Matsuzaki Makoto

Matsuzaki Makoto was a former Japanese actor and former Self-Defense Forces member. His real name was Sawai Ichiro (澤井一郎). His father was the actor Sawai Saburo (沢井三郎). He joined the Self-Defense Forces in 1957 and was discharged in 1959. He became famous for serving as the cushion carrier…

Ryuzaki Katsu

Ryuzaki Katsu, born Takashima Fumiaki (高島史旭) in Kochi, Japan, was a Japanese actor and gourmet reporter. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Hosei University (法政大学). During his fourth year, he passed the 5th Generation Nikkatsu New Face (日活ニューフェイス) audition.…

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Yuki Saori

Saori Yuki is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born Akiko Yasuda in Kiryu, Gunma, Japan and raised in Yokohama. She started her singing career with her older sister Sachiko as a child singer. In 1969, Saori Yuki had a hit with "Yoake no Scat (Scat at dawn)", which sold 2 million units in two months,…

Kozure Okami

6.9

Ogami was the royal executioner for the Shogun until an unscrupulous lord coveting his position framed him for murder. Ogami's wife is killed, and he is disgraced. Unwilling to commit Hara-Kiri without first obtaining…

Kozure Okami 2

7.5

The continuing story of a skilled assassin for hire and his child.

Kozure Okami

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Kozure Okami" (子連れ狼) written by Koike Kazuo (小池一夫) and illustrated by Kojima Goseki (小島剛夕).

Kozure Okami 3

8.0

Kozure Okami

The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf’s mortal enemy, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, who masterminded Ogami’s…

Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict

7.5

A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his…

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

7.3

Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors as a test of his skill, each holding 1/5th of the details of his next assignment.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

7.3

Ogami Ito is ordered to kill a tattooed martial arts expert: an intriguing woman named Oyuki. Meanwhile, an army of warriors is hot on his trail.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

7.4

A distrustful Ogami Itto continues on his path of blood by working as an assassin-for-hire. On the way to his next assignment, to murder a traitor, he faces off against a group of female ninjas of the Yagyu clan.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

7.5

A samurai named Ogami Itto gets stripped of his title of the Shogun’s executioner and is branded an outlaw after being framed for treason. When his wife brutally murdered, he begins a journey of bloody vengeance…

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Sudo Ken

Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…

Isayama Iwao

Yamada Masato

Yoshida Yanagi

Kataoka Haruo