Kurosawa Toshio

Kurosawa Toshio is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Best known for his role as Ashio Ryurei in "Lady Snowblood" (1973), he was a prominent actor in Japanese cinema during the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. First starting his career at Toho in 1965, on Kihachi Okamoto's…

Kosugi Yoshio

Yoshio Kosugi was born on September 15, 1903 in Tochigi, Japan. He was an actor, known forKakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) and Nihon no ichiban nagai hi (1967). He died on March 12, 1968. Source: IMDb

Okada Masumi

Okada Masumi was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the…

Fukuda Kimiko

Takashima Tadao

Born in Kobe, Japan. Was an actor from 1952–2019. Married to Hanayo Sumi and father of Masahiro Takashima and Masanobu Takashima.

Natsuki Yosuke

Natsuki Yosuke was a Japanese actor. He did a lot of work for the Toho Company and made his debut in the film "The H-Man". He appeared in Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" in 1961. In the 1970s, he left Toho and joined Toshiro Mifune's production company.

Ishibashi Etaro

Ishibashi Etaro was a Japanese actor, pianist in the jazz band "Hana Hajime and Crazy Cats", and cooking expert. Born in Shinbashi, Tokyo as the son of musician Rando Fukuda and grandson of painter Shigeru Aoki. When Etaro was three years old, his father, Rando, raped actress Hiroko Kawasaki. Rando…

Kozu Yoshiyuki

Kozu Yoshiyuki is a Japanese composer. He graduated from Kunitachi College of Music and then studied composition under Nobutoki Kiyoshi and trumpet under Fujio Nakayama Fujio. He has composed music for movies, popular songs and brass bands. He's been the director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and…

Takada Minoru

Takada Minoru is a Japanese actor who was something of a heartthrob in silent films during the 1920s and 1930s. In his later years, he typically played authority figures, such as military officers, which constituted the majority of his sci-fi roles. Takada dropped out of Tokyo College of Music in 1918…

Tanami Yasuo

Tanami Yasuo is a Japanese screenwriter and producer from Tokyo, Japan.

Edo Girl Detective

Oshichi, a famous girl detective, takes it upon herself to investigate the murder of a woman which occurs during an event for the festival of Asakusa Shrine. Her investigation leads her into danger as she runs afoul…

Paper Crane Palanquin

The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a plot to overthrow the Shogunate. (Source: Letterboxd)

Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger

8.0

Gotanda Hoipu Gakuen

Hibari, whose almost a virgin, becomes a prostitute due to her family environment. She meets Lemon, an unconventional prostitute. At first Hibari thought she wouldn't be able to get along with Lemon, but Lemon teaches…

Ghost Story of Broken Dishes at Bancho Mansion

5.9

The ever popular Misora Hibari stars as Okiku, who returns from the grave to seek vengeance against the lover that murdered her. In this unique take on the traditional Japanese ghost story, a woman’s love is misused,…

Bikkuri Go Ri Otoko

A human comedy in which Hibari Misora ​​plays a cute flower selling girl and demonstrates her genius as a child. While college students Kuriyama and Kaizuka are selling peanuts, the flower vendor Hibari is hit…

The Edo Official and Apprentice

It’s an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts to confront the elusive thief known as the “Long-Sleeve Burglar”. Played to the hilt by Misora Hibari in a delightful…

Heavenly Dragon

From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari in one of her most memorable performances as she plays Shintaro and…

Only 4 You

An omnibus film contains 4 stories: YURAI HOSHIBOSHI WARAUMADE (ゆらい、ほしぼし、笑うまで): Due to circumstances both at school and at home, two emotionally hurt 17-year-old high school girls move away…

Pandora's Box

6.9

Set shortly after Japan's defeat in WWII, "Pandora no hako" follows a young man named Risuke (Shota Sometani) who has contracted tuberculosis. He travels to the countryside to a unique nursing facility to receive treatment…