Kazuno Tsuyoshi

Kazuno Tsuyoshi is a Japanese VFX supervisor from Oga, Akita, Japan. He serves as the representative director of Studio Backhorn Co., Ltd. In 1986, he graduated from the Tokyo Designer Gakuin College's Animation Department. He joined the optical synthesis specialized company Den Film Effect and for…

Wakao Tokuhei

Born in Yamada Town, Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The eldest son of Wakao Kinzo (the same grave), an adopted child of the Wakao Zaibatsu and a banker. Relatives are Shohachi Wakao (11-1-10). The wife of architect Kisho Kurokawa and actress Ayako Wakao is her niece. 　Graduated from Keio University…

Mano Tsuruko

She appeared on the stage of Tsukiji-za and Moulin Rouge Shinjuku-za , but joined Toho in 1939 (Showa 14) . Beside being a movie actress, she also worked in a tobacco shop, which is her mother's business. In 1940 (Showa 16), she made her movie debut with the movie " Snake Princess " directed by Teinosuke…

Ikenami Shotaro

Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…

Okamoto Nobuto

Born to his father, who was an architect (two boys and two girls). Born in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture , spent time in Sakai City until elementary school . He moved to Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo . Joined the theater company Himawari in the second year of junior high school . Debuted as a child…

Ito Daisuke

Ito Daisuke was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture. He is one of the famous directors who laid the foundation for historical films, and is also called the "father of historical films". After graduating from junior high school, he gave up going to school…

Mikimoto Shinsuke

Mikimoto Shinsuke was a Japanese actor. His credits include at least fifty films, as well as numerous television appearances, in a career that spanned several decades. Born in Kanazawa, he graduated from high school there. Then he attended Rikkyo University in Tokyo, graduating from the Faculty of Economics.…

Sanjo Miki

Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…

Kitamura Kazuki

Kitamura Kazuki is a Japanese actor born in Osaka, Japan. He was previously affiliated with From First Production until September 21, 2022, and is currently represented by PANDA Co., Ltd. as of September 22, 2022. Kitamura attended Yuge Merchant Marine Technical High School but left early. He initially…

Oikawa Mitsuhiro

Oikawa Mitsuhiro, born in Ota, Tokyo, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and actor. He is a graduate of Seijo University, Faculty of Law. Until 2015, he was represented by Mother Enterprise. His current agency is Horipro, which he has been in partnership since July 2012. Okikawa's entertainment…

Samurai Geisha

7.4

Popular geisha Shinji must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era, she then falls in love with the charismatic Shimada. With a stellar all-star…

Samurai Lover

4.0

A re-movie of the nonsense historical drama written by Mansaku Itami and Shigetaka Iseno , which was produced in 1952.

Ozora no Samurai

7.0

The Tainan Airlines Zero Squadron, to which Sakai Saburo belongs, advanced to Rabaul in the South Pacific four months after the start of the Pacific War. Lieutenant Sasai, who had just arrived, was saved by Sakai when…

Samurai Kids

7.6

A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8 year old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall. (Source: Letterboxd)

Samurai Tantei Jikenbo

Samurai Chicks

5.2

Located on southernmost islands of Japan, there's a dance school "Orion Dancers Academy". Hiding its public identity as a training school of singers and dancers, it actually operates as a girl-warrior training school,…

Samurai Champloo

Fuu Kasumi is an ordinary waitress in a quiet teahouse, but her life takes a chaotic turn when a simple mistake lands her in trouble with a group of aggressive samurai. In desperation, she turns to Mugen, a reckless…

Samurai: Mikomareta Otokotachi

A tale of three samurai boldly standing against villains who have taken the innkeeper's family hostage and are demanding a ransom. (Source: Japanese = tvdrama-db || Translation = MyDramaList)

Samurai Wolf 2: Hell Cut

Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is…

Samurai Gangsters

5.0

Jirocho is a gambler who's forced to leave his wife, Ocho, in Shimizu for three years as he trains as a professional gambler. When he finally returns to Shimizu with his own crew of loyal gangsters, he finds Ocho has…