One Son Too Many

The childhood exploits of the 4 adolescent Hsu brothers orbit around the family’s love and indulgence of their spoiled youngest son. (Source: Letterboxd)

Different Love

6.0

A graduate, Wen Hsing Yu, was employed for a research job in a company. He clashed with his new manager, Bei Lun, when the latter decided to abort the research project. While on his way to negotiate with Bei Lun, he…

Mohitori no Jokyaku

~~ Adapted from the novel "Mohitori no Jokyaku" by Yuio Kusano (草野唯雄).

Yagyuu Ichizoku no Inbo

8.1

One of the most memorable roles for Sonny Chiba was his portrayal of Yagyu Jubei, the one-eyed master swordsman who helped protect Shogun Iemitsu during the early days of Japan's 17th Century. The Yagyu Clan under…

Mu Ichizoku

~~Sequel to "Mu" (ムー), drama from 1977

Yume Clan The Raibaru

Adapted from Cornell Woolrich 's novel "Sleep Account".

The Legendary Strike

6.0

The plot deals with a search for a valuable pearl, dubbed the Buddha's Relic, which is sold to an unwitting Japanese emissary by a corrupt Ching Dynasty prince who seeks to steal it back for his own purposes. (Source:…

The Far Road

9.0

The film portrays the plight of railway workers from the lower class and middle class. An employee of a railway company is forced into early retirement because of his links with a union. If the man has no job, his…

Ninja Wolves

The tribute paid by the Japanese to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was being diverted by Court Eunuch Ma Tung, who used the Palace Bodyguards to kill anyone opposing him. Ti Yung rises to the level of Commander in…

Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai

7.0

Kudo Eiichi

Kudo Eiichi was a Japanese film director from Tomakomai, Hokkaido. His 1982 film Yajudeka was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His 1963 film 13 Assassins was the basis for the 2010 remake by Takashi Miike. Born into a merchant family in Numanohata, he is the eldest of eight…

Asanuma Soichi

Koidemizu Kenichiro

Hasegawa Kazuo

Hasegawa Kazuo was a Japanese actor born in Rokujizo, Horiuchi-mura, Kii-gun, Kyoto Prefecture. His old stage names are Hayashi Chomaru and Hayashi Chojiro. He entered Shochiku from the Kabuki world and became a leading actor in the Shochiku period dramas. After that, he moved to Toho and Daiei and…

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Numata Yoichi

Numata Yoichi was a Japanese actor born in Yubara Village, Maniwa District, Okayama Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Sixth Junior High School and dropped out of Nihon University's Film Department. After working as a trainee at the NHK Osaka Broadcasting Theater Company, he joined Toyoko…

Hirano Shunichi

Joined TBS after graduating from Waseda University's First Literature Department of Drama. Debuted as director in 1999. "Summer Snow" and "GOOD LUCK !!" won the title back prize of The Television Drama Academy Awards. In recent years, she has also participated in activities at the Shimane Film Festival…

Omori Kazuki

Born in Osaka, Ōmori studied at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and holds a license to practice medicine. While in school, he began making films independently, with Kuraku naru made matenai! (1975), which featured Seijun Suzuki, receiving particularly high praise.[3] His script "Orenji rōdo…

Hisamatsu Shinichi

Ikemiya Shoichiro

Ikemiya Shoichiro was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist.