Masaru Kodaka
Know for: Acting
Born: 1928-11-03
Place of birth: Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Also know as:
Riverside Fish Market Empire (1952)
Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki
人形佐七捕物帖 鮮血の乳房 (1959)
Sashichi investigates the mysterious murders of four beauties, all of whom were stabbed in the chest.
Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man (1959)
This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.
Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko (1956)
Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky (1943)
Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the...
Mother (1952)
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty (1957)
The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom...
Female Detective (1960)
With the object of discovering the male accomplice of Hideko, a bad girl, Michiko, a police-woman, disguises herself and infiltrates a gang. Then in...
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo (1957)
A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his...
Queen Bee (1958)
Earlier version or Prequel to Queen Bee and the School for Dragons.
The Fencing Collegian (1956)
Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced (1954)
Japanese war film.
Composition Class (1938)
Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.
Five Violent Girls (1960)
Japanese comedy film.
Kingorō no kaigun taishô (1959)
Japanese comedy film.
A Fond Face from the Past (1941)
A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short,...
Nonki saiban (1955)
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...
Mother Never Dies (1942)
The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.
Black Line (1960)
Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of...
The Brick Factory Girl (1946)
This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the...
Chocolate and Soldiers (1938)
Chocolate and Soldiers (チョコレートと兵隊, Chokorēto to Heitai) is a 1938 Japanese war...
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)
Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...
Hideko the Cheerleader (1940)
Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.
Musashibo Benkei (1942)
A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying...
Ningyō Sashichi torimonochō: Koshimoto Irezumi Shibijin (1958)
The fifth volume of the Ningyo Sana Torimonocho series. Based on the original work by Seishi Yokomizo, the film was adapted by Mitsuo Kaneda (The...
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class (1954)
Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.