Bando Choemon

Bando Choemon was a Kabuki actor. His real name was Takase Daisuke (高瀬大助), and he was born in Sendai, Japan. He began his career in theater in 1903, performing in a shinpa theater production in Sendai, under the patronage of the impresario Kase Kichibei. Afterward, he traveled and performed…

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…

Ichikawa Emisaburo

Ichikawa Emisaburo is a kabuki actor.

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,…

Ichikawa Udanji III

Ichikawa Udanji III is a Japanese kabuki actor. His real name is Takeda Ukon. His former name was Ichikawa Ukon. Born in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture.

Nakamura Shichinosuke II

Nakamura is the second son of famed Kabuki performer, Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII. In September 1986 he made his first appearance on stage at the Kabuki-za, taking the name Nakamura Shichinosuke the following year. Within a few years, he was described as "one of the 21st Century's most promising young…

Bando Yajuro

Bando Yajuro is a Japanese actor and Kabuki actor born in Tokyo, Japan.

Nakamura Hayato

Nakamura Hayato is an actor and a kabuki actor. Nakamura is the eldest son of Shinjiro Nakamura (currently as Nakamura Kinnosuke II). He debuted at the kabuki-za Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami as Kotaro in February 2002. In December 2007 Nakamura won the National Theatre of Japan Special Award for his…

Ichikawa Danjuro IX

One of the most successful and famous Kabuki actors of the Meiji period (1868–1912). Ninth in the line of actors to hold the name Ichikawa Danjuro, he is depicted in countless ukiyo-e actor prints (yakusha-e), and is widely credited with ensuring Kabuki stayed vibrant and strong as Japan struggled…

Nakamura Ganjiro IV

Nakamura Ganjiro IV is a kabuki actor. He is the fourth and current holder of the "Nakamura Ganjiro" name.

Three for the Road

6.0

A courtesan, Okino, is tired of her life in Edo, and is starting to be outshone by younger women, so she tricks a man called Yaji, into helping her escape the brothel where she is bound by contract to stay. Okino claims…

Mega Rock Show

A music program for young people that welcomes domestic rock artists as guests and conveys their performances along with the latest music information. At the beginning of every episode, the show featured sessions with…

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO

6.4

In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving…

URAKARA

6.5

The premise of the show has KARA working for an underworld service as for-hires, but instead of killing their targets, their missions require them to make those men fall in love with them. Each week, a mysterious boss…

Chushingura 1/47

7.3

The story tells the true story of Asano Naganori who attacked Lord Kira Kozenosuke with his sword in the Edo Castle after Kira had coaxed the young lord in the late 18th century. Even though the wound was only superficial,…

Humanity and Paper Balloons

7.4

In the film, Shinzo, a hairdresser living in a poor tenement, attracts the attention of the yakuza after opening a gambling den on his own. Struggling for money, Shinzo tries to pawn his hairdressing tools but is rejected…

Futari Dojoji

2.0

A dance extracted from the play Hana Kiso Ninin Dojoji (Two people at Dojo Temple), which was being performed by Eizaburo Onoe, later known as Baiko Onoe VI and Kakitsu Ichimura, later Uzaemon Ichimura XV, at the Kabuki-za.

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

6.1

The film is set in a typical Tokyo High School following the story of a perpetually teenage vampire named Monami who falls for her classmate, Mizushima, who happens to already be the reluctant boyfriend to the vice-principal/science…

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

7.0

In 1185, the Heike family fights against the Minamoto family. After a bloody naval battle in the Pacific Ocean, Yoshitsune Minamoto defeats the enemy and the survivors commit suicide. When the triumphant Yoshitsune…

Kabuka Bouraku

7.1

Hiroshi Bando works as a credit officer for a large bank. At the bank, opinions are divided over whether an additional loan to a giant supermarket chain should be approved. Hiroshi opposes the loan due to the supermarket's…