Igawa Hisashi

Igawa Hisashi is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's "Dodesukaden", "Ran", and "Madadayo". He starred in Abe Kōbō's production of "The Man Who Turned Into A Stick", a surrealist play, in 1969.

Miyaguchi Seiji

Seiji Miyaguchi was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as Kyuzo, the master swordsman), Ikiru as a yakuza boss from "restaurant row," and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan. At the age of 71, he succumbed to lung cancer.

Chiaki Minoru

Chiaki Minoru was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. In Seven Samurai, he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi, and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. In real life, he was the last of the seven actors to die. Chiaki was…

Julian Cheung

Zhang Zhi Lin (English name: Julian Cheung) is a Hong Kong actor. He and Anita Yuen announced that they were dating in 1994 when they starred in their first drama together. In 2001, they got married and have one son.

Kurosawa Yu

Yu Kurosawa is a Japanese former Actress and Model. She is the granddaughter of Akira Kurosawa. She has been married to Mitsuru Matsuoka since January 2, 2002. They have one child.

Nakai Kie

Nakai Kie is a Japanese actress and essayist. She graduated from Rural Chofu Akiba Junior and Senior High School and Waseda University. Her younger brother is the actor Nakai Kiichi. She made her debut as an actress while attending Waseda University School of Letters, transferred from one part to the…

Kimura Isao

Isao Kimura was a Japanese actor. He appeared in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa. The first was Stray Dog as Yusa the criminal. Perhaps his most notable role was in Seven Samurai as the youngest of the samurai, Katsushiro.

Ivan Tsai

Ivan Tsai is a Taiwanese model and actor. His younger sister is Anita Tsai.

Iwanaga Hiroaki

Hiroaki Iwanaga is a Japanese actor. He is well known for portraying Akira Date in Kamen Rider OOO. He was born on the same day as the broadcast of episode 8 of Kamen Rider (Skyrider). At present, the last time Iwanaga reprised his role as Kamen Rider Birth Prototype was in Super Hero TaisenIcon-crosswiki…

Nakamura Nobuo

Nakamura Nobuo was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Kurosawa Akira and Ozu Yasujiro in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles in the West were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo…

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Hyaku Monogatari

7.5

An anthology special consisting of ten different short stories. >> Story 1: "Tobira no Muko" (扉の向こう) [Director: Shinozaki Makoto] >> Story 2: "Tera ni Azukerareta Riyu" (寺に預けられた理由) [Director:…

Sakurada Gate Incident

6.2

At dawn, on February 18, 1860, samurai of Mito domain Tetsunosuke Seki (Osawa Takao) leaves his wife Fusa (Hasegawa Kyoko) and son - Seki Seiichiro (Kato Seishiro) behind to fulfill a deadly mission. In January, Tetsunosuke…

Yakuza Busting Girls

5.9

Asami returns exausted after three years of intense training to become a yakuza hunter. She decides to visit her old master, Inokuma, who runs a bar. However, she finds his place in ruins and nothing is as it was when…

Captain Barbell

7.2

Five years after Captain Barbell and Nero's last battle, Nero comes back to spread darkness, this time with a league of supervillains tagged as "Pwersa ng Kadiliman (Forces of Evil)". Teng also gathered superheroes…

Sosa Kenji Chikamatsu Shigemichi 11

Chikamatsu Shigemichi, an investigative prosecutor who has been assigned to Toyama, visits a hot spring inn in Omaki Onsen with the guidance of administrative officer Komiyama Sanae, and meets Satake and Hatanaka,…

Love Riron

6.0

Mizuno Aiya is a mysterious master in love who has come hired as the manager of a convenice store. If the love doctrine he imparts is put into practice, a female’s heart will be won in no time. A man’s looks, wealth…

Saikou no Omotenashi

2.0

Tategami Trading is a major general trading company. Its Sales Department is home to the Special Sales Division which is focused on business entertainment. Suzuki Chie heads a team of individualistic members. The sensual…

Last Game

4.0

Set in 1943, baseball is banned in Japan as "a sport of the enemy country" as Japan is at war with the U.S. The baseball match between Waseda University and Keio University (the So-Kei game), which is hugely popular…

Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere

7.1

A powerful crime lord named Tojo has the town of Tsuson completely under his control with no police intervention standing in his way. Because of his crimes, there is an incredibly big reward for his death or capture,…

Nothing Parts 71

Sento Takenori, producer of Eureka, makes his directorial debut with this film set in Okinawa. A teacher named Tomokazu gets sent to prison after a confrontation with an American soldier results in death. When he gets…