Tenchijin

7.7

The 48th NHK Taiga drama is Tenchijin. The story centers on Naoe Kanetsugu, a loyal and devoted samurai in Echigo Province in the 16th century. Kanetsugu was trained in his early childhood by Uesugi Kenshin and after…

Ishi to Bushi no Kosai

Kaze to Kumo to Toride

Return of the Chinese Boxer

6.0

After the First Sino-Japanese War, Japanese warlords plan an invasion of China from Manchuria, forming an alliance with General Tao. This prompts Chinese generals to oppose him, with martial artist "Rapid Fist" Sau…

Duel in the Wind

4.0

Yojiro orders a samurai to kill a debtor. The samurai decides not to trust the judgment of his master, which makes him an outcast and he has to flee… (Source: letterboxd.com) Based on a manga written by Kojima Goseki.

Joiuchi: Hairyou Tsuma Shimatsu

7.4

In the Edo period of Japan, Isaburo Sasahara is a vassal of the daimyo of the Aisu clan. Sasahara is the most skilled swordsman in the land, whose only rival in ability is his good friend Tatewaki Asano. Isaburo is…

Shin Momotaro Zamurai

~~ Adapted from the novel "Momotaro Samurai" (桃太郎侍) by Yamate Kiichiro (山手樹一郎).

The Magical Warrior

Surona Bushi ni Shite Kure 〜 Kyoto Satsueijo Rapusodi 〜

9.0

Aired on NHK BS.

Choukosoku! Sankin-kotai

7.2

Naito Masaatsu, lord of the Yunagaya Domain, an area with only 15,000 citizens which also happens to control a valuable gold mine. When a scheme is hatched by Matsudaira Nobutoki, a member of the shogun’s elder council,…

Sato Eriko

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Kurosawa Akira

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, he directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After…

Shishido Joe

Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…

Kotegawa Yuko

Kotegawa Yuko, born July 16, 1959 in Oita Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress. Yuko made her film debut in 1976 in Hoshi to Arashi. She was cast in the 1983 Toho adaptation of the novel The Makioka Sisters. In 1991 the Japan Academy recognized her as the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in…

Hirata Akihiko

He had an unusual background for an actor: his formal education began in a kindergarten founded by the wartime-era Japanese Imperial Army and continued in a military academy which was Tokyo's answer to West Point. Upon graduating from Tokyo University, Hirata confounded many family expectations of him…

Higuchi Shinji

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Uchiyama Rina

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Hosokawa Shigeki

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Ito Kentaro

Ito Kentarō, formerly known only by his given name, "Kentaro", is a Japanese actor and model. He was born in Tokyo and began his early career as a model in 2012 at age 14. In 2014, he joined Bonn Image, a modeling agency, at first for advertising jobs. Then, he landed a supporting role in the highly…

Hanyu Yuzuru

Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer. He is a two-time Olympic champion and the first male single skater to complete the Super Slam, having won all major international senior and junior titles in the course of his career. He is also a six-time Japanese national champion. He…