Movies by Akira Takarada
As part of the cast:
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Glory to the Filmmaker (2007)
Cast: Takeshi "Beat" Kitano, Toru Emori, Kayoko Kishimoto …
Directed by: Takeshi "Beat" Kitano
Writer-director Takeshi Kitano also stars as an alter ego of himself as a pigeonholed auteur trying to make a popular box-office smash in this entertaining and provocative send-up of Japanese…
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Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Cast: Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Kazuki Kitamura …
Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura
Director Ryuhei Kitamura breathes new life into the hugely popular Godzilla series by resuscitating the iconic lizard for this new era. This time, instead of battling within the species,…
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Godzilla & Mothra: Battle for Earth (1992)
Cast: Tetsuya Bessho, Satomi Kobayashi, Takehiro Murata …
Directed by: Takao Okawara
After a meteorite slams into Earth, disgorging a Mothra egg and rousing archnemesis Battra, the racket also wakes a very cranky Godzilla. Archaeologist Takuya (Tetsuya Bessho) packs up the…
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Latitude Zero (1969)
Cast: Cesar Romero, Joseph Cotten, Akira Takarada …
Directed by: Ishirô Honda
When a volcanic eruption threatens a submarine full of Japanese scientists, the passengers are brought to safety by the valiant Capt. McKenzie (Joseph Cotten), who transports them to a…
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King Kong Escapes (1968)
Cast: Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller …
Directed by: Ishirô Honda
At the behest of his wealthy benefactress, evil Dr. Who (Eisei Amamoto) builds a robotic King Kong to retrieve a rare radioactive element. But when the simian machine falters, there's…
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Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (1966)
Cast: Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chotaro Togin …
Directed by: Jun Fukuda
Godzilla, that perennial scourge of downtown Tokyo, goes to battle again -- this time, against an evil sea monster. But we think the deep-sea beastie might have met his match in the…
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Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1965)
Cast: Nick Adams, Akira Takarada, Jun Tazaki …
Directed by: Ishirô Honda
Featuring more monsters than you can shake a mutated tail at, Godzilla vs. Monster Zero sees Godzilla and Rodan (a radioactive pterodactyl) travel to Planet X at the behest of its people to…
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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Cast: Nick Adams, Akira Takarada, Jun Tazaki …
Directed by: Ishirô Honda
Aliens from Planet X borrow Godzilla and Rodan, claiming the monsters can help eradicate the ferocious triple-headed Ghidorah. But the extraterrestrials actually intend to invade Earth. Now,…
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Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964)
Cast: Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi …
Directed by: Ishirô Honda
Mothra, a giant -- you guessed it -- moth, was a heroic force with its own movie series, and this film pits the flying insect against our scaly friend with killer halitosis. Featuring kitschy…
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956)
Cast: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada …
Directed by: Ishirô Honda
Part antinuclear parable, part crazed sci-fi flick, Godzilla set a standard for outsized monster flicks. When the big guy awakens from a 1,000-year catnap, Tokyo is his target. Raymond Burr…
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Gojira (1954)
Cast: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata …
Directed by: Ishirô Honda
A 400-foot dinosaur springs to life in the wake of heavy nuclear weapons testing over the Pacific Ocean, and before long, the fire-breathing Gojira (aka Godzilla) makes a beeline for an…