Semishigure

7.8

Duty and honor were the principles of the samurai, but just like others throughout history, greed and power motivated some while friendship, truth and love guided others. This is the story of Bunshiro, a true warrior…

Muromachi Burai

7.2

Famine and plague have decimated 15th-century Japan, and the shogun watches as his country falls into chaos. Rebellious wanderer Hasuda Hyoe gathers a small army of misfit warriors who are ready to fight back, but…

Kumokiri Nizaemon

6.7

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan. (Source: IMDb) ~~ Adapted from…

Vanquisher

6.4

Martial artist Sopita Sribanchuen stars in this foreign-language actioner as a fearless secret agent who survives an assassination attempt in southern Thailand only to discover that her own organization is out to destroy…

Wachigaiya Itosato

5.0

Wachigaiya Itosato is a geisha in the fabled district of Shimabara, Kyoto. She falls in love with Hijikata Toshizo, who also seems to love Wachigaiya Itosato. One day, Serizawa Kamo asks Hijikata to give up Wachigaiya.…

The Lost World of Sinbad

6.8

Sukezaemon, a pirate, is shipwrecked in a strange corner of the world. With his companion, a wizard named Sennin, Sukezaemon becomes entangled in a plot by the evil premier to succeed the dying King Raksha.

Chronicle of the Evening Cicadas

7.3

Towards the end of the Edo period, Danno Shozaburo receives an order from Nakane, the prime minister at the han. The order is to keep watch over Toda Akiya, who has been in confinement for killing a boy servant who…

Impetuous Fire

The search for the essence of Kung Fu leads our dynamic duo Cherry Pai and Champion Cheng into an adventure of terror, intrigue and blood lust - horrific fighting with spirits of dead warriors! (Source: Letterboxd)

Hana Yori Mo Naho

7.2

The year is 1702, and young samurai Sozaemon Aoki has arrived in Edo to seek revenge against Jubei Kanazawa. Kanazawa is the man responsible for the death of Aoki's father, and now it's up to the grieving swordsman…

The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

2.0

Yagyu Jubei, a martial arts exponent, finds himself thrust into a secret political feud in which Yagyu Munenori plays a central role. Izumono Okuni is the only woman Jubei cares for but the two find themselves made…

Kobayashi Shigeo

Shigeo Kobayashi is a Japanese actor. Born and raised in Tokyo, Kobayashi worked on over 80 films, theatrical productions and TV drama series. In 2008, he played the leading role in a short film "Todai (the Light House)" a part of Otokotachi no Uta. His most recent work includes the role of a Japanese…

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

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,…

Hatsumi Masaaki

Hatsumi was born in Noda, Japan on December 2, 1931. He heavily participated in sports during his school years, along with martial arts and theater, including becoming "captain of the football team". While attending the Meiji University, he continued learning judo and eventually rose to Yudansha or…

Hasebe Yasuharu

Hasebe Yasuharu was a Japanese film director best known for his movies in the "Violent pink" subgenre of the Pink film, such as Assault! Jack the Ripper (1976), Rape! (1976), Rape! 13th Hour (1977) and Raping! (1978). Earlier genre films directed by Hasebe include Black Tight Killers (1966) and the…

Taniguchi Senkichi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker,…

Chiba Yasuki

Though remembered largely for his inventive postwar shomin-geki, Chiba specialized initially in period films before achieving commercial success with such popular romances as Hideko the Cheerleader (Hideko no ōendanchō, 1940), a vehicle for the teenage Hideko Takamine. Among his wartime films, Women’s…

Kishida Shin

Kishida Shin was a Japanese actor, best known for his memorable supporting roles in films and television series. Kishida Shin was born at Kawakita General Hospital in Asagaya, Suginami, Tokyo. His uncle was playwright Kunio Kishida, and actress Kyoko Kishida and children's author Eriko Kishida were…

Masuda Masao

Masuda Masao is a Japanese actor.

Danny Huston

Danny Huston is an American actor, writer and director.