Oedo Gonin Otoko

7.2

During the 17th Century bands of hatamoto, samurai vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate, were causing havoc in the new capital city of Edo. Opposing them was Banzui-in Chobei,whose sole aim was to save Edo from the hatamoto…

Swords in the Moonlight 2

7.2

In the second episode of the trilogy, samurai Ryunosuke’s circumstances change: now blinded, he struggles to make a living as a mendicant flute-player. Otoyo, a woman whose husband was killed by Ryunosuke, works…

Yataro Kasa

Yanko Yataro, who was born as a samurai but hated the samurai family and became a yakuza, hung up his sandals and went to Matsuida Yado Torataro in Matsuida-juku in Kisoji for a trip. That night, I went out to see…

Yume zo Mishi

In Jimpachi Kodera's household, young samurai Keishiro Kanie arrives, captivating Jimpachi's wife, Shoko, despite his initially arrogant demeanor. Keishiro introduces himself while Shoko is cleaning, and she recalls…

Nezumi, Edo wo Hashiru

7.0

Under the rule of Shogun Ienari, the samurais and the townspeople are all discontented and grumbling about their lot in life. Amidst all these, there lives a man by the name of Jirokichi, popularly known as Nezumi…

The Last Ronin

7.3

16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon…

Imura Kumi

Kumi Imura was born on December 11, 1983 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Mûnraito jerîfisshu (2004), Madan Senki Ryukendo (2006) and Chôseijin Guranseizâ (2003).

Hizuki Hana

Hizuki Hana is a Japanese actress.

Kanada Satoshi

Satoshi Kanada is a Japanese actor and former first generation member of idol group Yoshimotozaka46 (吉本坂46) and its unit CIRCUS. (Source: MyDramaList)

Yazawa Shin

Actress and entertainer. Her husband is famous K-1 kickboxer Masato. She is close friends with Eiko Koike from high school. The two appeared together in the 2007 Fuji TV drama, Yama Onna Kabe Onna.

Miyakawa Ichirota

Miyakawa Ichirota is a Japanese actor.

Tsukifune Sarara

Tsukifune Sarara is a Japanese actress.

Hosokawa Fumie

Fumie Hosokawa is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is often referred to as the “original” kyonyu (huge breasts) idol. Hosokawa was born in Tanabu, Aomori prefecture and lived in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture until the age of four. She then moved to Hawaii for a year to attend school there.…

Hayakawa Sessue

Kintaro Hayakawa , known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa, was a Japanese actor. He was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in the United States and Europe. His "broodingly…

Shimazu Kentaro

Shimazu Kentaro is a Japanese actor.

Ueda Rinto

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…

Blade of the Immortal

7.5

Rin vows revenge for her parents' murder and enlists the help of Manji who is known as the "immortal samurai." As he battles the gangster swordsmen of the Itto-ryu clan, Manji begins to sense something unusual about…

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…

It's a Summer Film

7.6

Hadashi, a high schooler, is obsessed with old Japanese samurai films. When her film club rejects her samurai film project, she decides to gather her friends and craft the film on her own terms. She convinces a reluctant…