Mitsuura Yasuko

Ichikawa Ennosuke IV

The fourth generation Ichikawa Ennosuke is Kinoshi Takahiko. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, as the eldest son of Ichikawa Danshiro IV. His uncle is the famous Ichikawa Ennosuke III, father of the actor Kagawa Teruyuki. He graduated from Keio University in 1998 with specialization in Japanese literature.…

Matsuo Reiko

Matsuo Reiko is a Japanese actress.

Koga Shunsuke

Koga Shunsuke is a Japanese producer. After working in several fields related to film including television, radio, distribution, and music, Koga started his own business as a film producer in 1999. (Source: Japan Creator Bank)

Tsuji Kazunaga

Tomioka Michael

Tomioka Michael (Born: Anthony Michael Sheridan) is a Japanese DJ, entertainer, and actor. He was born in USA, New York, Queens.

Tsuchiya Yoshio

Tsuchiya Yoshio was a Japanese actor. He had a long-standing interest in UFOs and had written several books on the subject. He preferred starring in science fiction films, usually as aliens or people possessed by them. He lobbied for the title role in "Tomei Ningen" (1954), but was forced by the studio…

Ogura Toshihiro

Japanese actor and suit actor.

Ogata Ken

Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awards for Okinawan Boys.[1]

In television,…

Kanda Masaki

Masaki Kanda is a Japanese actor. His ex-wife is singer Seiko Matsuda whom he married in 1985 and they divorced in 1997 and their daughter is Sayaka Kanda who was also a singer and committed suicide by jumping from an upper floor of the hotel on December 18, 2021. Kanda was recruited by actor Ishihara…

Flowers on the Road

Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some business affairs. On their way to Kyoto, the two ladies are ambushed by a group of bandits. However,…

Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance

7.3

Confident that he has destroyed the Iga Ninja, the evil Oda Nobunaga continues his quest to conquer Japan. Meanwhile, Ishikawa Goemon has settled down with his wife and child and wishes only to live in peace -- a wish…

Shinobi No Mono 4: Siege

7.2

Tokugawa Ieyasu is the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only…

Shinsengumi Keppuroku

8.0

The arrival of Perry's Black Ships rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of peaceful isolation from the world. Men set their eyes beyond Japan and began to demand change in society. Old clashed with the new, and thus…

The Betrayal

6.8

An absolutely fabulous film, featuring an extended fight scene (~10minutes!) that is the best since SWORD OF DOOM! Far and away Raizo Ichikawa’s best fighting ever!!! He plays an honorable clan retainer and assistant…

Watch Out Crimson Bat

8.0

Oichi, the blind swordswoman, receives a scroll with a secret message from a dying courier that must be handed to Murobuse, a high officer of the Shogunate. Her path is full of obstacles that delay her or put her life…

Kage Gari

7.0

Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who…

Lion Crest

A group of black hoods calling themselves the Golden Spider Party appeared near the border of Joshinetsu and attacked the Sado Kinzan Transport Corps heading for Edo. To investigate this case, the Shogun family appointed…

Taro Hiwa

At the end of the Warring States period, Taro Hiwa, who lived in Dainichi in the Kii Mountains, lived in peace with his father. Taro was often deceived by the merchants in the village. Each time he was covered by the…

Miyamoto Musashi

7.4

Following the battle of Sekigahara, Takezo and his friend Matahachi find themselves on the losing side. Instead of the grand victory and glory Takezo had anticipated, he finds himself a hunted fugitive. The movie follows…