Hiroko Sakurai
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Hiroko Sakurai is a Japanese actress and producer. She is known for her role in the original Ultraman along with the rest of the Ultra series. She is also known for her roles in the films of Akio Jissoji.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: March 04, 1946
Age: 79 years old
Gender: Female
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Death Kappa
Overview: When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa." The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!
Genres: Action Science Fiction Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-25
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Kaei
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-09
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Pomegranate Time
Overview: Comedy-drama about university tennis players.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-15
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Wicked Nun
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-20
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Poem
Overview: The ascetic houseboy of a Japanese lawyer bears witness to the secretive sexual relationship between the lawyer's assistant and the maid, the lawyer's wife's sexual dissatisfaction, and the arrival of the lawyer's brother, who has a plan for the family's land and property.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-17
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Ultraman Monster Legend: The 40 Year Old Truth
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Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-22
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ウルトラマン前夜祭 ウルトラマン誕生
Overview: Video recording of a public event featuring Ultraman, held at the Suginami Public Hall in Tokyo on July 9, 1966, one week before Ultraman's first episode aired on tv. That makes it Ultraman's first apparence ever on tv.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-10
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Adventure in Kigan Castle
Overview: Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.
Genres: Action Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-28
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Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-07
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Yume de aimasho
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-15
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Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
Overview: Akio Jissoji's Ultraman is a 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Akio Jissoji. It is a compilation film made up of scenes from Jissoji's episodes of the original Ultraman TV series.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-03-17
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Mandala
Overview: Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked. Desperate for answers, they search for the attackers and come across a cult that promotes sexual freedom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-11
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Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project
Overview: Theatrical version of episode 17 of Ultra Q TV series.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-04-14
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Curse of the Blood
Overview: A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his entire family is to bear a terrible curse.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-05-30
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Oh, Bomb!
Overview: During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.
Genres: Music Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-18
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Ultraman Zearth
Overview: Ultraman Zearth hails from The Land of Pikari in Nebula Z95. He has a big red face and dislikes dirt, and will go to great lengths to wash it off his hands. His goal is to clean the polluted Earth. He transforms with an electric toothbrush, which is consistent with his hygiene fixation. He's not quite adept at being a superhero, but at least he tries his best.
Genres: Action Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-03-09
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Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
Overview: The film consists of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Episodes 1, 8, 26, and 27 were used for the film. They were narrated by Hikari Urano as an "Ultraman Documentary". Allegedly only one new scene was shot, and that some parts of the movie where shot in black and white for unknown reasons. The movie screened at the same time as the Toho movie King Kong Escapes.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-22
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Ultraman: Terror on Route 87
Overview: Theatrical version of episode 20 of Ultraman (1966 TV series). An enormous bird-monster is attacking motorists on Route 87. The Science Patrol discovers a supernatural link between the monster and a statue located nearby.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-28
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Ultra Q Monster Legend: Jun Manjome's Confession
Overview: A special direct-to-video movie based on Ultra Q TV series.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-22
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Total Natural Colored Ultra Q
Overview: Colored versions of episodes 1, 20, 19 and 15 of Ultra Q TV show, edited together and released in theaters.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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Sweet Sweat
Overview: This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to keep her family together. Her 17-year-old daughter Takeko becomes increasingly upset by her mother's constant drinking and yakuza boyfriend, and runs away from home. Kyo's performance was highly praised.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-09-19
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Island of Horrors
Overview: Two women are ferried to a small prison colony on the remote and barren prison island, where they and their fellow inmates are forced to perform perilous slave labor along the island’s treacherous cliffs, overseen by both an unforgiving sun and a crew of abusive male wardens. Meanwhile, the arrival of a newcomer among the island’s administrators, a disgraced policeman who is also the son of Nagasaki’s governor, creates dissension between the officials that, along with an untimely outbreak of bubonic plague on the island, ultimately sets the stage for a daring escape attempt on the part of the prisoners.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-14
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Case of the Disjointed Murder
Overview: In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another. The incident seemed to have no continuity...
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-14
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Zenigeba
Overview: Based on the comic by George Akiyama
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-31
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Overview: A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-16
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Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Overview: A 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Tsuburaya Productions, consisting of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Ultraman: The Great Decisive Battle was the 1st movie of the third Showa phase (Jissouji's Ultraman being first and Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army being second) and because of this Tsuburaya decided to make this a reunion of the last 12 Ultras (aside from Ultraman 80 which hadn't come out yet). Tsuburaya decided to give this a different tone than Jissouji's Ultraman, having more new scenes and appealing to the all-Ultra fan.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-21
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Blood on the Sea
Overview: Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-13
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Utamaro's World
Overview: Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-20
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The Gentle Japanese
Overview: A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-03-05
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The Birth of Ultraman
Overview: In this recorded stage debut of the original Ultraman, self-proclaimed world's number one kaiju tamer, Eiji Tsuburaya introduces Ultraman, the Science Special Search Party (SSSP), and various kaiju.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-10
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Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Overview: Naraho town in Fukushima Prefecture is on the front-line of the government-funded nuclear power plant decommissioning work. Kokuhei Kusunoki is transferred from Aizu Wakamatsu City to Naraho Town to take over the Disaster PR Division. Murai takes Kokuhei around Fukushima including areas washed away by the tsunami. They examine the still incomplete railway lines, the unfinished decontamination area and villages in the danger zone, where deadly cesium continues to pile up. One day Kokuhei is told to organize a party to celebrate the professor who has been appointed as deputy director of the Atomic Energy Research Institute.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-09
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Revive! Ultraman
Overview: The film is composed of stock footage from the original Ultraman television series with additional newly filmed content, and it served as an “epilogue” as Ultraman returns to Earth for one final battle.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-03-09
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喜劇 深夜族
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-27
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不倫 この愛が裁けますか
Overview: Junko's only son dies in an accident. Junko is exhausted by despair and grief, and her husband, who should be there to support her, instead blames her. But her father-in-law, Tsuneo, finds her dear.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-07-12
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Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow
Overview: Ultraman Shadow, Ultraman Zearth's most terrifying adversary yet, is brought to Earth by the murderous alien, Lady Benzen to be Ultraman Zearth's assassin. Ultraman Shadow is a warrior of darkness equipped with mysterious powers. Prepare to witness the ultimate showdown, colossus versus mighty colossus, the battle ground: Planet Earth!
Genres: Action Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-12
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Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Overview: The four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori), who is called an "aristocrat con man" for his elegant appearance; the amorous Kyuhei Maruki (Tadao Takashima); the inventive Yosuke Mori (Hideo Sunatsuka); and the amorous Mami (Mako Midori), set one bizarre trap after another in their quest for the perfect crime in this wry crime comedy.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-03-16
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Ultra Heroine Legend: Contest of Goddesses
Overview: Direct-to-video documentary special focusing on the Ultraman Series, spotlighting the heroines who appeared from Ultra Q to Ultraman Gaia. The program features insights from the original production staff, who provide introductions to these characters. The documentary notably highlights three actresses: Hiroko Sakurai, Mitsuko Hoshi, and Takami Yoshimoto, sharing behind-the-scenes stories from their time working on the series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-25
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Sendō shimai
Overview: 1957 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-02
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Born in Sin
Overview: A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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