The Samurai of Edo

6.0

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the changing times from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restoration. (Source: IMDB)

Dekansho Samurai

Tsukkake Samurai

Last Samurai Standing Season 2

~~ Adapted from the novel "Ikusagami"(イクサガミ) by Shogo Imamura (今村翔吾).

Wakasama Samurai Torimonocho: Senketsu no Ningyo

4.0

Adapted from a novel Ningyo Oni: Wakasama Samurai Torimonochou (人魚鬼 若さま侍捕物手帖) by Jou Masayuki (城昌幸).

Mushikera Samurai

The story of three conflicted samurai - Shosetsu, Masayuki and Marubashi. Each of them perceives the role of ronin differently and tries to get their way, by gathering people around them, faithful to their ideals.…

Song of the Samurai: Youthful Days in Edo

8.1

Set in Edo during the Bakumatsu period, the story follows Hijikata Toshizo, a former street fighter who once spent his days in constant conflict. His life begins to change after meeting Kondo Isami, Yamanami Keisuke,…

A Tale of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story

7.4

Set within the Kaga Domain in the Edo Period. Oharu is an excellent cook and is recognized for her skills. Due to her cooking talents, she marries Yasunobu, who is an heir to the Funaki family. The Funaki family serves…

The Twilight Samurai

7.8

At the start of the film, the main character, Iguchi Seibei, becomes a widower when his wife succumbs to tuberculosis. His wife receives a grand funeral, more than what a low-ranking samurai such as Seibei could afford.…

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…

Nakata Jouji

Nakata Jouji is a Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with the Office Osawa agency. His major voice roles include Giroro in Sgt. Frog, Alucard in Hellsing, Roy Revant in Solty Rei, and the title character in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo. In video game franchises, he voices Kirei Kotomine…

Inagaki Hiroshi

A skilled and versatile filmmaker best known for his jidai-geki, Inagaki worked as an actor before directing. In the silent era, he narrated traditional stories with visual flair and melodramatic intensity: his extant second film, Vagabond Gambler (Hōrō zanmai, 1928), reveals his instinctive talent…

Oguni Hideo

Born in Aomori, Japan, Hideo, was a prolific Japanese writer who completed over 100 screenplays. He is best known for co-writing screenplays for a number of films directed by Kurosawa Akira, including Ikiru, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress. His first film with Kurosawa was…

Fujita Makoto

He was born in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, the son of silent-film actor Rintarō Fujima, and started his career as a comedian in 1952.Fujita appeared in both jidaigeki and contemporary roles. He starred as Nakamura Mondo, a samurai, in sixteen Hissatsu ("Kill") series on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation from 1973.…

Minowa Yasufumi

Yasufumi Minowa is a Japanese actor. As a child, he especially liked to watch action movies and hoped that he could be a martial arts star like Jackie Chan when he grew up. He went to China as early as 2010 to seek development. Graduating from Beijing Sports University, he has mastered Chinese martial…

Shihomi Etsuko

Etsuko Shihomi was born on October 29, 1956 in Okayama City, Okayama, Japan as Etsuko Shiomi. She is an actress, known for Sister Street Fighter (1974), Legend of Eight Samurai (1983) and Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess (1976). She has been married to Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi since 1987. They have three children.

Nikaido Satoshi

Nikaido Satoshi is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities, Wako University. He is a 6th gen member of Furano Juku. He belongs to Agent Office Tact. While attending university, he enrolled in a TBS training school for one year. In 1993, he made his drama debut with "Oka…

Sengoku Noriko

Sengoku Noriko was a Japanese film and television actress active primarily in the 1950s and 1960s. She made her film debut in 1947 and starred in several of Akira Kurosawa's early films such as "Drunken Angel" (1948), "The Quiet Duel" (1949), "Stray Dog" (1949), "Scandal" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951)…

Fukumoto Seizo

Seizo Fukumoto is a Japanese actor. Born February 3, 1943, he entered acting at age 15 in Kyoto, the capital of Japanese cinema. A specialist in film and television jidaigeki set in the Edo period, he most often plays a ronin, but in his hundreds of appearances he has taken nearly every role. His forte…

Kurosawa Toshio

Kurosawa Toshio is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Best known for his role as Ashio Ryurei in "Lady Snowblood" (1973), he was a prominent actor in Japanese cinema during the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. First starting his career at Toho in 1965, on Kihachi Okamoto's…