Noboru Mitani
Popularity:0.2629
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1932-04-09
Place of Birth:Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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Also Known As:みたに のぼる, Noboru Mitani

The Bear Storm (1980)
An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in...

Dreamy Fifteen (1980)
Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrolls in a prestigious high school...

Parasite Eve (1997)
A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity.

Dodes'ka-den (1970)
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their...

Evil Dead Trap (1988)
A talk show hostess takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff film that was made there. As she gets closer to...

Kissho Tennyo (2007)
A story about Sayoko Kano, a junior high school student, who is believed to be a descendent of an Indian goddess. Sayoko is a kind of femme fatale,...

The Black Battlefront Kidnappers (1973)
A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

Star of David: Beauty Hunting (1979)
The film portrays the life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper descent whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture. This handsome...

Sweet Home (1989)
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under...

Big Boobs Buster 2: Adventure Summer (1990)
Sequel to 'Big Boobs Buster'

Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 2 (1995)
The familiar Chikan group members who bite into the buttocks of women in the crowd of crowded trains and are absorbed in lewd acts without discipline...

The Inugami Family (1976)
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons,...

Shiosai (1971)
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....

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they...

The Woman with Red Hair (1979)
Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and...

Music (1972)
A young woman undergoes psychiatric treatment after she no longer hears music and develops sexual hang-ups.

A Paucity of Flying Dreams (1990)
A man in hospital has a weird and sexy conversation with a woman in the next bed, whom he cannot see. He later discovers she is in her sixties. They...

Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon (1981)
A teacher, Sakiko Kurata, receives a phone call regarding one of her former students. Young Sueko is accused of being a prostitute and has requested...

Devil's Flute (1979)
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the...

Buddies (1989)
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.

The Japanese Belly Button (1977)
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.

Looking For Cherry Blossoms (2009)
Three strangers gather in search of an elusive cherry blossom. The tree hardly matters after a while, though, as they stumble into one funny and...

A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun (1979)
Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he...

Fighting Dragon (1975)
Lung Yen Fei returns from Japan to investigate the cause of his teachers' death.

Marital War in Kibogaoka (1979)
1979 Nikkatsu Roman Porno film. Senkichi, a middle-aged salaryman, started to feel lonely just by repaying a mortgage. This black humor Roman Porno...

Street Mobster (1972)
After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.

田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ (1977)
A family murder case that occurred in Hita City, Oita Prefecture. A murderer whose statute of limitations is about to expire is shown on TV, and...

Nozoki (1983)
An old married couple with bedroom problems become upset over the sexual antics of their daughter and a visiting randy couple. But then the part-time...

The Second Is a Christian (1985)
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster,...

Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero (1990)
A major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can be physically handled is thrown into turmoil when a...

Dora-heita (2000)
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own...

Under the Same Moon (2005)
When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition,...

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu (1971)
Comedy centered on a stripper agency

The Dream of Russia (1992)
Sumptuous filming of the journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great of...

Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth (1986)
In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe....

Angel Guts: Red Porno (1981)
Nami is a department store worker who agrees to stand in for a friend in a magazine photo shoot, which turns out to be for an S&M magazine. When the...

Path of the Beast (1980)
17 year old Saki lives in a run-down shack with her mom, who survives by pushing a food cart from dawn to dusk. Saki has dropped out of school, and...

Elephant Song (1994)
Coffee-shop waitress Kanako, divorced with a young son, finds herself obliged to honour a rash promise she made to a long-time customer. He always...

Black Rain (1989)
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic...

Woman in Witness Protection (1997)
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of...

A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and...

No Grave for Us (1979)
A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...

Big Magnum Kuroiwa (1985)
Kuroiwa, a high school teacher who carries a “Big Magnum 44” gun is sent to a school that is full of violence. Can Kuroiwa reform the...

Yumeno Kyusaku's Girl Hell (1977)
In a religious school for girls the pure love between two students is torn apart by social and moral corruption.

Black Suit Legend (1997)
In Roppongi, university student Koshiro is fascinated by the world of "black suits" when he meets Club Legend's number 1 hostess Miho and top staff...

Flame of Father and Son (1981)
Yokomizo, a police officer in the traffic police force, is looking forward to watching his son Kazuhiko grow up. However, Kazuhiko rebels against his...

