Tōru Hirayama (Production)
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Works
As You Please! Kamitaman
The fifth entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series.
Release Date: 1985-04-07
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 51
Vote Count: 1
A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!
The Badan Empire killed Ryo Murasame's older sister, and he had been cybernetically remodeled into ZX. However, he regained himself after an accident and stood up fearlessly.
Release Date: 1984-01-03
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 3
Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie
The Dogma Kingdom attacks the Matagi (mountain tribe) village of Yamabiko to steal the sacred Flying Dragon Fortress and wreak havoc all over Japan. Six children from the fallen village take refuge in a nearby town, keeping their identities as Matagi citizens a secret. Kamen Rider Super-1 must protect these children from the Dogma Kingdom, as they hold the secret to the Flying Dragon Fortress' weakness.
Release Date: 1981-03-13
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 3
Kamen Rider Super-1
Kazuya Oki volunteers to undergo cybernetic surgery in the International Space Development Program in the United States to become an astronaut who can survive in outer space without the need for a bulky external suit. After a successful operation, he is given the codename "Super-1". Before he can depart for space, however, the base where he received his operation is attacked by the Dogma Kingdom. Only Kazuya can escape and is determined to avenge the deaths of the scientists, he returns to Japan and is trained by a martial arts expert, Master Genkai. With this knowledge, he can transform into the powerful Kamen Rider Super-1 to fight the evil Dogma Kingdom and later Jin Dogma.
Release Date: 1980-10-17
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 48
Vote Count: 1
Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King
When a new threat from outer space called Galaxy King arrives on Earth seeking an equation for a new type of energy, Skyrider, and the other seven Kamen Riders join forces to fight off the new foe and the armies of Neo-Shocker.
Release Date: 1980-03-14
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 3
Kamen Rider (Skyrider)
Doctor Keitaro Shido, an acclaimed scientist, has been kidnapped by the terrorist organization Neo-Shocker to exploit his expertise in robotics technology. Desperate to escape, he convinces Neo-Shocker's command to allow him to operate on an injured camper. Explaining that he can turn the camper, Hiroshi Tsukuba into a powerful Neo-Shocker warrior, they allow Doctor Shido to operate. However, he quickly turns the tables on them, transforming Hiroshi, not into a kaijin, but the powerful warrior Sky Rider, using his newfound abilities to combat the evil Neo-Shocker menace.
Release Date: 1979-10-05
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 54
Message from Space: Galactic Wars
The 15th solar system is invaded by the Stressos. Two men, Ryû and Ayato, and a man-ape, Baru, organize the resistance. They are helped by Eolia, a mysterious woman traveling on a three masted space ship.
Release Date: 1978-07-08
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 33
Message from Space
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 Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
Release Date: 1978-04-29
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 54
Ninja Captor: The Movie
A group of modern-day ninjas fight the Fuma Clan.
Release Date: 1976-12-19
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 2
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!
The Gorenger head for Matsuyama to prevent the Black Cross from firing a missile to destroy Japan. Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane is a theatrical film based on the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series. It was originally shown on July 22, 1976 (between Episodes 56 and 57 of the TV series) as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival. It was the only Gorenger film that was a completely original work and not a theatrical version of a TV episode.
Release Date: 1976-07-22
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 5
Space Ironman Kyodain: The Movie
Captured by an alien empire from the planet Dada, Dr. Hayama has programmed the personalities of his two kidnapped sons, Joji and Ryuji, into two Cyberroids to combat the Dada Robot Army and care for his youngest son, Kenji.
Release Date: 1976-07-18
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1
The Kagestar: The Movie
The superhero The Kagestar fights the monsters of the Satan Empire.
Release Date: 1976-07-18
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Super-God Bibyun
Tokusatsu series created by Shotaro Ishinomori, sequel of Akumaizer 3.
