Tange Sazen

5.0

A story about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by the name of Tange Sazen. By chance, Tange gets an old pot in which the secret of the treasure of 1000000 ryos of…

Ooedo Senryo Bayashi

The drama starts when young actress Koharu misplaces her fan and is lent one by another performer which attracts the attention of bad samurai Shuzen Ogaki who recognises it as having once belonged to the Shogun. As…

Fujiyoshi Kumiko

Fujiyoshi Kumiko is a Japanese actress and narrator born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. She is married to the actor and former singer Yosuke Tagawa. They have a son born in 200, when she was 39 years old. In 2017, she was accused of having an extra-marital affair with a married producer working at Asahi…

Murota Hideo

Murota Hideo was a Japanese actor born in Hokkaido, Japan. He was known for "Kagemusha" (1980), "Original Sin" (1992) and "Endless Waltz" (1995). He died on June 15, 2002, in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, due to lung cancer. (Source: IMDb)

Takahashi Koji

Takahashi Koji is a Japanese actor. While he was in Toyo University, Takahashi became a chauffeur of Miyaguchi Seiji, an actor of the theatrical company Bungakuza. In 1959, he joined Bungakuza and made his debut with the play Japan’s Deserted Island. In 1963, he played a role in the film "Mother"…

Mishima Masao

Masao Mishima was born on January 2, 1906 in Niigata, Japan as Masao Nagaoka. He was an actor, known for Seppuku (1962), Banshun (1949) and Jôi-uchi: Hairyo tsuma shimatsu (1967). He died on July 18, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan. Source: IMDb

Tono Eijiro

Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…

Gori Daisuke

Gori Daisuke, born Nagahori Yoshio, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. Throughout his career, he was under various agencies, including TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Production; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. On January…

Butsuda Hiroshi

Butsuda Hiroshi, also known as Harada Hiroshi (原田洋), is a Japanese special effects director from Yamagawa, Kumamoto, Japan. He is the representative of Tokusatsu Kenkyujo Co., Ltd. Hiroshi completed his education at Kumamoto University Junior High School, Kumamoto Prefectural Sasebo High School,…

Matsuno Taiki

Matsuno Taiki was an actor and voice actor from Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, affiliated with Aoni Production. His real name, as well as his former stage name, was Matsuno Tatsuya. On June 26, 2024, he passed away due to an intracranial hemorrhage. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ezawa Moeko

Moeko Ezawa was born on March 28, 1939 in Hyogo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ôedo: (Maruhi) onna isha arashi (1975), I Want To (1979) and Trap of Lust (1973). She passed away on December 26, 2022 at the age of 87.

Narita Mikio

Narita Mikio was a Japanese actor. He was most famous for playing villains. He appeared in many Fukasaku Kinji and Gosha Hideo`s films. Narita graduated from Haiyuza Theatre Company and joined Daiei Film. His career as a screen actor started in 1963. In Japan, he is best known for his role in Tantei…

Onimasa

7.6

Matsue is the adoptive daughter of the Kiryuin House, a small yakuza clan in Shikoku. Onimasa, their leader, is the last heir to a family of samurai. He is hard in business but respected by the poor because of his…

Sukiyaki Western Django

6.9

Inspired by the historical rivalry between the Genji and Heike clans, which ushered in the era of samurai dominance in Japanese history, Sukiyaki Western Django is set "a few hundred years after the Genpei War". The…

Sego-don

8.0

Segodon follows the life of the historical figure Takamori Saigo. He was born the first son of a lower-class samurai. He was exiled two times and went through three marriages. Takamori Saigo was one of the central…

Time Trip App

7.0

Set in the year 1868, Imperial statesman Katsu Kaishuu attempts to avoid a futile conflict with Shogunate forces by sending a message to the highly influential samurai Saigou Takamori. One day, Katsu crosses paths…

Byakkotai

7.2

A re-make of the 1986 hit, which scored 80-percent in the Aizu district of Fukushima prefecture. "Byakkotai" seems to be a story by which the content of the drama visits Byakkotai Memorial Hall by a modern young person…

Onibaba

7.3

Deep within the wind-swept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. Forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain,…

Tampopo

7.6

Tampopo is a celebration of the role of food in Japanese culture. Acclaimed director Juzo Itami's (The Funeral. A Taxing Woman) hit satire was dubbed the first "noodle western" for its delightful parody of American…

Gintama

7.7

Set in the Edo period of a parallel world in which aliens from outer space called Amanto dominate the Earth, the film comically portrays various incidents which occur around Sakata Gintoki, an eccentric samurai who…