Wanibuchi Emi

Emi Wanibuchi was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. She is a descendant of a samurai warriors clan,the Wanibuchi-no-Kami. She studied for two years at NIDA -the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. She played the lead in the Japanese movie "An Unwanted Baby". The movie won a number of awards…

Tokutomi Kenjiro

Tokutomi was born on December 8, 1868 in Minamata, Japan to a samurai family. He was the younger brother of journalist and historian Tokutomi Sohō. He converted to Christianity in 1885, and moved to Imabari, Ehime, where he lived with Shiro Sokabe and was a student of Tokio Yokoi. This is also where…

Sakamoto Haruya

Stocky, imposing, and big-eared actor who rarely played anything other than a soldier, a policeman, or a samurai. He was apparently strong enough to share the role of King Ghidorah in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) with Shoichi Hirose. He very rarely had speaking roles. Ironically, despite…

Horikawa Hiromichi

Horikawa Hiromichi was a Japanese director. He was assistant director to Kurosawa Akira for the production of Seven Samurai (1954) and Throne of Blood (1957). Akira Kurosawa’s assistant on numerous films including Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai, 1954), Horikawa has never achieved…

Kataoka Asuka

Asuka Kataoka was born in Souja, Okayama, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ghostwriter Go, Samurai purinsesu: Gedou-hime (2009) and Shiawase Nara te o Tatakou (2005).

Tsushima Keiko

Keiko Tsushima was a Japanese actress, whose real name was Naoko Mori. She was notable for her prominent role in Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai. She also starred in Japanese television series such as Sakura and Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki.

Ono Daisuke

Born in Chiba in 1988, Daisuke graduated from The Film School of Tokyo in the narrative program. His first film, Sainara, BAD SAMURAI (2016) won the Grand Prix at the Kanazawa Film Festival. His second film, Wolf na Sissy (2005) won the Grand Prix and Best Actor at the 18th TAMA NEW WAVE. (Source: Chicago…

Fujikawa Yanosuke

Fujikawa Yanosuke is a kabuki actor belonging to the theater group Zenshinza, born in Tokyo, Japan. His grandfather was Fujikawa Yanosuke known as one of the seven samurai of Zenshinza. He comes from a family of entertainers, including his aunt, actress Imamura Izumi, his mother, Japanese dancer Fujima…

Kayama Yoshiko

Actress | Writer. Yoshiko Kayama was born on January 1, 1944 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress and writer, known for Three Outlaw Samurai (1964), Arashi wo yobu jûhachinin (1963) and Edogawa Rampo no injû (1977).

Saito Kosei

Saito Kosei was a Japanese film director. He is known for directing the film G.I. Samurai. (Source: Wikipedia)

Swords in the Moonlight 1

7.2

Set in the chaotic and transitory late Edo Period, the story follows the nihilistic antihero Ryunosuke Tsukue, a psychotic samurai who senselessly massacres a helpless pilgrim in the opening scene. From this point…

The Envoy

4.0

A movie about a troublesome thief from the Edo period who went to Osaka and unexpectedly ended up involved in the battle between a samurai and a moneylender.

The River Fuefuki

Japan, 1643. As the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing their blades in a duel to the death. (Source: TMDb) ~~ Adapted…

Kotohime Shichihenge

Kotohime is a princess that hates living a life following the will of others, she defeats potential marriage partners one after another. Depending on the occasion, she changes from her princess costume to a disguise…

Irezumi Chibusa

In the historic setting of Kitamachi, Tsukitaro, the nephew of the local magistrate, seeks adventure away from the rigid samurai lifestyle. When he learns of a conflict involving the magistrate's dealings with the…

Kisaragi muso ken

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil plans of the Owari Clan's corrupt Lord. It's a colorful bunch, a drunk…

Shinsengumi Chronicles

7.6

This action-packed epic stars Ichikawa Raizo as a honest man who joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, Isami KONDO, and because he wants to die as a samurai. But as his involvement grows, reality…

Ronin Gai

An ensemble of colorful characters and social outcasts patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned…

Moon Whistle Sun Whistle Volume 1 Young Warrior under the Moon

The story of the 16th year of the Warring States period. A horse race between Kinmon and Samurai was held at Kamo no Miya Baba, the capital of Kyoto. The knight of the Kinmon is the prestigious Rokujo Hidarimezu of…

Kaidan Onibi no Numa

Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn’t bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without success. Saburouta is rescued by his nephew, Keisuke at the last moment.…