Release Date: 1976-07-06
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 36
Vote Count: 1
Ninja Captor
Ninja Captor is a Japanese tokusatsu TV series aired from April 7, 1976 to January 26, 1977 on TV Tokyo 12 Channel, produced by Toei Company, Ltd. This Sentai-esque series aired during the run of Shotaro Ishinomori's original Super Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and was notably first superhero team show produced by Toei under the Saburo Yatsude/Hatte pseudonym. Daisuke Izumo graduates from the Wind-Demon Stealth-Army, a secret army aiming for the conquest of Japan. He instead escapes, and becomes the leader of the "Captor," a ninja team supervised by Mujin Tendou. The Captor team's mission is to battle the ninja sent out by the Wind-Demon General, Retsufuu Fuuma. This show used to be considered by some to be a part of the Super Sentai franchise* , but was later excluded. In 2013, it got a Shout-Out in the fourth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season 2.
Release Date: 1976-04-07
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 43
Vote Count: 2
Space Ironmen Kyodain
Space Ironmen Kyodyne was a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. The show, like numerous others of its type and era, were produced as a joint effort between manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori and Toei Company producer Hirayama Tôru. It premiered in 1976 and ran for 48 episodes. The show is well known for its strange plot and costume design, rapid-fire and purposefully disorienting editing, and unique, sometimes surreal, atmosphere. The late Yūsuke Natsu and Takeshi Sasaki starred as Skyzel and Grounzel respectively.
Release Date: 1976-04-02
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 48
Vote Count: 2
The Adventure of Robocon
Feature film adventure of Robocon and his pals.
Release Date: 1976-03-20
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 2
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Red Death Match
The Gorenger try to retrieve rocket plans stolen by the Black Cross as Daita meets a mysterious girl he saves from them. This is a theatrical version of episode 36 of the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series.
Release Date: 1976-01-10
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1
All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!
The special opens with Tachibana Tōbei taking some children to a Kamen Rider roadshow. Just as he's reminiscing about all the heroic modified humans he's lived alongside- Ichigō, Nigō, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, Stronger and Tackle- the first seven Riders gradually show up to greet him in their human guises, unrecognised by the crowds. When it's revealed that the kaijin onstage are 'real', not actors, the Riders transform to save the crowd and Rider actors, uniting their power to defeat the Delzer Army's true leader, Great General Darkness in his hideout beneath the stadium.
Release Date: 1976-01-03
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1
Akumaizer 3: The Movie
A trio of renegade demons fight their evil brothers in a theatrical release of the first episode of the TV series.
Release Date: 1975-12-20
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Akumaizer 3
Akumaizer 3 is a Japanese science fiction tokusatsu television series, created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei Company. The series premiered on Tuesday October 7, 1975 at 7:30, and ran for 38 episodes in that timeslot on NET, now known as TV Asahi. The series remains obscure outside of Japan, but was popular and renowned in its home country. The series was followed by a sequel called Chojin Bibyun which used rejected designs from the Kamen Rider series as its hero designs.
Release Date: 1975-10-07
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 38
Vote Count: 2
Kamen Rider Stronger: The Movie
Waniida from Black Satan attacks a young boy and long-time Kamen Rider ally Tōbei Tachibana, but Kamen Rider Stronger and Electro Wave Human Tackle run in to make the save. However, Shigeru and Yuriko fall into separate traps and are captured by Black Satan. Yuriko fights for her life as Shigeru is brainwashed by the organization.
Release Date: 1975-07-26
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 2
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Blue Fortress
A mission to take down a Black Cross fortress becomes hampered when a Masked Monster, under the direction of a returned general, takes Variblune from Shinmei for their usage. This is a theatrical version of episode 15 of the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series.
Release Date: 1975-07-26
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Movie
A Masked Monster being chased for stealing a microfilm with EAGLE secrets hides on a houseboat to avoid Kaijo and Asuka's pursuit.
Release Date: 1975-05-10
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 2
Kamen Rider Stronger
Shigeru Jo joins the evil organization Black Satan after the death of his close friend and mentor Goro Numata. He, promised power, and fueled by a desire for revenge, undergoes surgery to become one of Black Satan's super warriors. However, Shigeru knows that Black Satan were in fact the murderers of his friend; he was using Black Satan in order to gain new powers. The newly powered up Shigeru escapes from the Black Satan headquarters before they can brainwash him into following their campaign of evil and becomes Kamen Rider Stronger. While escaping from Black Satan, Stronger meets Yuriko Misaki another cyborg warrior created by Black Satan who has the ability to transform into Electronic Wave Humanoid Tackle. Together they fight the evil Black Satan and later the Delzer Army to restore peace in Japan.
