Brave Records of the Sanada Clan

4.0

Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armor when they encounter a young boy named Sasuke with magical…

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

7.6

It is the first film of Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy of historical adventures. Following the battle of Sekigahara, Takezo and his friend Matahachi find themselves on the losing side. Instead of the grand victory…

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…

Tatsumi Ryutaro

Tatsumi Ryutaro was a Japanese actor from Sakoshi, Ako, Hyogo, Japan.

Fukuda Atsuko

Mitobe Sue

Mitobe Sue was a Japanese actress born in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan.

Takahashi Koji

Takahashi Koji is a Japanese actor. While he was in Toyo University, Takahashi became a chauffeur of Miyaguchi Seiji, an actor of the theatrical company Bungakuza. In 1959, he joined Bungakuza and made his debut with the play Japan’s Deserted Island. In 1963, he played a role in the film "Mother"…

Nakajima Shu

Nakajima Shu was a Japanese actor and director. His wife is actress Washio Machiko.

Kiyama Hiroshi

Graduated from Fuji Normal Elementary School in Tokyo City. Before the war, he served in the Shizuoka Oi Navy Air Corps. In 1946, he established the theater company Jiyoza and appeared on stage and in TV dramas as an actor. He also acted as a voice actor for Chinn Ho Kelly and Ward Bond dubbed in "Hawaii…

Yamamura Ken

Ken Yamamura (born Kennosuke Yamamura) is a Japanese actor best known for playing the younger Ichiro Yasuda / Silver Samurai in the 2013 film, The Wolverine, and Takashi in the 2014 remake, Godzilla.

Araki Takahiro

Araki Takahiro is a Japanese actor from Osaka.

Ando Yuuko

Ando Yuko is a Japanese actress and a singer-songwriter.

Abera Hidenobu

Abera Hidenobu is a Japanese screenwriter and director. Born in New York, he returned to Japan at the age of 3 and grew up in Kansai . Graduated from the Department of Imaging, Faculty of Arts, Osaka University of Arts . In 2012, the movie "Hadaka Too Dead", which was produced as a graduation production…

Mori Motonari

7.6

The 36th NHK Taiga Drama is Mori Motonari. This series chronicles the life of Mori Motonari, a warlord of the early 1500s who stood at the vanguard of the Warring States era. All Japanese school textbooks contain the…

Tokugawa Bugei Cho Yagyu Sandai No Ken

2.0

A 12 hours long drama depicting the three generations of Yagyu swordsmen, in connection with the political events of the early Edo period. Yagyu Sekishusai is a consummate swordsman teaching the Yagyu Shinkage style…

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…

Tokugawa Kengouden: Sorekara no Musashi

8.5

The story of Musashi Miyamoto is one of the most famous and often filmed sagas in Japanese film and television history. Almost every production is based upon Eiji Yoshikawa's monumental MUSASHI novel and starts with…