Tezuka Katsumi

Tezuka Katsumi is a former Japanese actor and suit actor, and a former professional baseball player. Before the war, he had experience as a professional baseball player, positioning as a pitcher and an outfielder. No appearances have been confirmed since the mid-1960s, and his current whereabouts are…

Minawa Ichiro

Aiming to become a singer, he studied vocal music at the Oriental Music School (currently Tokyo College of Music ). He was interested in stage sound effects by helping his sister, who was an actress of the new cooperative theater company, with the help of a shadow song. Although he joined Million Records…

Kumagai Jiro

Kumagai Jiro is a Japanese actor who appeared (or at the very least had a presence in) no less than 20 sci-fi films, and many other films besides. He reportedly lived no more than 3 minutes away from Toho studios during the height of Toho’s output. From 1963 onward he acted under the stage name “Kumagai…

Shima Koji

Shima Koji was a Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter. Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925. He appeared in over 90 films as an actor, playing mostly romantic leads. He turned to directing…

Takamatsu Masao

Takamatsu Masao was a Japanese actor. He was associated with Makino Production, Kyoto Nikkatsu, Toho Film Studio, and Shin Toho before joining NAC. His date of death is unknown. (Source: MyDramaList)

Fujioka Jukei

Fujioka Jukei, born as Fujioka Shigeyoshi, in Kobe, was a Japanese actor and voice actor.

Muraki Yoshiro

A Japanese production designer, art director, and costume designer. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the films Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Kagemusha (1980), and Ran (1985). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for…

Banno Yoshimitsu

A Japanese film director, best known for the cult-classic Godzilla vs. Hedorah, which he directed and co-wrote. Banno was a special guest at G-Fest XII in 2005. He was an executive producer on Legendary Pictures's American Godzilla films, Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and Godzilla…

Shiraki Mari

Shiraki Mari is a Japanese actress. She joined the Nikkatsu studio and appeared in about 100 films at Nikkatsu. Shiraki is well known for her role "Ritsu Nakamura" in the TV jidaigeki "Hissatsu series". (Source: Wikipedia)

Lung Fong

Jimmy Lung Fong was a Hong Kong actor, film director, and action choreographer. Lung was best known to moviegoers for his frequent portrayal of villains in various Hong Kong films, most notably in films made by Wong Jing. Lung retired from the film industry and died from lung cancer in 2008. (Source:…

Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai

4.0

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Shimizu Toyomatsu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation…

I Want to Be a Shellfish

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation…

Jiro Monogatari

Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother. (Source: worldcat.org) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Jiro Monogatari" (次郎物語) by Shimomura…

Unsubdued Furies

The story of a Chinese patriot who avenges his father’s death, agitates Chinese tungsten miners against their Japanese masters and falls in love with a Japanese beauty at the same time. (Source: Letterboxd)

Kidnap

8.0

Kung-fu and drama merge in this unusually poignant and popular action film from the golden age of martial arts. Lo Lieh is given one of his most memorable roles as a tough gas station attendant who plots to kidnap…

Angry Young Men

Cheong is told that his father is alive upon his mother's death. His father is embarrassed by the sudden appearance of Cheong. Cheong employed as a worker in the fruit farm shows his disobedient temper. Furthermore,…

Shingo Torimonocho

2.0

A hard-boiled historical drama set in the Tenpo era , where the main characters, Okabiki and Komagata Shingo, solve various difficult cases . Although it is a poetic justice like many other historical dramas, it is…

The 36 Crazy Fists

5.1

Looking to avenge his father's death, after he was murdered by gangsters when he failed to pay protection money, a monastery novice strives tirelessly, with the help of students and a drunkard, to learn advanced Kung…

Straits of Chosun

The son of a noble Korean family tries to atone for the death of his brother by joining the Imperial Army, leaving behind his pregnant wife in the process. (Source: IMDb)

A Resort Called Hell

An incorrigible gambler, Ming fakes death to end his money problems. However, he is caught by the Hades guard whose orders are to take anyone lying in a coffin to Hades regardless of whether he is dead or alive. Fortunately,…