Release Date: 1975-04-05
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 39
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
A powerful terrorist organization known as the Black Cross Army threatens to destroy the Earth, with only the defense organization EAGLE (EArth Guard LEague) able to oppose them. In retaliation, Black Cross Army destroys multiple EAGLE headquarters across Japan, killing all but five people. Now, these five remaining EAGLE members are called to form a secret, powerful team known as Gorenger, the only force left that has a chance to stop the Black Cross Army and their evil leader, Black Cross Führer.
Release Date: 1975-04-05
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 84
Vote Count: 9
Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie
The Kamen Rider Amazon movie is a theatrical version of episode 16, Garander's Tokyo Sea of Flames Operation!!, depicting Gengoro Beastman's attempt to execute Garanda's Tokyo Sea of Flame plan.
Release Date: 1975-03-21
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1
Kamen Rider Amazon
A plane crashes in the Amazon rainforest, leaving young Daisuke Yamamoto stranded without his parents. Soon adopted by an Incan tribe under the name "Amazon", he becomes a wild child, living off the land. However, his village is massacred by the Ten-Faced Demon Gorgos, who searches for the powerful GiGi Armlet to take over the world with it. The last Inca, Elder Bago, gives Amazon the GiGi Armlet for safekeeping and uses his knowledge of Incan science and magic to perform a mystic ritual on Amazon and transform him into the powerful "Kamen Rider Amazon" before dying. Now in Japan, Amazon battles the evil organization Gedon, unaware of why they pursue him. Befriending Professor Kousaka's nephew and niece, Amazon learns of the GiGi Armlet's true nature and ultimately defeats Gedon, then the Garanda Empire.
Release Date: 1974-10-19
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 24
Five Riders vs. King Dark
During a motocross practice, Keisuke Jin is ambushed by two Myth Cyborgs created by a secret organization that's attempting to control Japan, G.O.D. (Government of Darkness). He transforms into Kamen Rider X, but little does he know that his battle is recorded and analyzed by King Dark, G.O.D.'s commander, to create a super cyborg. Other G.O.D. cyborgs are attacking all over Tokyo and in the middle of the crisis, the original four Riders return to Japan from different countries around the world. The five Riders unite to lead a counter attack against G.O.D.
Release Date: 1974-07-25
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 4
Inazuman Flash
With the help of Interpol Agent Makoto Arai, the newly-powered Gorou Watari/Sanagiman/Inazuman continues his adventures, this time against the nazi-like Desper Army led by Fuehrer Geisel.
Release Date: 1974-07-25
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 2
Flying from the Movie Screen: Inazuman
The moth-like superhero Inazuman has the climactic battle with Emperor Bamba and the Neo-Human Empire Phantom Army while also confronting the rise of President Geisel and the Desper Corps. An alternate version of events depicted in the TV series, exhibited theatrically in 3-D.
Release Date: 1974-03-16
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 3
Kamen Rider X
Robotics scientist Keitaro Jin and his son Keisuke become caught up in a campaign of terror by an evil organization known as "G.O.D.". They are attacked and the professor's technology gets stolen, but before Keitaro dies, he performs surgery on his son, using the last of his robotics technology to transform Keisuke into the "X-Rider". To avenge his father's death and ensure the safety of the entire world, Keisuke uses this technology as he battles the monstrous minions of G.O.D.’s Japan branch.
Release Date: 1974-02-16
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 35
Robot Detective: The Movie
Robot Detective K and his human colleagues battle the criminal organization BADDO. Theatrical release re-edited from episodes 1-9, 11, and 12 of the TV series with newly-added narration.
Release Date: 1973-07-18
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Kikaider 01: The Movie
When Hakaider starts his own evil organization, Dr. Komyoji's android Kikaider 01 awakens to protect Japan from the forces of evil.
