Tamiya Jiro

Tamiya Jiro was born on August 25, 1935 in Kyoto City, Japan as Shibata Goro. He was an actor and producer, known for Miyamoto Musashi (1973), 3000 kiro no wana (1971) and Showdown at Night's End (1964). He was married to Fuji Yukiko. He died on December 29, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan.

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Yusuke Santamaria

Yusuke Santamaria, born Nakayama Yusuke, is an actor and singer born in Ōita Ōita Prefecture, Japan who premiered primarily on Japanese networks such as JDTV and JHJ. He was best known for his work on many popular game shows, television programs, and shorts. He is also known simply as "Yūsuke". His…

Maki Yoko

Maki Yoko, born in Inzai, Chiba, is a Japanese actress who made her film debut at the age of 19 in the 2001 film "Drug". Her film career sprung when receiving a role as Aya in the highly modernized remake of the Japanese vengeance film " "The Princess Blade". Maki later began performing on stage in…

Hamamura Jun

Jun Hamamura was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 1995

Sawamura Ikki

Sawamura Ikki is a Japanese model, actor, and singer who was born in Kagoshima. After graduating high school he started in the industry as a fashion model and then later made his acting debut in 1996. He sang the ending theme song for the drama Hataraki Man.

Sawai Takako

Sawai Takako is a Japanese actress born in Osaka. Her sister is the actress Sawai Keiko. She worked at the Yajima Satoko office, and belongs to the Takarai Project. In 1964, when she was in the third year of junior high school, she moved to Tokyo with her sister who entered the entertainment world.…

Ito Daisuke

Ito Daisuke was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture. He is one of the famous directors who laid the foundation for historical films, and is also called the "father of historical films". After graduating from junior high school, he gave up going to school…

Tanaka Hiroshi

Mizoguchi Kenji

Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Mizoguchi's work is renowned for its long takes and mise-en-scène. According to writer Mark Le Fanu, "His films have an extraordinary force and purity. They shake and move the viewer by the power, refinement and compassion with which they…

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

6.9

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study…

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

6.9

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro;…

Miyamoto Musashi: Hihi Taiji no Ba

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

7.1

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets…

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

7.8

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He’s sought as a teacher and vassal by the Shogun, Japan’s most powerful clan leader. He’s also challenged to fight by the supremely confident…

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

7.8

It is the second film of the Samurai Trilogy, wchich follows the adventures of Miyamoto Musashi as he wanders through Japan learning the ways of a samurai. The first part of the trilogy is Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto…

Zen and Sword

7.2

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning is not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result, finds…

Nihon Kenkaku Den 1

Musashi

7.6

Many are familiar with "The Book of Five Rings" which was written by Miyamoto Musashi in the 17th century. Musashi's treatise on strategy and the way to lead instantly became the business executive's bible when the…

Ganryujima: Kojiro to Musashi

In the 16th Year of Keityo (1611), the lord of Ogura Castle in Kyushu admitted Sasaki Kojiro because of his great sword techniques. However, a group within the feudal clan that supported the use of guns considered…