Wazaki Shunya

Wazaki Shunya was a Japanese actor from Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He graduated from Hiroshima Prefectural Kure Miyahara High School. Wazaki joined Toei in 1957 and has appeared in many historical films produced by Kyoto Studio. He transferred to Shochiku in 1966 but became freelance in 1969,…

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,…

Sugimoto Tetta

Sugimoto Tetta is a Japanese actor from Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His agency is Tristone Entertainment. He dropped out of Kanagawa Prefectural Fujisawa Technical High School. In 1981, he made his debut with the Yokohama Ginbae family rock band, Grease. In the same year, he made a regular…

Moriyama Mirai

Moriyama Mirai started dancing at age of five training tap, ballet, hip hop until he officially stage debut in 1999 with BOYS TIME. Active in drama and theater, he has appeared in a lot of dramas since them as "Goodbye Mr. Otsu," "Waterboys" and "Last Christmas". In 2004 he played a high school age…

Matsushita Yuya

Matsushita Yuya is a Japanese pop and R&B singer, actor, dancer, and rapper from Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. He began his solo music career in 2008 under Epic Records Japan (エピックレコードジャパン) and made his acting debut in the 2009 film Kanashii Boyfriend (悲しいボーイフレンド).…

Sasaki Kuranosuke

Sasaki Kuranosuke is a Japanese actor born in 1968 as the second son of the Katsuya Sasaki, the only remaining sake brewery in Kyoto. He is a graduate of Notre Dame Gakuin Elementary School, Kyoto City Nijo Junior High School, and Rakunan High School. In 1988, in order to succeed the family business,…

Emoto Tasuku

Emoto Tasuku is a Japanese actor who is from a family of prolific and well-respected character actors. His father is actor Emoto Akira, his mother is actress Tsunogae Kazue, his younger brother is actor Emoto Tokio, and his wife is actress Ando Sakura. He began acting as a young teenager and has since…

Denden

Denden, born Ogata Yoshihiro, is a Japanese actor and former comedian born in Chikushino City, Fukuoka Prefecture and raised in Mizumaki Town. He belongs to the Alpha Agency. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo to apply for an apprenticeship under Atsumi Kiyoshi, but he could not meet…

Ishii Gakuryu

Ishii’s career divides into two distinct halves: the brash early films, which earned him a reputation as a punk filmmaker, and the slower, pictorial, sometimes meditative work of his mature period. His early features were the fruit of the amateur short films he directed, while still a student, on…

Tamayama Tetsuji

This model turned actor is a popular TV and film star who has starred in many TV shows, films, commercials and music videos. The youngest of four children, he had always loved sports and was his high school track and field top athlete. During this time he worshipped his Senpai Kashiwabara Takashi which…

Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya

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Attacked and wounded by a group of traitorous Japanese who disguised themselves as the Hongsawadee soldiers, a mercenary samurai named Yamada Nagamasa is rescued and nursed back to health by a group of Siamese warriors…

Oba: The Last Samurai

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Based on the autobiographical novel "Oba, the Last Samurai" by U.S. soldier Don Jones. Set during the end of WWII, Captain Oba and his group of 47 soldiers on the isle of Saipan fights against the U.S. army long after…

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

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Toshizo Hijikata, the "Baragaki" of Bushu Tama, heads to Kyoto with Isami Kondo, Souji Okita, and other comrades, with the dream of becoming a samurai in his heart. Under the auspices of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he…

Shogun's Samurai

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At the death of the second Tokugawa Shogun,rivalry is born to know who'll succeed him. His eldest son, Iemitsu Tokugawa is ugly, stutters, and seems to lack of charisma to take his father's place. With the help of…

Sumodo - The Successors of Samurai

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Although sumo is a cherished part of Japanese culture, few have managed to get a behind-the-scenes look at the sport. Director Eiji SAKATA had the opportunity to spend six months in close contact with two sumo stables.…

Three Outlaw Samurai

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Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two…

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

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Based on the life of Shunkai Shibukawa (December 27, 1639-November 1, 1715), appointed as the first official astronomer in the Edo Period and would go on to create the Jokyo calendar at the imperial request.

Legend of the Eight Samurai

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The story follows Shizu-hime, her family slain and on the run from her enemies. As she escapes, she is found by the vagabond Shinbei before being rescued from her pursuers by Dosetsu. He tells her the legend of a curse…

G.I. Samurai

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G.I. Samurai is a 1979 Japanese feature-length film focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) team that accidentally travels back in time to the Warring States period. ~~ Adapted…

Song of the Samurai: Youthful Days in Edo

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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,…