Super Giant

Super Giant

1957 · 49 min · ★ 5.7 · Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

Foreign terrorists threaten Japan with a nuclear attack.

Directed by Teruo Ishii · Written by Ichirō Miyagawa

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Super Giant ContinuesSuper Giant Continues · 1957
Super Giant Continues
★ 6.51957
MovieScience FictionAction
The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)
Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic CastleSuper Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle · 1957
Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
★ 6.51957
MovieScience FictionAction
The 3rd Super Giant film, in which he saves Earth from the threat of the reptile-like Kapia Aliens.
Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of DestructionSuper Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction · 1957
Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
★ 7.01957
MovieScience FictionAction
The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2)
Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of HumanitySuper Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity · 1957
Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity
★ 7.01957
MovieScience FictionAction
The 5th Super Giant film. Super Giant pursues a Nazi-like army that operates on a huge satellite in space. The satellite is armed with weapons that could destroy whole cities on Earth from afar. (Part 1 of 2)
Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial SatelliteSuper Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite · 1958
Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite
★ 10.01958
MovieScience FictionAction
The 6th Super Giant film. Although he was believed to be destroyed by the Nazi-like army, Super Giant breaks into the satellite, and a long, riotous battle ensues. (Part 2 of 2)
Super Giant: The Space Mutant AppearsSuper Giant: The Space Mutant Appears · 1958
Super Giant: The Space Mutant Appears
★ 10.01958
MovieScience FictionAction
The 7th Super Giant film. Super Giant battles a marauding alien brain-like creature created by a mad scientist and an alien army. (stand-alone episode)
Super Giant Continues: The Devil's IncarnationSuper Giant Continues: The Devil's Incarnation · 1959
Super Giant Continues: The Devil's Incarnation
★ 10.01959
MovieScience FictionAction
The 8th Super Giant film, in which he copes with a disfigured mad scientist, who turns his own daughter into an evil witch.
Super Giant Continues: Kingdom of the Poison MothSuper Giant Continues: Kingdom of the Poison Moth · 1959
Super Giant Continues: Kingdom of the Poison Moth
★ 8.01959
MovieScience FictionAction
The 9th and final Super Giant film, in which he fights a group plotting to assassinate a Middle-Eastern prince for his country's treasure.

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Once and For AllOnce and For All · 1967
Once and For All
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Lone Wolf and CubLone Wolf and Cub · 1973
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Ogami Itto is a master swordsman who holds a position of high power in the Tokugawa Shogunate. Highly trusted by the Shogun, he serves as the official decapitator, assisting lords and samurai who have been ordered by the Shogun to commit seppuku. One day, Itto’s wife and members of his household are brutally murdered by a clan seeking to avenge their lord’s execution, which had been carried out by Itto. In the wake of the attack, two items are left in Itto’s home: his unhurt infant son, Daigoro, and a symbol meant to signify Itto’s betrayal of the Shogun. Disgraced by the false symbol, Itto is labeled a traitor and forced to forfeit his position. He becomes a ronin, wandering the country with his son, searching for the men who killed his wife, seeking to clear his name and avenge her death.
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 · 1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
★ 8.01965
MovieActionCrime
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.
Military Comfort WomanMilitary Comfort Woman · 1974
Military Comfort Woman
★ 7.51974
MovieWarDrama
Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army during WW2.
Love and CrimeLove and Crime · 1969
Love and Crime
★ 7.21969
MovieCrimeDrama
Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel.
Abashiri PrisonAbashiri Prison · 1965
Abashiri Prison
★ 7.21965
MovieDramaThriller
Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in this harshest of climates.
The Red Silk GamblerThe Red Silk Gambler · 1972
The Red Silk Gambler
★ 7.21972
MovieActionCrime
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.
MotherMother · 1952
Mother
★ 7.01952
MovieDrama
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Great JailbreakGreat Jailbreak · 1975
Great Jailbreak
★ 7.01975
MovieActionCrime
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a traveling dancer and a deadly battle with the real culprit who has hunted him down filmed over a long period of time on location in Hokkaido.
Love LetterLove Letter · 1953
Love Letter
★ 6.91953
MovieRomanceDrama
Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten EightBohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight · 1973
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
★ 6.61973
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A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.
The ExecutionerThe Executioner · 1974
The Executioner
★ 6.61974
MovieAction
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer.
Ginza CosmeticsGinza Cosmetics · 1951
Ginza Cosmetics
★ 6.51951
MovieDrama
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G-Men in the Pacific
★ 6.31962
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Blind Woman's CurseBlind Woman's Curse · 1970
Blind Woman's Curse
★ 6.31970
MovieCrimeHorror
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive LoveShameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love · 1969
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
★ 6.21969
MovieThrillerDrama
A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.

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