Directing
Tsugunobu Kotani
Born December 21, 1935 · Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Died December 13, 2020 · aged 84
No biography available.
Known For
The Last Dinosaur · 1977The Last Dinosaur
★ 6.51977
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
Wealthy big game hunter (Boone), along with his group, gets trapped in pre-historic times where they are stalked by a ferocious dinosaur.
The Bushido Blade · 1981The Bushido Blade
★ 5.31981
MovieHistoryAction
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
White Love · 1979White Love
★ 6.51979
MovieRomance
Kobasashi was learning Spanish so that she could go to Spain to look for her father who had left the family. She fell in love with her language teacher Ken. Finally she found her father in Madrid and she also met Ken's ex-girl friend Taeko there. Ken came to Madrid and learned of their meeting. He wanted her to help to look for Taeko. Ken was caught in between the past and the present.
The Bermuda Depths · 1978The Bermuda Depths
★ 5.51978
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
Scientists pursuing the mysteries of the deep are threatened by a beautiful girl who seems to have returned from the dead and by a prehistoric sea creature that dwells in the deadly Bermuda Triangle.
The Ivory Ape · 1980The Ivory Ape
★ 5.31980
MovieActionAdventure
An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.
Pink Lady's Motion Picture · 1978Pink Lady's Motion Picture
★ 6.81978
MovieFantasyMusic
The Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bulky, over-sized pink acrylic costume) who suffers acts of unusual cruelty by the keeper and ringmaster before the girls escape with the creature in a circus trailer.
Return of the Champ · 1981Return of the Champ
★ 10.01981
MovieDramaComedy
A not-so-young "Young Guy" (Kayama) returns in this reunion feature, which takes Yuichi and Ishiyama to New York, where the former runs in the New York Marathon and romances TV producer Minagawa. A delightful throwback to Toho's '60s style filmmaking.
Take It · 2000Take It
★ 7.02000
MovieHorror
A horror drama presented by Hideo Tanaka, the mastermind of Japan's horror boom, with a group of luxurious actors. A total of 3 episodes are included, including "Ghost Classroom", which depicts the resentment of a student who lost his life due to bullying.











