Kobayashi Keiju

Kobayashi Keiju was a Japanese actor born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He began acting at the Nikkatsu studio after dropping out of Nihon University and made his film debut in 1942. In a career that spanned 65 years, he appeared in over 250 films. He died on September 16 2010 of heart failure at the…

Mano Azusa

Azusa Mano is a Japanese actress. (Source: IMDb)

Nakayama Jin

Jin Nakayama was born on September 25, 1942 in China as Jinpei Nakayama. He died on October 12, 2019, at the age of 77.

Kawabe Shuji

Kawabe Shuji was a Japanese actor.

Horiuchi Masami

Horiuchi Masami is a Japanese actor born in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. He graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Arts. After working at Dekai Planning, Ishibuchi Office, and Office AMI, he belongs to Blue Bear House. He studied screenwriting and directing at Toho Gakuen College of Arts, but was scouted by…

Kayashima Narumi

Kayashima Narumi is a Japanese actress.

Tanaka Ken

Tanaka Ken, born in Fukuoka, is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1974. In 1993, at the Hochi Film Award, he won "Best Actor" for "Bokyo". At the Nikkan Sports Film Award, he won "Best Supporting Actor" for "Bokyo". In 1994, at the Mainichi Film Concours, he won "Best…

Fuke Norimasa

Japanese actor from Kanagawa Prefecture.

Takeda Tetsuya

Tetsuya Takeda, born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's long-running, highly rated television drama Sannen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei.

Esumi Eimei

Esumi Eimei was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He died of stomach cancer on August 22, 2004, at the age of 68. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sakamoto Ryoma

8.0

Samurai superstar Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sakamoto Ryoma the rebel samurai from the Tosa clan whose accomplishments include being the father of the Japanese navy, which allowed- civilians to become warriors, starting…

Ooku 3 SP: Meiji-hen

7.7

"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,…

Yoisho no Otoko

10.0

Sakurai (Inagaki Goro) is a section chief in an insurance company who is well-known for his tremendous ability to suck up to his bosses, sometimes to the embarrassment of his girlfriend and OL co-worker Naomi (Yada…

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.…

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…

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…

Tabaruzaka

Known as the ”Last Samurai” Saigo Takamori was a stout giant of a man with a huge head and a neck like a bear. As the leader of Satsuma’s anti-Western faction, he was instumental in establishing the Sat-Cho Alliance…

The General and His Empire of Joy

3.0

Zenjiro is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai’s wife, he finds that his love Okoyo, has managed…

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,…