Taboo

6.7

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around…

Kwaidan: Eternal Love

5.6

After being forced to participate in the ordered suicide of his father, samurai Iemon gives up his position in disgust. Now masterless, he is offered the chance to marry into the family of wandering priest Mataichi.…

Redemption Night

One day, an airmail arrives to a Japanese man, Samurai, who lost his job and family and fell into desperation. Postmark is Malaysia. Inside were mysterious Arabic text and photos. Guided by a letter, Tsuji visits Malaysia.…

At River's Edge

6.6

Set in the fictional Unasaka domain, the story involves a samurai who's obligated to follow an order that could destroy his relationship with his own younger sister.

Miyamatsu to Yamashita

7.2

Miyamatsu divides his modest life between jobs as a cable car operator and an extra in Japanese gangster and samurai films. With no family, friends, or memories of the past, he sleepwalks through life. Through a chance…

Shinsengumi PEACE MAKER

7.4

The story centers around a short 15-year-old boy named Ichimura Tetsunosuke who attempts to join the legendary samurai of Shinsengumi as part of his plan to avenge his murdered parents. However, he learns that he must…

The Sea Is Watching

7.3

Oshin is a prostitute in 19th century Japan. When a young samurai named Fusanosuke arrives at Oshin's brothel having fled a drunken brawl in which he injured a man, the girl hides him from the authorities. Fusanosuke…

Ninja Vixens: Forbidden Paradise

4.9

Myst and Bell are two beautiful ninja sisters who save Iyori, a young samurai on the run. Myst and Bell have a secret, though – one they’ll do anything to protect. As they nurse Iyori back to health, love blossoms…

Hotarugusa

7.9

Nana is a servant of the Kazahaya family, She is from a samurai family. Her father was about to reveal wrongdoings within the domain but had to commit ritual suicide for a crime he hadn't done. Ichinoshin tries to…

The Ghost Writer's Wife

8.0

Set in Meiji-era Matsue, Toki is a quirky girl from a once-proud samurai family now struggling with poverty after her father’s failed business. To make ends meet, she becomes a maid for a foreign English teacher…

Tanaka Tomoyuki

Tanaka Tomoyuki was a Japanese film producer who was most famous for creating the Godzilla franchise. He was born in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan. Tanaka was married to the actress Nakakita Chieko (1926 – 2005). Soon after graduating from Kansai University in 1940, Tanaka joined Taisho Studios, which merged…

Chii Takeo

Takeo Chii was born on May 5, 1942 in Chiba, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972), Trucker Yaro IX: A 5000 Km Run (1979) and Bee Bop High School (1985). He was married to Saori Maki. He died on June 29, 2012 in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Source: IMDb)

Kurosawa Toshio

Kurosawa Toshio is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Best known for his role as Ashio Ryurei in "Lady Snowblood" (1973), he was a prominent actor in Japanese cinema during the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. First starting his career at Toho in 1965, on Kihachi Okamoto's…

Takachi Noboru

Takachi Noboru is a Japanese actor, singer, and entertainer born in Kochi, Japan. From 1991 until 1996, Noboru was married to AV actress Aida Momo, and from 1999 until 2016, he was married to actress Takashima Reiko.

Naraoka Tomoko

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…

Takeda Kozo

Takeda Kozo, born December 27, 1972 in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor and former professional kick boxer.

Moriguchi Hiroko

Moriguchi Hiroko, born June 13, 1968 in Fukuoka, Japan, is an actress and singer. She was the host of NHK’s “Pop Jam” and occasionally on shows such as “Yorumo Hit Parade”, “Magical Zunou Power!” and “Star Dokiri”. She was co-host with SMAP for a show called “Mori Mori” a few years…

Ichikawa Ennosuke IV

The fourth generation Ichikawa Ennosuke is Kinoshi Takahiko. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, as the eldest son of Ichikawa Danshiro IV. His uncle is the famous Ichikawa Ennosuke III, father of the actor Kagawa Teruyuki. He graduated from Keio University in 1998 with specialization in Japanese literature.…

Omori Sumio

Omori Sumio is a Japanese screenwriter, director, and film director from Kanagawa, Japan. He began his theater activities in his teens, founding the theater company "Jikahatsuden," where he handled writing and directing. In 1997, he made his debut as a screenwriter with the original video "New Quiet…

Kikuchi Shunsuke

Kikuchi Shunsuke was a Japanese composer and orchestrator from Aomori, Japan. He died while being treated for pneumonia in a hospital in Tokyo on April 24, 2021.