Kato Takeshi

Kato Takeshi was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films. He graduated from Waseda University. He first became a middle school teacher, but then joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1952. He died on July 31, 2015, after collapsing in a sauna. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kagawa Kyoko

Kagawa was born in Tokyo in 1931. She originally wanted to become a ballerina. She was discovered by a film studio after winning a beauty contest and began a career in acting. Her first major film role was in a movie Mado Kara Tobidase (Jump Out of the Window). She became a household name for her role…

Yano Masato

Masato Yano is an actor, known for I'm Home (2015), High & Low: The Worst (2019) and Tengoku kara no êru (2011).

Takashima Masahiro

Takashima Masahiro is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He comes from a family of actors, including his father (Tadao Takashima), mother (Hanayo Sumi) and younger brother Masanobu Takashima. He married the stage actress Sylvia Grab in 2005. Takashima debuted in the 1987 film "Totto Channel". His…

Nakadai Tatsuya

Nakadai Tatsuya was a Japanese actor. In his over seven-decade career, he appeared in more than 160 movies and received numerous accolades. He was honored with a Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1996 and Japan's Order of Culture in 2015. Discovered on the streets of Tokyo by director Kobayashi Masaki, he…

Satomi Kotaro

Kōtarō Satomi is a Japanese actor from the city of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He appears in both contemporary roles and in the historical dramas known as jidaigeki.

Shimazu Kentaro

Shimazu Kentaro is a Japanese actor.

Hirata Kaoru

Hirata Kaoru is a Japanese actress from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Tabata Tomoko

Tomoko Tabata is a Japanese actress. She won the best-supporting actress award from the Mainichi in 2004 for The Hidden Blade and Blood and Bones, and the best actress award at the Mainichi Film Awards for The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky in 2012. She married actor Okada Yoshinori on New Year's Day…

Sakai Masato

Masato Sakai is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Kuhio taisa and Nankyoku ryourinin and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards. He also received…

Marubashi Chuya

a rōnin (masterless samurai) from Yamagata, and instructor in martial arts and military strategy, most famous for his involvement in the 1651 Keian Uprising which sought to overthrow Japan's Tokugawa shogunate.

Kusunoki Masashige

A 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in his attempt to wrest rulership of Japan away from the Kamakura shogunate and is remembered as the ideal of samurai loyalty. His origin has not been validated…

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…

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…

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).

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…

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.…