Release Date: 1973-07-18
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 2
Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants
A physicist named Tetsuo Okita discovers a new mineral called "Satanium," which is more powerful than uranium and emits destructive effects to anyone exposed to it. However, Destron abducts Okita in hopes of finding the source of Satanium and collecting more of it to expedite their run for global domination. Kamen Rider V3 must act fast in rescuing Professor Okita and preventing Destron from collecting more of the deadly mineral.
Release Date: 1973-07-18
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 3
Robot Detective
A scientist builds a humanoid robot detective complete with human-like personality to fight a band of murdering robots created and led by her crazed brother.
Release Date: 1973-04-05
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 26
Vote Count: 3
Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider
A sinister organization launches a wave of audacious attacks in an attempt to gain world domination. Commanded by the evil Professor Gill, masked androids and fearsome DARK Destructoid monsters terrorize innocent victims and wreak havoc throughout Japan. A solitary figure emerges to combat the menace. Whenever DARK attacks, a denim-clad road warrior appears, strumming a haunting refrain on his guitar. His name is Jiro, and a secret lies at the heart of his lonely existence. Jiro is a mechanical man. Vulnerable to Professor Gill's shrill flute wooing him to the DARK side, Jiro battles the evil menace by transforming into the mighty red-and-blue android known as...Kikaida.
Release Date: 1973-03-16
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 3
Kamen Rider V3: The Movie
During a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by the evil organization's kaijin Hasami-Jaguar. Little does he know that the church where the priest resides is a front for a Destron hideout. After finding out the organization's latest motive, Kamen Rider V3, along with the Double Riders, must stop Destron from detonating a nuclear bomb in Tokyo.
Release Date: 1973-03-16
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1
Henshin Ninja Arashi: The Movie
During the Edo period, Henshin Ninja Arashi and his allies fight for peace. (extended version of episode 6 of the TV series)
Release Date: 1972-07-16
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell
Takeshi Hongo and FBI agent Kazuya Taki fake their deaths when they are attacked by Shocker soldiers during a motocross race. They disguise themselves as Shocker soldiers and infiltrate the main headquarters, but it doesn't take too long for Ambassador Hell to find their whereabouts and trap them. Before he detonates a bomb within the base, Ambassador Hell tells Kamen Rider #1 and Taki that Shocker is preparing a giant laser capable of destroying cities. Our two heroes must escape from the base's self-destruction and stop Shocker from arming their latest weapon. Not only that, they must rescue Tachibana and the racing club, who have been abducted by Shocker's minions.
Release Date: 1972-07-16
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 4
Henshin Ninja Arashi
Set in the Edo Period of Japan, the series follows a young ninja named Hayate, who is the son of a man who developed a special technique called the "Transformation Jutsu" capable of granting a superhuman form. However, their Ninja clan, the warmongering Blood Wheel Clan, begins using the Transformation Jutsu to spread fear and terror all throughout Japan as part of their campaign to conquer it, going against the peaceful intentions Hayate's father had when creating it. After the Blood Wheel Clan slaughter a village, Hayate is able to convince his initially reluctant father to perform the transformation procedure on him, enabling him to become a birdman ninja known as "Arashi" to defend people from the Blood Wheel Clan. Hayate's father is later murdered by the Blood Wheel Clan when they discover his betrayal, but Hayate himself escapes and teams up with the Iga Clan to fight and keep the Blood Wheel Clan from taking over Japan.
Release Date: 1972-04-07
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 47
Vote Count: 2
Choujin Barom-1
Chojin Barom One (超人バロム・1 Baromu Wan), or Superhuman Barom 1 is a live-action adaptation of a Japanese manga series written by Takao Saito, produced two years after the comic was originally released. It stars Hiroyuki Takano as Gentaro Shiratori and Hiroki Izuka as Takeshi Kido, the two protagonists.
Release Date: 1972-04-02
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 35
Vote Count: 2
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
Professor Daidōji has developed a gravity machine called the GX Device. Unfortunately, Shocker wants it; so they attack the professor and destroy his laboratory, but come home empty-handed. Shocker's agents find out that the plans for the GX Device are with Daidōji's daughter, who is celebrating her birthday. Now the Kamen Riders, along with FBI agent Kazuya Taki, must protect Daidōji's daughter and prevent Shocker from obtaining the plans.
