Ken Utsui Filmography

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Until the Lights Come Back

Actors: Etsushi Toyokawa, Tomoko Tabata, Tomorowo Taguchi, Tomoyo Harada, Koji Kikkawa

Synopsis: A Christmas Eve power outage provides a collection of troubled Tokyo denizens the opportunity to come clean on the misdeeds of their past in director Takashi Minamoto's snowbound winter drama. Fourteen year-old Shota (Kanata Hongo) longs to get a better look at the winter sky, but upon peering Read More

2005
The Hypnotist

Actors: Miho Kanno, Ken Utsui, Yukio Watanabe

Synopsis: Fresh off the international success of such Japanese supernatural flicks as Ring (1996) and Cure (1998) comes this bizarre mystery thriller. The film opens with a trio of inexplicable suicides: a groom strangles himself at his own wedding, an old man hurls himself out a window, and an athlete runs Read More

1999
Bullet Train

Actors: Ken Takakura, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Utsui, Sonny Chiba, Tetsuro Tanba

Synopsis: Motivated by their very real grievances, a group of bombers announce that they have placed speed-triggered bombs aboard a bullet train from Tokyo to Hakata, the "Hikari 109." If the train slows below a certain speed, it will be destroyed along with its many passengers. Proving their assertion by Read More

1975
The Falcon Fighters

Synopsis: This Japanese war movie, set during WW II, chronicles events in the newly created Japanese Air Force. The story centers around Sato, a flight instructor, and his two prize pilots, Fujimaki, a Chinese officer studying there, and Hiraizumi. When Japan tries to take over China, Fujimaki must shoot Read More

1970
Gateway to Glory

Synopsis: A young boy becomes a soldier in this Japanese WW II-set drama. The story begins as the young man enters the Etajima Naval Academy. At first, the notion of fighting disinterests him, but then some of his classmates are sent to China to fight the Sino-Japanese War. He suddenly applies himself and Read More

1970
The Great Wall

Actors: Shintaro Katsu, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ken Utsui, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ayako Wakao

Synopsis: In this Japanese historical epic, set 230 B.C. China, a tyrannical conqueror tries to bring all of China's warring tribes together. He marries a woman whose father he murdered. She later tries to exact revenge by killing him. Later, his enemies attempt to assassinate him, but they fail and kill Read More

1965
Atomic Rulers of the World

Actors: Ken Utsui

Synopsis: A hero from the deepest reaches of space arrives on planet Earth to save mankind from atomic destruction in this feature film comprised of episodes of the popular Japanese sci-fi series Super Giant. As the citizens of the distant planet Emerald watch over Earth, they are shocked to discover that Read More

1964
Evil Brain From Outer Space

Synopsis: This Japanese sci-fi film, ostensibly a sequel to Attack from Space, is actually re-edited episodes from a Japanese TV serial, Super Giant. It tells of the adventures of the chrome-plated man of steel, Starman, and how he saves the planet Earth from the ravages of intergalactic evildoers. ~ Brian Read More

1956