Kurano Akiko

Kurano Akiko is a Japanese actress.

Hattori Taeko

Hattori Taeko is a Japanese actress.

Nagashima Takeo

Nagashima Takeo is a Japanese actor.

Ogasawara Hiroshi

Ogasawara Hiroshi was a Japanese actor born in Mukden, Manchuria. He graduated from Mukden Daini Junior High School and Japanese Film Arts School. Ogasawara worked for Shintoho, Tokyo Artist Pro, and Tenchi Productions before belonging to NAC. In 1951, he joined Shintoho and made his debut as an actor,…

Mizuno Hiroshi

Okamoto Fujita

Japanese actor from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Sugimura Noboru

Noboru Sugimura (杉村升 Sugimura Noboru) was a writer for Toei, including their tokusatsu productions. In Sentai, he was the main writer of the franchise from 1992's Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger through 1995's Chouriki Sentai Ohranger. He was also a writer in Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes, notably as the…

Izumi Jun

Izumi Jun is a Japanese actress from Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan.

Junna Risa

Junna Risa is a Japanese actress born in Toyonaka, Osaka.

Hirata Akihiko

He had an unusual background for an actor: his formal education began in a kindergarten founded by the wartime-era Japanese Imperial Army and continued in a military academy which was Tokyo's answer to West Point. Upon graduating from Tokyo University, Hirata confounded many family expectations of him…

Sakurada Gate Incident

6.2

At dawn, on February 18, 1860, samurai of Mito domain Tetsunosuke Seki (Osawa Takao) leaves his wife Fusa (Hasegawa Kyoko) and son - Seki Seiichiro (Kato Seishiro) behind to fulfill a deadly mission. In January, Tetsunosuke…

Lady Kasuga

7.8

The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quarters, at Edo castle) and acted as nursemaid to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the future 3rd Shogun is chronicled in this historical…

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

7.0

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence from the restraints of vassalship. Despite his progressive views and his…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 30

Reporter Asami Mitsuhiko travels to Hokkaido for the travel magazine Tabi to Rekishi, researching the history of the Kitamaebune trading ships. While visiting the Hokkai Yoshu distillery in Yoichi, he notices Mitsuidokoro…

Utamaro and His Five Women

7.0

Kitagawa Utamaro was a well-known painter in Edo and this film is his fictionalized story.

Neko Samurai 2: A Tropical Adventure

7.2

Everyone’s favorite grumpy samurai and cute white cat are back! Once feared as “Madara the Devil,” master swordsman Kyutaro Madarame returns home from Edo a lowly ronin, living with his mother-in-law. When she…

A Boy and His Samurai

7.5

Yasube Kijima, a samurai from the Edo Period, travels through time - 180 years - to arrive in present day Japan. He then meets divorcee Hiroko and her son Tomoya. Yasube ends up working for Hiroko as a housemaid in…

Samurai Detective Onihei: True Master

A captured thief gang member, Kobusa no Kumehachi just could not believe when he heard that his previous leader, Chigashira no Tanbei was behind a brutal case of robbery. Tanbei that he knows is a genuine thief who…