Kanemi Ita

Swords in the Moonlight 1

7.2

Set in the chaotic and transitory late Edo Period, the story follows the nihilistic antihero Ryunosuke Tsukue, a psychotic samurai who senselessly massacres a helpless pilgrim in the opening scene. From this point…

Hannari Kikutaro Season 2

Set in Kyoto during the Edo period, the story follows Tamura Kikutaro, who left home after yielding his family position to his legitimate younger brother. Now living as a lodger at the kuji-yado Koiya, Kikutaro assists…

Onmitsu Happyaku Yachou

10.0

Set in the early 1800's of Edo Period Japan, the citizens suffers under the Tokugawa shogunate government. Ronin Kamiya Tamazuro is then ordered by Matsudaira Sadanobu to lead the secret "Onmitsu-gumi" group to fight…

Zenigata Heiji

4.0

Heiji is a non-fictional Edo period superhero. Working as a full-time policeman, he basically catches criminals by literally throwing coins (zeni, hence his nickname "zenigata"), or using a jutte (similar to a nightstick.)…

Son of Fire

4.0

Based on a Rakugo story Edo town. Kanda is in the pawn Wakadanna of the Large Store "Iseya", since he was a child, and loved fire. Takaji was disowned by his parentsand, Gaen all become firefighters. On a windy winter…

Why Not?

7.1

Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura.…

Utamaro's World

5.0

Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared…

Baian: The Assassin

7.6

TV series about a doctor during the Edo period who uses his acupuncturist skills to both cure and kill. Dr. Baian is essentially a good man who accepts the money he receives for killing the bad so that he can heal…

Shogun's Shadow

7.5

Tachechiyo embarks on a journey to Edo to participate in an initiation ritual that will mark his passage to manhood. Accompanying him on the journey are seven master samurai charged with the task of getting him there…

Makino Usa

Nagai Hideaki

Yada Kiyomi

Yada Kiyomi is a Japanese director.

Katou Ryousuke

Hatanaka Reiichi

Kano Wakiko

Igayama Masamitsu

Igayama Masamitsu is a Japanese director.

Mita Akira

Mita Akira is a Japanese singer and actor born in Tokyo on June 14, 1947. He debuted on a TV audition program in 1963, recommended by composer Tadashi Yoshida. In 1964 he starred in a movie for the first time.

Tsuyama Toshiko