Sasaki Taiko

Sasaki Taiko is a Japanese idol under STARTO ENTERTAINMENT and is a member of Junior group KEY TO LIT. He was part of the group 7 MEN Samurai up until its disbandment.

Motodaka Katsuki

Motodaka Katsuki is a Japanese idol under STARTO ENTERTAINMENT and is a member of Junior group B&ZAI. He was part of the group 7 MEN Samurai up until its disbandment.

Konno Taiki

Konno Taiki is a Japanese idol under STARTO ENTERTAINMENT and is a member of Junior group B&ZAI. He was part of the group 7 MEN Samurai (7 MEN 侍) up until its disbandment.

Ogawa Tamaki

Tamaki Ogawa was born on February 11, 1972 in Tokuyama, Yamaguchi, Japan as Noriko Sagawa. She is an actress, known for Samurai Fiction (1998), Kansatsu eien ni kimi wo mitsumete (2007) and Ho gi ra ra (2002). She has been married to Kera since March 6, 2009.

Iwashiro Taro

Iwashiro Taro is a Japanese composer, arranger, pianist, and music producer born in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he entered the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, Department…

Sukezane Kiki

Kiki Sukezane is a Japanese actress from Kyoto. She plays Miko Otomo in the 2015 TV adaptation of Heroes Reborn. She was born into a family noted for its samurai ancestry.

Inaba Yoshio

Yoshio Inaba was a Japanese actor best known for his role as one of the title characters (the good-natured, second-in-command Gorobei) in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. He died of a heart attack at the age of 77.

Mifune Rikiya

Rikiya Mifune was born on March 16, 1988. He is an actor and producer, known for Samurai Marathon 1855 (2019), Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015) and Catch a Wave (2006). Son of Shirô Mifune and Grandson of Toshirô Mifune. (Source: IMDB)

Asato Mari

Mari Asato is a Japanese film director born in Okinawa on March 14, 1976. Primarily known for the film Ju-On: Black Ghost (2009) as part of The Grudge film instalments. Other films include the politically undertoned Samurai Chicks (Dokuritsu Shôjo Gurentai) (2004), the cinematic rendition Boy From…

Nakajima Haruo

Nakajima was born in Yamagata, Japan. His first credited role in a motion picture was in the 1952 film Sword for Hire. He began his career as a stunt actor in samurai films and he acted in a small role in the 1954 film Seven Samurai, portraying a bandit. He was considered by many to be the best suit…

Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills

7.9

The film depicts the uneasy life of Isomura Noe with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day, on the journey back home from her aunt's grave, Noe meets a Samurai under…

Kagero no Tsuji 2

6.0

This is a story about a gifted swordsman who overcomes problems with a strong sense of justice and genuine sympathy toward commoners. Four years have passed since Iwane moved to Edo but he still lived in a row house…

Naniwa no Hana - Ogata Koan Jikencho

5.0

Seemingly wimpish medical student Ogata Akira, later Ogata Koan, who was born to a samurai family yet lacks the fighting spirit, solves crime cases with a help of Sakon, a mysterious girl disguised as samurai belonging…

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…

Oyari Haishaku - Yoidore Kotoji Tomegaki

7.7

Akame Kotoji, a shabby, middle-aged, low-ranking samurai, is a stableman at the suburban villa of Narushima Michihisa, the feudal lord of the desperately poor Kuju domain. One day, he downs litres of alcohol in a drinking…

Ooka Echizen - Shirasu ni Saita Shinjitsu

6.0

The case starts with the discovery of a brutally murdered man beneath an embankment on a dry winter’s day. Among the onlookers is an elderly samurai Kazama Gorozaemon (Kato Go) who gazes at the corpse with a piercing…

Nuke Mairu - Onna 3-nin Ise Mairi

7.2

Ino, the daughter of a restaurant owner; Shika, the beautiful, dignified wife of a samurai; and Chou, the proprietress of a sundries shop were the ultimate trio of Bakurocho in Edo in their youth. Now they are all…

Have a Nice Day

6.0

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa…

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…