing so, he uncovers a wider scheme....

1961 Japanese movie...

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto....

The girl students of rival junior high schools stage duels and show a curious interest in sexual pastimes....

The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and plots diabolical schemes / ambushes without much success....

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Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker....

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun....

A village samurai with money, power and great masculinity goes to the flourishing city of Edo to have some fun and practice. And here he is attacked by a beautiful thief... A light comedy historical drama....

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love ...

An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love....

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s....

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An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The ominous foreboding of the First Investigation Department hit the mark, it turned out that the discove...

A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants....