Sanjo Miki

Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…

Inada Tetsu

Inada Tetsu is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He was born in Hachioji, Tokyo. He is affiliated with Aoni Production affiliation. He graduated from Seijijuku Tokyo School. He plays a wide range of roles, including not only brave and masculine characters but also onee characters and high-pitched…

Ifukube Akira

Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…

Kaneko Shusuke

Shusuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo, 8 June 1955. Drawn to film as a young boy, he filled his early years with science fiction and kaiju movies, giant monsters such as Godzilla and Gamera. Much of TV in Japan in the early and mid-60s was made up of imported shows from America, and Kaneko's imagination…

Haneoka Kei

Japanese composer and arranger who was born in Tokyo, graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Music. His father is Jin Haneoka, a singer-songwriter. His graduation work "Piano Quintet No. 1" received high praise, and he appeared in the "70th Yomiuri Rookie Concert " sponsored by…

Matsuzawa Kazuyuki

Kazuyuki Matsuzawa is a Japanese actor. He played Toshizo Tanba in "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger", a role he would reprise 2 years later in "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger".

Takita Yojiro

Takita Yojiro is a Japanese filmmaker. Takita received an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for his 2008 drama Departures. It marked the first time a Japanese film won the award after the category first became competitive in 1957. Takita Yojiro entered the film industry through Mukai Productions,…

Kimura Isao

Isao Kimura was a Japanese actor. He appeared in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa. The first was Stray Dog as Yusa the criminal. Perhaps his most notable role was in Seven Samurai as the youngest of the samurai, Katsushiro.

Murakawa Eri

Murakawa Eri is a Japanese actress from Daito, Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Amuse (アミューズ). She began her training at the Cares (キャレス) vocal and dance school in Osaka around 1998. That year, she won the grand prize at the National Amuse Audition (全国アミューズオーディション).…

Yoshine Kyoko

Yoshine Kyoko is a Japanese actress. She began to learn to play piano since kindergarten and started playing the flute from primary school. She is known for her role in "Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu!" as "Kagawa Makoto". In April 2013, she participated in Fuji TV series "Last Cinderella", her official…

Edo Kid

Okazaki Domain samurai Inaba Gotaro accidentally killed a superior while trying to save his beloved geisha, Ko-en. On the run, they were rescued by the actor Nakamura Utaemon, but Ko-en was taken by the Hatamoto, Ono…

Yagyuu Renyasai: Hiden Tsukikagesho

6.7

Increased competition between two samurai brothers, threatening to tear their clan apart, eventually leads them to a duel to death in the early Edo Period. One of them is trained in the famous Yagyu Shinkage Ryu, while…

A Warrior's Flute

7.0

A young samurai wins the heart of a beautiful princess with his wonderful flute playing, which sets in motion a feud that will change the face of Japan.

The Demon of Mount Oe

6.2

A team of samurai warriors team up to defeat a shape-changing, supernatural creature. ~~Adapted from Matsutaro Kawaguchi's (川口松太郎) novel

The Master Spearman

7.3

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his…

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)

The Ninja Hunt

Four ex-samurai are hired to find and kill ninja infiltrators who are intent on destroying the Matsuyama clan. (Source: IMDb)

Kitsune no Kureta Akanbo

8.0

A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. But there's something special about the boy. (Source: IMDb)

Murakami Yoshiteru

a 14th-century samurai who fought for Prince Moriyoshi.

Incident at Blood Pass

8.2

A wandering samurai accepts a mysterious assignment that takes him to a mountain pass, where he is to await further instruction in an isolated teahouse. The warrior -- through conversations with the tea house's patrons…