Mitani Noboru

Noboru Mitani was a Japanese actor, born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. He was known for "A Thousand & One Nights" (1969), "Dodes'ka-den" (1970) and "The Geisha House" (1998).

Inuzuka Hiroshi

Hiroshi Inuzuka is a Japanese actor, comedian and bassist born in Tokyo, Japan. Inuzuka is one of the members of the Crazy Cats. He is known for "Kamen Raider Zetto O" (1993), "Onsen Derira Dai shogeki" (1970) and "Kureji da yo: Kisotengai" (1966).

Hidari Bokuzen

Hidari Bokuzen, born Mikajima Ichiro (三ヶ島一郎) in Kitano, Kotesashi, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, was a Japanese actor and opera singer. He was the second son of an elementary school principal, and his family had been priests at Hikawa Shrine in Mikajima Village for generations, though his grandfather…

Amakusa Shiro

Amakusa Shirou was a TV actor and voice actor, born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan. Died of lung cancer at age 69.

Suga Fujio

Fujio Suga was born on July 27, 1927 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963), A Japanese Tragedy (1953) and Fencing Master (1962). He died on July 20, 1998.

Yamaoka Hisano

Yamaoka Hisano was a Japanese actress born in Magome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The rights to her past works were entrusted to Office Tendo by her adopted daughter. In 1942, she enrolled in the 33rd class at the Takarazuka Music School. She aimed to become an otokoyaku (male role performer) and had planned…

Motoki Katsuhide

In 1993, he studied abroad in the United States for a year. After returning to Japan, he debuted as a director at “Tenamonya Trading Company” in 1998. (Source: Wikipedia)

Nawa Hiroshi

Hiroshi Nawa was born on October 16, 1932 in Kumamoto, Japan. He is an actor, known for Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963), Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973) and Yôen dokufu-den: Han'nya no Ohyaku (1968). He passed away in 2018 from acute renal failure, aged 85.

Kariya Shunsuke

Shunsuke Kariya was born on November 26, 1946 in Oita, Japan. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Satomi hakken-den (1983), The Last Dinosaur (1977) and Battle Angel (1993).

Karasuma Setsuko

Setsuko Karasuma is a Japanese actress and model born in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. She attended Chukyo University, but left before finishing. She is employed by the From First Production talent agency. She made her debut as a Clarion Girl in 1980, moving quickly into the gravure idol scene.

Zenin Seppuku

7.0

Completing Toshiaki Toyoda's politically urgent Resurrection Trilogy following Wolf's Calling (2019) and The Day of Destruction (2020), this electrifying short follows a man tasked with assisting in the ritual suicide…

Heaven and Earth

7.1

Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry.…

Shinobi no Mono

7.1

Set during Japan's Sengoku period, this movie depicted Goemon Ishikawa, a famous outlaw hero who was boiled alive at the end of the 16th century by order of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, as a ninja who fought against samurai…

Nezumi, Edo wo Hashiru 2

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It is the Bunka-Bunsei period. While the culture of the townspeople matures and flourishes, administration by the close advisers of the 11th Tokugawa shogun Ienari is rampant and characterized by a debasement of public…

Shinsengumi

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As Japan nears the end of the nineteenth century and power shifts from the Shogunate to the Emperor, the Shinsengumi, a band of samurai, farmers, and peasants, rise to resist the tide of change. Led by Isami Kondo,…

Okiku and the World

7.4

Two rogue vagrants make their living as “manure men”, turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing…

Kill!

7.6

Comedy directed by Okamoto Kihachi. Storyline is based on the same novel as "Sanjuro" by Kurosawa Akira. In this chanbara (samurai theme film) piece we can find many cliches from earlier productions. Even if you're…

Sanada Ten Braves

7.0

Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.

Shogun's Ninja

6.6

Set in 17th-century Edo, an era of unprecedented peace under the rule of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, samurai govern the land. However, beneath this tranquility, a gripping tale of revenge and survival unfolds. Kagaribi…

Gin Nikan

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Set in Tenma, Osaka. Matsukichi is the son of a samurai. His father is killed because of a grudge and Matsukichi is also in danger. At this time, Wasuke, the owner of the store Ikawa, saves Matsukichi's life. He then…