, literally ''Human-Steered Torpedo
Kaiten'', is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by
Shūe Matsubayashi
(born July 7, 1920 - August 15, 2009, Shimane Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese film director. He is best known for films in the comedy and war genres. He was also an ordained Shin Buddhist priest.
His final work as director was in the 1992 fi ...
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Cast
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Eiji Okada
was a Japanese film actor from Chōshi, Chiba. Okada served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor.
Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him" in Fre ...
as Asakura
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Isao Kimura as Tamai
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Keiko Tsushima as Manabe
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Taiji Tonoyama
was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Ki ...
as Ueno
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Toshio Takahara
was a Japanese actor.
Notable film appearances were ''Seven Samurai'' and ''Twenty-Four Eyes''. He is also known for his role as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa in the tokusatsu superhero series ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger''.
He started his acting ca ...
as Kwamura
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Ken Utsui
(24 October 1931 – 14 March 2014) was a Japanese actor who worked on stage, film, and television from the 1950s to the 2010s.
Career and death
Born in Tokyo, Utsui entered the Haiyūza theatre troupe in 1952 and was soon selected to star in ...
as Murase
References
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Japanese black-and-white films
1955 films
Films directed by Shūe Matsubayashi
Films scored by Akira Ifukube
Japanese war films
1955 war films
1950s Japanese films
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