Masao Imanishi
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 27, 1931
Deathday: August 14, 2000
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Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love
1992-09-01
Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love
Overview: Notorious thief Lupin the Third aims to steal the lost treasure of the Romanov royal family with his criminal associates along for the ride. The treasure is an immense quantity of gold hidden underground in the vaults of a mysterious Texas bank. But to obtain the gold, Lupin and his friends will have to face down both the Mafia and Rasputon, the telepathic descendant of the mad monk Rasputin. Lupin again eludes inspector Zenigata with the help of a mysterious blonde named Judy Scott, as Rasputon manipulates the world's leaders to put every obstacle in Lupin's path.
Genres: Action Animation Comedy TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-09-01
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Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
1965-03-20
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Overview: The story concerns a homeless boy named Ted. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor Gulliver himself in a forest. Gulliver is now an elderly, space-traveling scientist. With Dr. Gulliver's assistant Crow, and Ted's companions, a talking dog and a toy soldier, they travel the Milky Way to the Planet of Blue Hope, which has been taken over by the Queen of Purple Planet and her evil group of robots. Armed with water-pistols and water balloons, which melt the villains, Ricky and Gulliver restore Blue Hope to its doll-like owners.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-20
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The King of Minami 2
1994-05-27
The King of Minami 2
Overview: The second in a series of anime works depicting the activities of Yamikinya Manda Ginjiro, who is called "Minami no Ogre". Yanagida, a machine supplier who had lent money to Ginjiro, visited him. Yanagida had borrowed from Ginjiro the unpaid portion of the machine delivery fee to Tamura Iron Works, but Tamura Iron Works went bankrupt and was unable to repay. From Yanagida's story, Ginjiro senses that a professional sorter has moved behind the scenes, and finds out a man named Gennai, the sorter.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-05-27
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Donbe's Story
1981-04-26
Donbe's Story
Overview: Researcher Mutsugoro takes his family to a remote and uninhabited island near Hokkaido, to study the local population of wild bears. Nearby poachers make his life difficult, and he "inherits" an orphaned bear cub, whom the family call Donbe and raise as one of their own.
Genres: Animation TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-04-26
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The Imperial Navy
1981-08-08
The Imperial Navy
Overview: A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-08
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1971-07-18
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Overview: A peasant boy and 38 cats band against the tyrannical Ali Baba the 33rd and his cat-phobic genie.
Genres: Action Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-07-18
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Zôressha ga Yatte Kita
1992-07-04
Zôressha ga Yatte Kita
Overview: During WWII most zoo animals that could pose a danger to the public were slaughtered. Only two elephants survived the war, and trains were arranged to bring children from all over the country to see them.
Genres: Animation Family History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-07-04
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The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982-12-11
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Overview: Youth suspense movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-11
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The Sensualist
1991-01-18
The Sensualist
Overview: A story of a man's erotic experiences since the age of 7, based on the 17th-century novel by Saikaku Ihara.
Genres: Animation Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-18
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Horror of the Wolf
1973-03-09
Horror of the Wolf
Overview: Enigmatic teenager Akira Inugami is, by night, a powerful werewolf, who falls for a beautiful young teacher, and copes with a ruthless teen gang leader, whose yakuza father murdered Akira's parents years before.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-03-09
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