Richard Angst

Richard Angst was a Swiss cinematographer who worked on more than ninety films during his career, most of them in Germany. Angst emerged as a leading photographer of mountain films during the silent era. While he worked on some Nazi propaganda films such as My Life for Ireland, many of the films he…

Ruth Eweler

Ruth Eweler was a German actress born in Plettenberg, Germany. (Source: Wikipedia)

Nakamura Kichiji

Bando Minosuke II

Bando Minosuke II, born Morita Mitsuhisa, is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor, and the leading bassist of buyo Bando-ryu. He is the current and second holder of the Kabuki name "Bando Minosuke", and the eldest son of Bando Mitsugoro X. He is represented by the Horipro Agency.

Matsubara Momotaro

Fushimi Sentaro

He was the second generation Matagoro Nakamura 's disciple. In 1954, he was scouted for a bit part in Shochiku 's "Bikkuri Gojusanji" under the name of Mataichi Nakamura. In 1955, he became a Toei actor with the name Sentaro Fushimi. Debuted with "Moon Whistle". After that, he starred in "The Adventures…

Ueda Isamu

Walter Riml

Walter Riml was an Austrian cameraman and actor born in Innsbruck, Austria. As a passionate sportsman and skier, he contacted the mountain film pioneer Arnold Fanck who made a film in the Tyrolean area of Arlberg in 1927. Because of a bomb attack in 1944 in Berlin, he lost his archive with more than…

Onuma Asao

Onuma Asao is a Japanese actor.

Tsunoi Heikichi

Tsunoi Heikichi is a Japanese art director.

Bushi to Sono Tsuma

Born to the second son of a samurai family, Kogoro has been treated as useless. Etsu is the only daughter of a strict samurai family who has great looks. Though they are supposed to have a little happiness in a humble…

Illusion of Blood

7.0

A story of the unfaithful samurai who's haunted by the ghost of his wife. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the play "Yotsuya Kaidan" (四谷怪談) by Tsuruya Nanboku IV (鶴屋南北4).

Gate of Hell

7.2

It tells the story of a samurai who tries to marry a woman he rescues, only to discover that she is already married to someone else. Filmed using Eastmancolor film, Gate of Hell was both Daiei Film's first color film…

The Serpent

7.3

The story of a decent samurai who is widely considered a scum and a criminal. His bad luck and numerous misunderstandings drag him down the social ladder straight to the gutter (source: IMDB)

The Sword of Doom

7.7

Film shows the story of the samurai for whose only sense of life is swordsmanship. But he's not using his skills for the right purposes. Jidageki directed by Okamoto Kihachi. ~~ Adapted from the novel "大菩薩峠"…

The Tale of Zatoichi

7.7

The first of the series of classic samurai moves starring Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi. The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.

Love and Honor

7.6

Mimura Shinnojo is a lower-ranked samurai who is employed by his clan as a poison taster. He has lived a thrifty but happy life with his beautiful wife Kayo and their old servant Tokuhei. However, his happiness comes…

Yoshiwara ura Doushin

7.3

Kamimori Mikijiro is a junior samurai and is absconded by two people. After escaping his pursuers he wanders around the northern provinces for three years. He ends up in Edo's red-light district Yoshiwara. There are…

Sakura Housara

7.0

Furukehashi Shonosuke is a young samurai and the second son of Sozaemon of Togane Domain, Kazusa Province. Sozaemon serves as an attendant, but one day, he is suddenly suspected of accepting bribes. Forged documents…

Throne of Blood

7.8

Generals Miki and Washizu are Samurai commanders under a local lord, Lord Tsuzuki, who reigns in the castle of the Spider's Web Forest. After defeating the lord's enemies in battle, they return to Tsuzuki's castle.…