Uchida Minoru

Uchida Minoru was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Okayama. He was affiliated with Gekidan Subaru and was married to fellow voice actress Niimura Reiko. Uchida died from pneumonia on April 2, 2018, aged 91. (Source: Wikipedia)

Shirai Jirou

Used to be known as Shirai Takashi (白井孝志).

Ishino Mako

Ishino Mako is a Japanese singer and actress.

Mine Rantaro

Mine Rantaro is a Japanese actor.

Higuchi Ichiyo

Higuchi Ichiyo was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan, and the second daughter of Higuchi Noriyoshi, a low-ranking official in the Tokyo Prefecture. She is recognized as the first professional female writer in modern Japan. She began her education at Hongo Elementary School in 1877 but withdrew…

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.…

Yamashita Junichiro

Yamashita Junichiro is a Japanese actor known for Gamera (1965), Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963) and Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967). (Source: IMDB)

Kitamura Kazuo

Kitamura Kazuo was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Takehaya, Koishikawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Arts Department of Waseda University's Faculty of Literature. Kitamura was associated with the Bungakuza theater company, where he began as a research student in 1950 and became a full…

Wakamatsu Takeshi

Wakamatsu Takeshi was born July 2, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Nihon University College of Art. He's been active as an actor since getting his start in theater. He debuted as a movie actor in 1978 with "Third Base". His tv drama debut occurred in 1986 with "Onna wa Otoko wo Dou Kaeru".

Yamagata Isao

Yamagata Isao was a Japanese actor born in London, England, where his acrobat father toured. He grew up in Ichibei-cho, Azabu-ku, Tokyo. In 1935, he graduated from the Japan Academy of Actors. After completing his military service, he joined the Toho Theater Company in 1936. In 1942, he formed the theater…

Kurama Tengu

8.0

A story about a masked samurai who takes sides with the good and wipes out the evil. In the late Edo period in Kyoto, samurais are killing each other because of the differences in their beliefs in the Tokugawa shogunate,…

Ooka Echizen

7.5

Ooka Tadasuke was a magistrate of Ise Yamada (modern-day Ise City in Mie Prefecture). In 1712, he sentenced a thief who was causing a stir in the village. The culprit was a great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the…

Hanjiro

7.4

The film is based on the life of a samurai named Nakamura Hanjiro who was involved in the Meiji Restoration along with Saigo Takamori and other prominent men. Set during the waning days of the Tokugawa shogunate, it…

Demon Hunter Mitsurugi

6.2

Set in the Edo Period, an evil alien from parts unknown called Demon Scorpion plots to kill Tokugawa and ravage the land with the help of his Scorpion Ninja Army and his giant demon monsters. However, the shogunate…

Assassination

6.6

The story begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political maneuvering that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination…

Ooku

6.7

Drama special featuring two stories of 2 different Edo-era concubines, a different one in each episode. The first part, “Saikyo no Onna”, is about Omiyo, one of Tokugawa Ienari’s concubines that rose through…

Gassoh

6.9

In the year 1868, three young men join the elite Shogitai division of the Shogunate. The Shogitai fights to the end and opposes the dismantling of the feudal military dictatorship known as the Bakufu system. Goku Akitsu…

Chacha

4.0

"Chacha - Tengai no Onna," depicts the life of Yodo-Dono of the blood of the great daimio Nobunaga Oda. Yodo-Dono became the concubine of damio Hideyoshi Toyotomi, while fearing the shogun Tokugawa.

Yagyuu Jubei Nanaban Shoubu: Saigo no Tatakai

10.0

A sequel of the story about Jubei Yagyu, a master swordsman from the well-known Yagyu-Shinkage school in the Edo period. Twelve years have passed since the revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate in Shimabara. Jubei…

Nezumi, Edo wo Hashiru 2

7.3

It is the Bunka-Bunsei period. While the culture of the townspeople matures and flourishes, administration by the close advisers of the 11th Tokugawa shogun Ienari is rampant and characterized by a debasement of public…