Member DrNgor Posted January 28, 2018 Member Share Posted January 28, 2018 Okay, several years back, Media Blasters released the Toho Pack. It contained one kaiju film (Varan the Unbelievable), one Toho space opera (The Mysterians), and one human monster/Mutant film (Matango). Sony/Tri-Star also released their Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection, which followed a similar format: one kaiju film (Mothra), one Toho space opera (Battle in Outer Space), and one Mutant film (H-Man). Moreover, the "When Horror Came to Shochiku" collection also did something along the same lines: one kaiju film (X From Outer Space), one alien invasion-esque movie (Goke, the Body Snatcher from Hell), and one human monster/ghost movie (Living Skeleton). (OBS: Genocide is something of an anomaly) If one wanted to do something similar with Nikkatsu, how could it go? The kaiju film would most likely be Gappa, the Triphibian Monster (aka Monster of a Prehistoric Planet). What about the space opera and the human monster films? Any ideas? @Takuma, I'm looking in your direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted January 29, 2018 Member Share Posted January 29, 2018 You're looking in the wrong direction. Neither Nikkatsu (other than Roman Porno) nor tokusatsu are my specialty... I don't even know if Nikkatsu has done a space opera or human monster films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted January 29, 2018 Author Member Share Posted January 29, 2018 33 minutes ago, Takuma said: You're looking in the wrong direction. Neither Nikkatsu (other than Roman Porno) nor tokusatsu are my specialty... I don't even know if Nikkatsu has done a space opera or human monster films. I can't access their (supposedly) entire filmography on the IMDB because you need the IMDB Pro account to do that. I know they own Sushi Typhoon, which would be probably their only (?) source for sci fi/horror/fantasy films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted January 30, 2018 Member Share Posted January 30, 2018 14 hours ago, DrNgor said: I can't access their (supposedly) entire filmography on the IMDB because you need the IMDB Pro account to do that. I know they own Sushi Typhoon, which would be probably their only (?) source for sci fi/horror/fantasy films? It's not "entire". Tons of Japanese films are missing from the IMDb database. Actually, I just added two missing Nikkatsu films to the database last week so that I could rate them. Example: Japanese actor Kanjuro Arashi's IMDb filmography contains 141 credits. His jmdb filmography lists 338 films. So IMDb is missing almost 200 (although some of them might be found in IMDb but he just hasn't been credited). Likewise lots of 1960s Sonny Chiba films are missing. I've added about a dozen of them to the database myself, but many are still missing. Anyway, the "studio filmography" in IMDb used to be free, but now they have made it Pro exclusive. And yes, if we take modern films into account, Sushi Typhoon is a Nikkatsu brand (although some of their films were distributed domestically by Toei actually). The 50s and 60s Nikkatsu was mainly known for trendy youth films and gangster films so scifi & fantasy is not something you'd find much in their output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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