Kōhan Kawauchi (Writer)
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Works
Love Letter
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 the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.
Release Date: 1985-10-05
Department: Crew
Job: Supervisor of Production Resources
Vote Count: 7
Hariko no tora
Release Date: 1983-08-23
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
The Moon Mask Rider
The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made up of veteran action starlets: Sue Shihomi, Daijiro Harada and Takayuki Godai.
Release Date: 1981-03-14
Department: Crew
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 2
Warrior of Love Rainbowman
Thanks to a Buddhist hermit in India, a young Japanese wrestler transforms into a 7-phased superhero and fights an evil organization hell-bent on destroying Japan.
Release Date: 1972-10-06
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Episode Count: 52
Vote Count: 1
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
The story depicts the sorrows and joys of women in Shinjuku, centering on a daughter who became a hostess burdened with a large compensation payment after her father was imprisoned for causing a traffic accident while driving under the influence.
Release Date: 1970-05-30
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School-mates one after another are going to the front, where he feels he should be. The last straw is an official report of his father's death in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He rushes to the naval air corps training camp at Tsuchiura along with his close school-mates Naito, Yamada, Saito and Tagawa as Volunteer pilot trainees leaving his mother and sweetheart weeping and helpless.
Release Date: 1970-05-16
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
The Bad Guy Blues
A story about club hostesses in Osaka.
Release Date: 1969-08-27
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Your Life
A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.
Release Date: 1966-08-13
Department: Writing
Job: Screenstory
Love Eternal
A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. After one last job, they intend to run off together to Hong Kong, but their plans are hindered when an uninvited yakuza stirs up a vicious shootout. In the midst of it all, Ayako is kidnapped.
Release Date: 1966-07-09
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Tokyo Drifter
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
Release Date: 1966-04-10
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 192
Tange Sazen
The loyal Sōma clan samurai Tange Samanosuke is attacked and mutilated as the result of a betrayal, losing his right eye and right arm. He then begins to lead the life of a nihilistic ronin, using the pseudonym Sazen.
Release Date: 1965-10-06
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Episode Count: 3
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's journey to the land of the Ainu. As the shogun's uncle, Lord Mito traveled about the nation seeking to make sure that corruption and injustice did not go unpunished. Traveling together with his two faithful bodyguards Kaku and Suke, they board ship for a voyage to the far northern island of Ezo (modern day Hokkaido) where the indigenous people called "Ainu" live. Somewhat like American Indians, the Ainu had their own culture which had not been subjugated by the Matsumae clan, rulers of the vast island. A revolt is brewing within the leadership of the Ainu, which threatens to destroy their peaceful lives. The elder lord and his retinue are the only ones who can stop this reign of terror!
Release Date: 1961-07-12
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Vote Count: 6
Red Flowers of Hell
1961 gangster film.
Release Date: 1961-05-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
東京の夜は泣いている
Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.
Release Date: 1961-03-22
Department: Writing
Job: Original Concept
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
The Ginza Whirlwind (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to solve a murder.
Release Date: 1961-02-25
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Love and Life
Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
Release Date: 1961-01-27
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.
Release Date: 1960-09-20
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Messenger of Allah
Messenger of Allah, known in Japan as Allah no Shisha, is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toei Company starring a young Sonny Chiba, at the time known as Shin'ichi Chiba. It was created by writer Yasunori Kawauchi, who was also responsible for creating Moonlight Mask and Seven Color Mask. The series ran from July 7, 1960 to December 27, 1960 on NET (now TV Asahi) for a total of 26 episodes. The film for the first episode is all that is known to have survived.
Release Date: 1960-07-07
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Who is in the Background?
Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the second in the "Ginza Whirlwind Child (Mitsutogai)" series in which Asahi Kobayashi plays an active role in the death of a divine ghost in a skillful disguise. Takuya Nikaido appears in Kobe and approaches the mystery of the fake bill case.
Release Date: 1959-12-06
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose
The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.
