Writing
Masahiro Yamada
Born February 26, 1931 · Tokyo, Japan
Died August 10, 2005 · aged 74
No biography available.
Known For
Eros + Massacre · 1969Eros + Massacre
★ 7.31969
MovieDramaRomance
Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.
Farewell to the Summer Light · 1968Farewell to the Summer Light
★ 6.91968
MovieDramaRomance
A spontaneous romance blooms between Kawamura, a professor touring Europe, and Naoko, a married woman living in Paris, scarred by the Nagasaki atomic bombings. The two protagonists travel around Europe trying to find themselves.
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle · 1979Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
★ 6.01979
MovieActionAdventure
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.
The War of the 16 Year Olds · 1976The War of the 16 Year Olds
★ 6.81976
MovieMysteryWar
A 20-year-old drifter and a precocious 16-year-old girl slowly form a bond in a small town haunted by its wartime past.
Impasse · 1967Impasse
★ 6.41967
MovieDrama
Shingo and Ritsuko have a baby: Takashi. They happen to be a happy couple, but soon Ritsuko wants to know who is the true father of Takashi, born by artificial insemination.
Confessions Among Actresses · 1971Confessions Among Actresses
★ 6.01971
MovieDrama
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.
Heroic Purgatory · 1970Heroic Purgatory
★ 7.01970
MovieDrama
Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns home with a lost teenager called Ayu. A man, pretending to be the father, comes to get her back; Ayu keeps telling him that Rikiya and Nanako are her parents. Through this disruption, Rikiya suddenly starts remembering his youth as a revolutionary.
Total Natural Colored Ultra Q · 2013Total Natural Colored Ultra Q
2013
Movie
Colored versions of episodes 1, 20, 19 and 15 of Ultra Q TV show, edited together and released in theaters.
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