Mikura Mana

Mana Mikura and Kana Mikura are Japanese identical twin sister actresses. They are mostly collectively referred to as ManaKana. They were born in Osaka, Osaka. Mana is the older one, born 7 minutes before Kana. -- Wikipedia

Kobayashi Masahiro

Kobayashi Masahiro is a retired Japanese actor and voice actor born in Yakumo, Futami, Hokkaido, Japan. He is a graduate of Yakumo-cho Ritsu Yakumochū School and Hokkaidō Hakodate Chubu High School, and is a dropout of the cinema course in the Nihon University College of Art. In 1995, he enrolled…

Yamamoto Toru

After graduating from Musashi University, worked as a TV program production company and became a freelance assistant director. Since then, he has been involved in the creation of numerous works such as dramas and movies. In 2008, he made his debut as a feature film director with “Kizumomo.” And…

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.

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.…

Osawa Mikio

Osawa Mikio is a Japanese singer and former member of the musical idol group Hikaru Genji (光GENJIひかるゲンジ) which was named after the character Hikaru Genji of The Tale of Genji. They were managed by Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates from 1987 to 1995. His sister sent his resume…

Kudo Eiichi

Kudo Eiichi was a Japanese film director from Tomakomai, Hokkaido. His 1982 film Yajudeka was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His 1963 film 13 Assassins was the basis for the 2010 remake by Takashi Miike. Born into a merchant family in Numanohata, he is the eldest of eight…

Okuyama Yoshie

Yoshie Okuyama is an actress, known for Hokori to Gensô (2015), Atolanta bugi (1996) and Aibô (2000).

Onoe Kikunosuke V

Onoe Kikunosuke V, born August 1, 1977 as Terashima Kazuyasu, is a Kabuki and film actor. Kazuyasu came from an established Kabuki house. He is the second child of Onoe Kikugoro VII and actress Fuji Sumiko, and his older sister is actress Terajima Shinobu. Kazuyasu made his Kabuki debut in February…

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…

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…

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…

Last Ninja - Red Shadow

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

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…