Glassy Ocean (1998)
On what apparently is a parallel world, time flows in a much slower pace than normal. The ocean remains on a solid state of matter as the eccentric...

Pretty Body: Frankenstein's Love (1988)
Izumi has moved to an apartment near the shore. Dr. Takasaki's and his assistant Kyouko also lives near by. They became friends to each others. One...

Living Hell (2000)
Family is the source of all evil, in this aspiring horror film which traces its descent from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre gore and the atmospheric...

Déracine (2004)
A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the...

Dog of Fortune (1979)
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a...

The Gentlemen’s Alliance (1986)
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.

The Ark in the Mirage (2016)
A young man, involved with a gang of hoodlum exploiting vulnerable elderly men to steal their retirement money, experiences social disenchantment,...

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed...

Summer of Ubume (2005)
Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has...

Curse of the Dog God (1977)
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by...

Graveyard of Honor (1975)
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been...

Dansen (1983)
Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.

Sexual Crime (1983)
Three people whose lives have taken a turn for the worse retreat into a world of erotic dreams made flesh in this drama from director Sai Yoichi. An...

Island of Hell (1977)
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

The Geisha House (1999)
Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omocha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the...

Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to...

A Quiet Life (1995)
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to...

The Last Dance (1993)
A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor...

Play Cards When You Die (2009)
Ichiro Sasaki, 35, is working for a small training school in Tokyo. Though his work and his life are rather dull, he at least gets along somewhat...

Choji Snack Bar (1983)
Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.

Detective Story (1983)
A private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.

I Go to Tokyo (1985)
A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.

Teacher Deer (1978)
Mejika, reputed for her iron discipline, is hired as a biology teacher at a renowned high school. But her provocative attitude starts to worry the...

Love Letter (1985)
A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and...

Dan-no-ura Night (1977)
Taken out of the pages of history itself, this is the story of the sizzling love between Kenreimon-in of the Taira Clan and Yoshitsuné of the...

Love Letter (1981)
Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him and only him, yet she is constantly being lust by...

King of Sha-kin (1997)
In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked...

Atami Murder Case (1986)
Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to...

Jugyo Sankan no Onna (1984)
One spring, Tasaka, an elementary school teacher, receives a new class of first graders. While taking the children's attendance, Tasaka is surprised...

Young Beast: Secret Pleasures (1978)
Yasuji Hajima runs a butcher shop. When he was younger, he was just as interested in the sex as the next man but lately he has a hard time satisfying...

The Key (1997)
Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been...

The House of Hanging (1979)
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion...

A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead...

Winter Days (2003)
Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684...

Hold Me and Kiss Me (1992)
Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and...

Message from Space (1978)
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King...

The Demon (1978)
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children...

Tomorrow (1988)
On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of...

Lonely Heart (1981)
A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

Song of the Horse (1971)
An old man talks about a horse and human relations to his grandchild through the growth of the Derby horse. Akira Kurosawa's visual poem for the...

Great Jailbreak (1975)
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and...

Summer Secrets (1982)
Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the...

Tsumiki kuzushi (1983)
A conflict between parents and their delinquent daughter.

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the...

In the Pool (2005)
A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.

Kyukei no Koya (1975)
A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...

The House Where the Devil Lives (1979)
A female college student who started a part-time job taking care of a bedridden elderly person notices an eerie cry from the basement.

The Detective Journey (1980)
A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in by chance. Shosuke Ikashima and Ryuji...

Princess Tutu (2002)
Princess Tutu follows Duck, a duck who was transformed into a young girl and takes ballet at a private school. She becomes enamoured of her...

Denshi Sentai Denziman (1980)
Denzimen are warriors who fight against the Vader Clan, a clan that tries to pollute the Earth with sludge. Denzimen fight using the Super Science of...

Murder Case: Lover Swap (1982)
Yoshiko Konno went on a winter trip in a car driven by her fiance, Yoichi Itokawa, but got lost due to a blizzard and arrived at a mountain cottage...

Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu (1998)
The drama, based on a novel by Keiichiro Ryu, tells an alternative history in which the historical shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of...

Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema! (1989)
The tenth entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series.

Ultraman Taro (1973)
Kotaro Higashi trained to be a boxer, but after an icident with Astromons, he was killed. However, his body was brought to Nebula M-78 where Mother...

The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995)
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.