Submersion of Japan

Submersion of Japan 1973

6.70

A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.

1973

House

House 1977

7.32

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu, and Sweet, to join her. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.

1977

Godzilla vs. Gigan

Godzilla vs. Gigan 1972

6.38

Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and begin their own plan of action.

1972

Terror of Mechagodzilla

Terror of Mechagodzilla 1975

6.90

A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads biologist Ichinose to uncover the work of Dr. Mafune and his mysterious daughter Katsura. Aligned with the Black Hole Aliens, Katsura's life becomes entwined with the resurrected machine.

1975

Godzilla vs. Megalon

Godzilla vs. Megalon 1973

6.20

Inventor Goro Ibuki creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the Seatopians. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.

1973

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 1974

7.00

An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second Godzilla emerges, revealing the doppelgänger as a mechanical weapon.

1974

Godzilla 1985

Godzilla 1985 1985

6.70

Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.

1985

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Prophecies of Nostradamus 1974

5.70

Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.

1974

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters 1983

7.30

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

1983

Space Amoeba

Space Amoeba 1970

6.40

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

1970

Evil of Dracula

Evil of Dracula 1974

6.70

A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.

1974

The War in Space

The War in Space 1977

6.20

The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.

1977

ESPY

ESPY 1974

5.60

The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime.

1974

Two in the Amsterdam Rain

Two in the Amsterdam Rain 1975

7.00

Akira, a Japanese expat working in Amsterdam, falls in love with a Japanese woman at Schiphol Airport who he thinks is his high school love.

1975

Conflagration

Conflagration 1975

4.00

Global South guerrillas hijack the Japanese oil tanker Arabian Light, threatening to blow it up in Tokyo Bay, unless the Cabinet complies with an economically devastating ultimatum.

1975

Horror of the Wolf

Horror of the Wolf 1973

7.00

Enigmatic teenager Akira Inugami is, by night, a powerful werewolf, who falls for a beautiful young teacher, and copes with a ruthless teen gang leader, whose yakuza father murdered Akira's parents years before.

1973

Gift from Agnes

Gift from Agnes 1975

1

"Gift from Agnes" is a movie that was shown at the "Toho Champion Festival" on March 15, 1975. It's more like a promotional video for an idol singer Agnes Chan, incorporating her poems. Finger 5's short film "Hello! Finger 5", which was screened in the previous year (1974), was well received, so Agnes Chan, who was a popular idol at the time, starred in the second one. However, this was the last time an idol short film was screened in the "Toho Champion Festival".

1975