Release Date: 1972-03-17
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 4
Suki! Suki!! Majo sensei
Hikaru Tsuki is a new 5th grade teacher at Tozai Elementary School. Secretly, she is also the alien princess of Planet Alpha and a peacekeeper for the Space Alliance assigned to Earth.
Release Date: 1971-10-03
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 26
Kamen Rider
A grasshopper-like, motorcycle-riding cyborg (joined by another one later in the show) fights the evil organization that transformed him for their evil deeds.
Release Date: 1971-04-03
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Kamen Rider
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.
Release Date: 1971-04-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 8
Vote Count: 86
Judo for Life
Naoya Ichijo uses special judo techniques to succeed.
Release Date: 1970-07-19
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Voyage Into Space
Earth is invaded by an interstellar terrorist group, Big Fire (the Gargoyle Gang in the American version), led by Emperor Guillotine who spends most of his time in a multicolored space ship hidden at the bottom of Earth's ocean, from which he issues his orders. Big Fire is capturing scientists to create an army of monsters to conquer Earth. A boy named Daisaku Kusama (Johnny Sokko in the American version) and a young Unicorn agent named Jūrō Minami (Jerry Mano in the American version) are shipwrecked on an island after being attacked by a sea monster and subsequently captured by Big Fire. They flee to where a Pharaoh-like giant robot is being built by captive scientist Lucius Guardian, who gives Daisaku and Jūrō its control device. Guardian helps them escape before he is shot to death; before he dies, he triggers an atomic bomb which destroys the base. The radiation activates the robot, which now obeys only Daisaku.
Release Date: 1970-01-01
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 9
Akakage: 3-D Adventure Movie
Heroic masked ninja Akakage (Red Shadow) and his two companions fight evil warlords in feudal Japan with their superhuman powers and high tech gadgets. Theatrical film with 3-D sequences based on the TV series KAMEN NO NINJA AKAKAGE.
Release Date: 1969-07-20
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1
Kappa no Sanpei: Ghost Operation
Sanpei has opened the door to the world of the kappa.
Release Date: 1968-12-19
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Captain Ultra: The Movie
In the latter half of the 21st century, Captain Ultra and the crew of his ship the Mighty Spiegel oppose the Vandel aliens. Re-edited from episodes 2 and 5 of the TV series and released theatrically as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri.
Release Date: 1967-07-21
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Masked Ninja Akakage
The masked ninja Red Shadow and his sidekicks Blue and White Shadow save ancient Japan from evil.
Release Date: 1967-04-05
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 52
Watari the Conqueror
Watari is a young Iga ninja boy in feudal Japan who has magical adventures with his two heroic companions against an army of Ninjas and other-worldly creatures.
Release Date: 1967-01-01
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Ninjascope: The Magic World of Ninjas
A trio of heroic ninjas use their superhuman powers and high tech gadgets to fight evil warlords in feudal Japan in this Toei-produced theatrical compilation film of episodes of the KAMEN NO NINJA AKA KAGE TV series.
Release Date: 1967-01-01
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Watari and the Fantasticks
Watari and his ninja friends continue their battles against evil people in long ago Japan.
Release Date: 1967-01-01
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Revenge
An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…
Release Date: 1964-11-01
Department: Directing
Job: Assistant Director
Vote Count: 20
The Shogun's Vault
Okawa Hashizo is 'Red Peony' Hanji who is thrown into a prison cell where he gets involved in a plot to steal government gold from the Shogun's vault. A tough fighter, he has to show his ability in order to keep from getting himself killed by the prisoners, too. Co-starring some of the biggest name in movies at the time, including Kataoka Chiezo and Tanba Tetsuro this film is loaded with surprises. From the opening moments when prisoners carry out their own form of justice, killing a crooked ex-constable, it is clear that this is the work of a visionary filmmaker.
Release Date: 1964-08-13
Department: Directing
Job: Assistant Director
Vote Count: 2
The Coin Thrower Zenigata
The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusual case involving the manufacture of counterfeit money.
Release Date: 1963-10-13
Department: Directing
Job: Director