814 results found for: Chushingura Rhapsody No. 5: Nakamura Nakazo - Shusse no Kizahashi
Matsunosuke no Chushingura
Japanese Movie - 1910
The existing print has all but four of the original 42 scenes. It's really just Onoe Matsunosuke's Kabuki theater troupe performance filmed scene for scene. A static camera captures the action in one- to two-minute…
Don't Lose Your Head!
Japanese Movie - 20247.3
Kira Kozukenosuke is slashed with a sword by Daimyo Ako, who holds deep contempt towards Kira Kozukenosuke. Daimyo Ako then kills himself. Both of their families have now fallen into a big crisis. At this time, a vassal…
Genroku Ryoran
Japanese Drama - 1999, 49 episodes7.7
The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best-loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke,…
Shibasaki Ko
Shibasaki Ko is a Japanese actress and singer who started her career at the age of 14 when she was discovered by a star agent. She became known for her performance in the controversial 2000 film, Battle Royale, which has brought her fame not only in Japan but all over East Asia. She also won critical…
Yokoyama Unpei
Yokoyama Unpei was a Japanese actor from Hikone Town, Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture. He became the first Japanese film actor to appear in Japan's first feature film. His real name is Yokoyama Yasushi. In 1893, he joined the troupe of Sudo Sadanori, a pioneer of the Shinpa drama, and debuted on…
Yorozuya Kinnosuke
Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…
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…
Ninagawa Yuki
Ninagawa Yuki, born in Yokohama, is a Japanese actress, filmmaker and painter. She is a daughter of the poet Mizuno Akiyoshi and elder sister of the actress/singer Ninagawa Miho. Ninagawa's acting debut was a role in the 1978 rock opera "Salome". In films, she appeared in "Kurutta Kajitsu" in 1981,…
Kotegawa Yuko
Kotegawa Yuko, born July 16, 1959 in Oita Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress. Yuko made her film debut in 1976 in Hoshi to Arashi. She was cast in the 1983 Toho adaptation of the novel The Makioka Sisters. In 1991 the Japan Academy recognized her as the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in…
Otsuka Chikao
Otsuka Chikao was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He was most known for the roles of Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Ishikawa Goemon XIII in Lupin III, Otoko Nezumi in GeGeGe no Kitaro, Yamada Denzo in Nintama Rintaro, Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Hound, Jagi in Fist of the North Star, Doctor…
