Shirō Moritani

Shirō Moritani

Shirō Moritani (森谷 司郎, Moritani Shirō, September 28, 1931 – December 2, 1984) was a film director and screenwriter from Japan. Born in Tokyo, he debuted as an assistant director in Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film Yojimbo. His film Mount Hakkoda won Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film in 1978.

  • Title: Shirō Moritani
  • Popularity: 1.703
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1931-09-28
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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Shirō Moritani Movies

  • 1982
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    The Longest Tunnel

    The Longest Tunnel

    1 1982 HD

    After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this...

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  • 1982
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    The Longest Tunnel

    The Longest Tunnel

    1 1982 HD

    After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this...

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  • 1982
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    The Longest Tunnel

    The Longest Tunnel

    1 1982 HD

    After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this...

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  • 1963
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    The Sun is Calling You

    The Sun is Calling You

    1 1963 HD

    A man with a dark past comes from Tokyo to the fishing port of Izu, and tries to begin a new life as a fisherman.

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  • 1958
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    Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth

    Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth

    1 1958 HD

    The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict...

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  • 1968
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    Judge and Jeopardy

    Judge and Jeopardy

    1 1968 HD

    It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a...

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  • 1973
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    Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

    6.7 1973 HD

    A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic...

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  • 1970
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    Take Care, Red Riding Hood

    Take Care, Red Riding Hood

    6 1970 HD

    A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.

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  • 1970
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    Take Care, Red Riding Hood

    Take Care, Red Riding Hood

    6 1970 HD

    A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.

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  • 1977
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    Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

    6.8 1977 HD

    Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with...

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  • 1973
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    After School

    After School

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Nijūsai no genten

    Nijūsai no genten

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1978
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    Monument to Holy Service

    Monument to Holy Service

    1 1978 HD

    A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.

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  • 1981
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    Abandoned

    Abandoned

    1 1981 HD

    The film tells the story of a man who was washed ashore on an uninhabited island after a ship wrecked by a storm, and after twelve years, he returned...

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  • 1981
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    Abandoned

    Abandoned

    1 1981 HD

    The film tells the story of a man who was washed ashore on an uninhabited island after a ship wrecked by a storm, and after twelve years, he returned...

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  • 1965
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    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    8.095 1965 HD

    Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

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  • 1966
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    Zero Fighter

    Zero Fighter

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Revolt

    The Revolt

    6 1980 HD

    When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col....

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  • 1963
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    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.336 1963 HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

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  • 1961
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    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.096 1961 HD

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...

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  • 1963
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    Interpol Code 8

    Interpol Code 8

    1 1963 HD

    Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.

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  • 1971
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    Wakare no uta

    Wakare no uta

    1 1971 HD

    Richness, severity and pureness of love is beautifully and sentimentally depicted.

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  • 1967
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    Zoku izuko e

    Zoku izuko e

    1 1967 HD

    Sequel to "真実の愛情を求めて 何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

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  • 1967
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    Sodachi zakari

    Sodachi zakari

    1 1967 HD

    Japanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho scope . Running time is 88 minutes.

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  • 1969
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    Futari no Koibito

    Futari no Koibito

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1971
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    Hajimete no Tabi

    Hajimete no Tabi

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Shiosai

    Shiosai

    1 1971 HD

    Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo....

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  • 1971
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    Hajimete no Tabi

    Hajimete no Tabi

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1968
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    My Brother, My Love

    My Brother, My Love

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1972
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    Shadow of Love

    Shadow of Love

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Yoshida School

    The Yoshida School

    1 1983 HD

    Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

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  • 1983
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    The Yoshida School

    The Yoshida School

    1 1983 HD

    Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

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  • 1960
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    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.673 1960 HD

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...

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  • 1969
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    Bullet Wound

    Bullet Wound

    6 1969 HD

    Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to...

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