Release Date: 1959-11-24
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Seven-Color Mask: Triumph of the South Sea
The fourth and final installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Release Date: 1959-11-03
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Seven-Color Mask: Chase of Death
The third installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Release Date: 1959-10-27
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Seven-Color Mask: Terrifying Revenge
The second installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Release Date: 1959-10-20
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Seven-Color Mask
The first installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Release Date: 1959-10-13
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
The Human Cyclone
The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of Mait Guy Akira, who calls people to Ginza Boring Man, popular and longing everywhere, and who is on the side of justice of the divine ghost.
Release Date: 1959-09-20
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil
The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.
Release Date: 1959-08-04
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.
Release Date: 1959-08-02
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Moonlight Mask: The Challenging Ghost
Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Release Date: 1959-07-28
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Nanairo Kamen
Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New Seven Color Mask (新七色仮面, Shin Nanairo Kamen). It was created by Kōhan Kawauchi, who also created Moonlight Mask. This B&W TV show was the first superhero TV series by Toei Company Ltd. It was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from June 3, 1959 to June 30, 1960, with a total of 57 episodes divided into 7 segments. Aside from being Toei's first TV superhero show, this series was also the debut of actor Sonny Chiba, who was 19 at the time, who took over the title role from Susumu Namijima after Episode 32.
Release Date: 1959-06-03
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla
Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Release Date: 1959-04-01
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Broken Blossoms
War drama about army nurses.
Release Date: 1959-02-25
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 3
Moonlight Mask: Claws of Satan
Gekko Kamen faces off against Satan's Claw, who is after the treasure of the Kingdom of Baradai.
Release Date: 1958-12-22
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters
Second Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Release Date: 1958-08-06
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Moonlight Mask
First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Release Date: 1958-07-30
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Holiday in Japan
Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.
Release Date: 1958-06-15
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Moonlight Mask
Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments. Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.
Release Date: 1958-02-24
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
金語楼の成金王
Japanese comedy film.
Release Date: 1958-01-03
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
高校四年
1957 Japanese movie
Release Date: 1957-10-06
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
The Ghost of Kasane
A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...
Release Date: 1957-07-10
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 7
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle nears collapse, Anzai demands a seed from Yoshimi’s lineage, specifically from his wife, Fushihime. Outraged but facing annihilation, Yoshimi gives Fushihime a string of eight ancestral beads and urges her to escape to loyal retainer Inuda Kobungo. Instead, she goes alone to Anzai, followed by her dog, Hachibo. In a twist, Hachibo attacks and kills Anzai, allowing Fushihime to escape. She later reveals that the beads protected her and predicts that eight warriors bearing these beads will someday defend the Satomi family before passing away. Yoshimi finds one of the beads in Inuzuka Nobuno’s armor and convinces her to serve him. Meanwhile, Baka Daiki, plotting to overthrow Satomi, imprisons Inukawa Shosuke, who tries to intervene, under the watch of vassal Aminen Saomojiro.
Release Date: 1957-01-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Talkative Company President
A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms that shake up its corporate culture. Just as success arrives, he quietly walks away, leaving a changed company behind.
Release Date: 1957-01-03
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
坊ちゃんの逆襲
Japanese comedy film.
Release Date: 1956-12-05
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Nikoyon monogatari
Japanese drama film.
Release Date: 1956-09-11
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
金語楼の雷社長
Japanese comedy film.
Release Date: 1956-09-05
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Kingorō no omawari-san
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.
Release Date: 1956-08-05
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō
Japanese youth film about kendo.
Release Date: 1956-06-06
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Kingoro's Soldier
Japanese comedy film.
Release Date: 1956-05-11
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
The Fencing Collegian
Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
Release Date: 1956-02-26
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Nonki saiban
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.
Release Date: 1955-04-24
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Ramayana
Ravana, while dancing with animals, kidnaps Sita from Rama, and returns to Lanka to hide as Lankapura burns.
Release Date: 1942-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 2