Mek Winai Kraibutr

"Mek" Winai Kraibutr was a Thai actor of Malay descent. Considered a bankable star in Thailand, he achieved minor international exposure through the international release of "Bang Rajan" (บางระจัน). Winai Kraibutr passed away on March 20, 2024 at the age of 54. He had been battling a…

Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and musical director, known for his eminent film scores for world famous directors. Hisaishi was born as Fujisawa Mamoru, on December 6, 1950 in Nakano, Japan. At the age of five, he started taking violin lessons, at which he made rapid progress. At the age of nineteen,…

Murakami Shingo

Murakami Shingo is a Japanese singer, presenter, actor, and member of Johnny & Associates's group Kanjani8, where he plays the keyboard. When he was in junior high school, his classmate was a fan of V6. He was recommended to "receive an audition," but at that time was caught up in club activities and…

Tsuda Kanji

Kanji Tsuda is a Japanese actor. He played Katsuya Tokunaga in the Japanese film The Grudge. He is married and has one child. He is managed by the La Sette talent agency. Tsuda was working part-time at a coffee shop for ten years before he started his successful career. The coffee shop where Tsuda worked…

Natsuki Mari

Mari Natsuki is a Japanese singer, dancer and actress. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and started work as a singer from a very young age, her specialty being jazz and a level of sensuality that was somewhat shocking at the time. She did not marry, which made her quite an icon. But in 2007 she announced…

Shimura Takashi

Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan. His debut as actor was the film Akanishi Kakita (Capricious Young Man, 1936) and cast in the Kenji Mizoguchi's film Osaka Elegy (1936). In company with Toshiro Mifune, Shimura is the actor most closely associated with Akira Kurosawa…

Takakura Ken

Takakura Ken was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Prize four times, more than any other actor. After graduating from Meiji University in Tokyo, Takakura attended an audition on impulse in 1955 at the Toei Film…

Hira Mikijiro

Hira Mikijiro was a Japanese actor and director born in Koami-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. He was affiliated with Kei Factory. At the beginning of sixth grade, Mikijiro evacuated to the home of his maternal great-uncle in Kamigeshi-cho, Konu, eastern Hiroshima, Japan. His mother remained in Hiroshima.…

Sakamoto Ryuichi

Sakamoto Ryuichi was a Japanese musician, activist, composer, record producer, writer, singer, pianist, and actor formerly based in Tokyo and New York. Beginning his career in 1978 as a member of the electronic music group "Yellow Magic Orchestra", Sakamoto served on keyboards and sometimes vocals.…

Ishida Nicole

Ishida Nicole, Born in Iwakuni, is a Japanese model and actress managed by AMUSE. Her father is American-Russian and her mother is Japanese. She started modelling as a kid and was recast again during her school years at Iwakuni High School in Yamaguchi prefecture. She modeled for Veet, Swivel, Walea,…

Samurai Wolf

7.2

A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.

Samurai Hustle II

7.2

Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows…

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: The Light Samurai's Surprise Transformation

7.2

A special DVD that is used to show some of the items in the series. Taking place after Act 35, Genta finds a starved member of the Nanashi Company who tells Genta that he has run away from the Rokumon Junk after being…

Samurai Banners

7.4

Feudal Japan, 1543 to 1562. Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring…

Samurai's Promise

7.5

Uryu Shinbei appeals to his boss’s corruption, and his appeal is denied. He is kicked out of the han. Shortly afterwards, his wife, Shino, collapses from a disease and dies. Right before her death, she tells Uryu…

Samurai Shifters

7.5

Harunosuke Katagiri is a samurai who loves reading. When he receives a mission to help a daimyo move, he recruits the help of Genemon Takamura and Oran in order to carry out his mission. [MyDramaList]

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

7.6

It is the first film of Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy of historical adventures. Following the battle of Sekigahara, Takezo and his friend Matahachi find themselves on the losing side. Instead of the grand victory…

Samurai Reincarnation

7.0

"After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a Samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a…

Samurai Spy

6.7

The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi gets caught in a web of political intrigue, deception and espionage during the early 17th century. (Source: IMDb)

Samurai Cat Season 2

7.6

It's Edo Period around 18th century. Kyutaro Madarame used to be called a ""speckled devil"" and regarded as a great swordsman. Kyutaro was unemployed and depressed, but he gradually regained an appreciation of life…