Tatsumi Ryutaro

Tatsumi Ryutaro was a Japanese actor from Sakoshi, Ako, Hyogo, Japan.

Sugi Kyoji

Sugi Kyoji was a Japanese actor. He was born in Fukuoka, Japan.

Inoue Yasushi

Yasushi Inoue (May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991) was a Japanese writer of poetry, essays, short fiction, and novels. Born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido in 1907, Inoue was raised in Shizuoka Prefecture. Inoue studied at both Kyushu University and Kyoto University. He balanced his studies with a career as college…

Shoji Eiken

Shoji Eiken, born Shoji Nagataka (庄司永建) in Shinjo, Yamagata, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Sophia University (上智大学) and later attended the People's Arts Theater Training Institute (民衆芸術劇場附属養成所). In 1948, he joined the Mingei Theater Company (劇団民藝),…

Yamanouchi Akira

Akira Yamanouchi was born on July 11, 1921 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kenka ichidai: Dodekai yatsu (1970), Tattooed Life (1965) and Umi o wataru hatoba no kaze (1960). He was married to Misty OTA. He died on October 29, 1993 in Tokyo Japan.

Abe Kusuo

Kusuo Abe was born on July 24, 1910 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan as Ishitaro Ito. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Ikiru (1952), Miyamoto Musashi (1961) and Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple (1964). He died on November 2, 1965 in Kyoto, Japan.

Kaburagi Hajime

Kaburagi Hajime was a Japanese composer and orchestrator from Kanagawa, Japan.

Takamori Ryuichi

Takamori Ryuichi was a Japanese director from Mikkabi, Inasa, Shizuoka, Japan.

Frankie Sakai

Frankie Sakai was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician. From his days at Keio University, Sakai worked as a jazz drummer at American Army camps during the Occupation of Japan, often doing comic routines with his music. Becoming a professional comedian, he appeared in many famous film comedies, such…

Kono Akitake

Kono Akitake was a Japanese actor, born in Shinko, Annaka, Nagasaki, Japan. He was originally performing under the stage name Yamazaki Shinzo (山崎進蔵). He attended Shimabara Prefectural Middle School and later Tokyo Physics School, though he left in November 1930. In November 1931, Kono joined…

Chain

Set against the backdrop of the Aburanokoji incident, revered as the emblem of the Shinsengumi's decline, this captivating period drama intricately weaves the tales of samurai and commoners navigating through tumultuous…

Kuroe no Ryugi

6.6

Chloe is a French girl attending a Japanese high school, and despite her pretty blonde hair and blue eyes, she is obsessed with Japanese culture and historical dramas, making her speak like a samurai. (Source: moshimoshi-nippon.jp)

Ore ra no Tado Matsuri: Koyama Chiku San Nenkan no Kiroku

Tado Festival has a long history in Tado Town, Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture, and is said to have been started by samurai warriors in 1338. It was burned down by Oda Nobunaga's forces in 1571, and was continued during…

Jakkotai

Four death row inmates with unique personalities are given a stay of execution with the condition that they go on a suicide mission as ordered by the Shogun. Their team is called the "Jakkotai". Dragged into this is…

Sisam

Set in the early Edo period, this story follows Kojiro, the son of a Matsumae clan samurai, whose family trades with the Ainu people. After his older brother Einosuke is murdered by a treacherous servant, Kojiro travels…

Shin Abarenbo Shogun

7.5

The eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, fights against evil rampant in Edo while blending in with the common people as Tokuda Shinnosuke, the third son of a poor samurai retainer, commonly known as "Shin-san". The story…

IZO

6.3

Almost defying description, Miike's film opens with found documentary footage about sperm-production in young males and then turns to a graphically violent recreation of the execution in 1865 of the 28-year-old Okada…

Joiuchi

Genshiro tries to hit the lord who drove his fiancé to self-harm. He leaves his domain and becomes a ronin. Jubei is appointed by the lord to kill Genshiro and forced to chase him unwillingly. Strange fate of two…

Last Ninja - Blue Shadow

The second of a two-part ninja action series depicting the elaborate espionage campaign occurring behind the scenes of the 'Toba-Fushimi Battle'. Japan at the end of the Edo Period brought the era of the samurai to…

Kaidan

6.5

Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river will never surface again.…