Imura Ikumi

Wakabayashi Hisaya

Ishibashi Tetsuro

Igawa Tetsuya

Maya Takeshi

Asakura Noriyuki

Composer. Mostly known, from his anime and game works.

Shiina Shigeru

Kano Akira

Takamatsu Katsuya

Takamatsu Katsuya is a Japanese actor from Osaka.

Yoshida Norihito

Yoshida Norihito is a Japanese former child actor.

Bushido

6.8

After a salaryman's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he's about to repeat their…

Sekigahara

7.1

In order to end the Sengoku period and determine a ruler for the new era, on October 21, 1600, the Battle of Sekigahara takes place between the Western Army, led by Mitsunari Ishida, and the Eastern Army, led by Ieyasu…

Ooku 2003

7.3

"Ooku" is the story of the picturesque lives of the women living in the hidden, maze-like inner structure of Edo Castle. Inside, the women wielded their beauty and knowledge: some of them to win the Shogun's love,…

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

7.3

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…

Chushingura 1/47

7.3

The story tells the true story of Asano Naganori who attacked Lord Kira Kozenosuke with his sword in the Edo Castle after Kira had coaxed the young lord in the late 18th century. Even though the wound was only superficial,…

Kakekomi

7.3

The story is set in the late Edo period when the divorce rate was two times higher than the present. In feudal Japanese society, men could easily divorce their wives whereas wives had great difficulty exercising the…

Ooku

7.7

In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant jobs, therefore changing the social structure. Now, 80 years after…

Koudan Nambasenki: Yukimura the Crimson Warrior

A visual presentation of the 'Koudan Nambasenki' as told by koudan (heroic chronicles) narrator, Kyokudo Nanko. The exploits of Sanada Yukimura, a military commander during the Warring States Period, is depicted with…

Byakkotai: Yabure Zarushatachi

4.6

Daimyo of Aizu Katamori Matsudaira is appointed to the unfamiliar position of Kyoto Military Commissioner and then goes through the Boshin War. "Byakotai" depicts seven years, from 1862 when the tragedy begins to 1868.…

Sanadamaru

7.8

NHK's 55th taiga drama series. Sanada Yukimura was born to a lord who owned a small piece of land in Shinsu (present-day Nagano Prefecture). He survived using wisdom, courage and much effort during the Sengoku period…