Movies: Kazuo Kumakura

  • 1973
    Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus

    Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus (1973)

    Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus

    6.31973HD

    The family consisting of two pandas and one girl lives happily when suddenly a little tiger appears at their home. It arrives that the circus had come to their town. All of a sudden starts the pouring rain but it can't stop them....

    Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
  • 1969
    The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots

    The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (1969)

    The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots

    7.21969HD

    His goal is to help the weak and defenseless, but his saving a mouse makes him the most wanted in all the land. On the run from incessant, dim-witted mice, Perro befriends a young miller's boy, Pierre; together, they decide to seek fame and fortune. ...

    The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots
  • 1965
    Frankenstein Conquers the World

    Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)

    Frankenstein Conquers the World

    6.61965HD

    During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic b...

    Frankenstein Conquers the World
  • 1972
    Panda! Go Panda!

    Panda! Go Panda! (1972)

    Panda! Go Panda!

    6.31972HD

    The plot follows Mimiko, a bright little girl left alone when her grandmother leaves on a trip. Making a few stops at some local stores, Mimiko comes home to her house in a bamboo grove and finds a baby panda named Panny sleeping on the back doorstep...

    Panda! Go Panda!
  • 1986
    Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops

    Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)

    Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops

    6.71986HD

    The story begins with Nobita and Shizuka sitting on the pipes in the yard they hang out at while Suneo showed off his robot. Nobita grew jealous and asked Doraemon to build him a giant robot. Coincidently, robot parts began to fall from the sky. Then...

    Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops
  • 1977
    The Japanese Belly Button

    The Japanese Belly Button (1977)

    The Japanese Belly Button

    4.61977HD

    Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss....

    The Japanese Belly Button
  • 1979
    The Legend of Manxmouse

    The Legend of Manxmouse (1979)

    The Legend of Manxmouse

    6.71979HD

    A ceramic figure of a blue mouse with long ears, stubby legs, and no tail suddenly comes to life. He is a “Manxmouse” as known in the legend. Since he is new to this world, his fearless curiosity leads him to meet a frog couple, an aviator hawk, a st...

    The Legend of Manxmouse
  • 1979
    Taro the Dragon Boy

    Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)

    Taro the Dragon Boy

    6.51979HD

    Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a young boy who has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a ...

    Taro the Dragon Boy
  • 2000
    Reign: The Conqueror Movie

    Reign: The Conqueror Movie (2000)

    Reign: The Conqueror Movie

    102000HD

    Prince Alexander, son of King Philip, and heir to the Macedonian empire, must fend off political saboteurs, assassins, and the jealousy of his own father to ascend to the position of king. Once there, he begins his quest to conquer all nations and be...

    Reign: The Conqueror Movie
  • 1982
    The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz (1982)

    The Wizard of Oz

    6.51982HD

    An animated version of the classic story of a young farm-girl who is transported to the magical land of Oz....

    The Wizard of Oz
  • 1957
    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)

    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

    7.21957HD

    Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for ...

    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
  • 1980
    Phoenix 2772

    Phoenix 2772 (1980)

    Phoenix 2772

    5.81980HD

    Phoenix 2772 starts with twelve minutes without dialogue, much like a silent film, recalling the birth and education of Godo. In this brave new world, children are born in test tubes and are raised by computers and robots. Godo learns the skills that...

    Phoenix 2772
  • 1972
    Panda! Go Panda!

    Panda! Go Panda! (1972)

    Panda! Go Panda!

    7.71972HD

    Cheerful Mimiko has a wonderfully strange family—a Panda for her Papa; and his son Panny, calls her Mom! When Panny follows Mimiko to school, he must pretend to be a teddy bear so Mimiko won't get into trouble. Despite his efforts to behave, Panny ca...

    Panda! Go Panda!
  • 1985
    Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1985)

    Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    71985HD

    Sangokushi is set in the waning days of the Han dynasty. Central rule has disintegrated, and the land is controlled by multiple warlords. Liu Bei Xuande is a warrior who aspires to build a just state and to serve the people....

    Romance of the Three Kingdoms
  • 1967
    Young Jack and the Witch

    Young Jack and the Witch (1967)

    Young Jack and the Witch

    4.91967HD

    Jack is a boy who lives with his animal friends Barnaby Bear, Dinah Dog, Squeeker Mouse and Phineas Fox. He's challenged to a race with Allegra, who turns out to be a witch. She takes Jack to the queen witch, Auriana. She plans on turning all her sla...

    Young Jack and the Witch
  • 1965
    New Treasure Island

    New Treasure Island (1965)

    New Treasure Island

    71965HD

    This was the first episode of Mushi Pro Land, a unique series of 60-minute animated programs. It was also Japan's first 60-minute animated TV program. However, the series never materialized and only this episode was actually aired. The story follows ...

    New Treasure Island
  • 1993
    Bonobono

    Bonobono (1993)

    Bonobono

    01993HD

    The first theatrical release, titled Bonobono, opened in theaters on 1993-11-13. The film has since been broadcast on domestic television in Japan, including on broadcast satellite channels such as NHK BS-2. The film has been released on VHS and DVD ...

    Bonobono
  • 1990
    Shirokuma-kun, where are you going?

    Shirokuma-kun, where are you going? (1990)

    Shirokuma-kun, where are you going?

    01990HD

    One day, Lars, a polar bear boy who lives in the North Pole, drifts on drift ice. The land they finally arrived at was Africa...

    Shirokuma-kun, where are you going?
  • 1985
    Eleven Cats and an Albatross

    Eleven Cats and an Albatross (1985)

    Eleven Cats and an Albatross

    71985HD

    Eleven naughty cats on the run from the neighborhood police chief hear that a giant fish is nearby for the taking. They go on a hazardous quest find it, learning that they must work as a team to reach their goal....

    Eleven Cats and an Albatross
  • 1958
    I Want to Be a Shellfish

    I Want to Be a Shellfish (1958)

    I Want to Be a Shellfish

    101958HD

    Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According ...

    I Want to Be a Shellfish