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Kita Takeo
Kita Takeo was an art director and producer of Japanese films and President of Toho Built. He was born in Osaka. He was the first deputy director of the Japan Film and Television Art Directors Association. His younger brother Kita Tatsuo is also an art director. In 1926, he graduated from Ichioka Junior…
Henry Okawa
Okawa Heihachiro was a Japanese film actor active from the 1930s to 1971. With hopes of starting a business, he traveled to the United States in 1923 and studied at Columbia University. He also studied at the Paramount Studios acting school and eventually began working in Hollywood, appearing in films…
Shimozawa Kan
Shimozawa Kan was a Japanese novelist from Atsuta-mura, Atsuta-gun, Hokkaido. He won the 10th Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1962. At the recommendation of his grandfather, he went on to Hakodate Government Commercial School but dropped out because the school was burned by the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1907,…
Ikenami Shotaro
Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…
Dojo Yaburi
Japanese Movie - 19647.0
Misawa Ihei is traveling with his wife Tae who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan’s chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan…
Wandering Song
Japanese Movie - 1966
A young man who once sinned to wash his feet from a yakuza reunites with his former lover after being released and confronts an emerging yakuza who plans to take over the ranch. (Source: nikkatsu.com)
Blood and Guts
Taiwanese Movie - 1971
Risking his own life, a young swordsman must match his strength, courage, and fighting skills to slay the Devil Knight. This is no easy task as he must battle untold assassins and dastardly kung fu experts. (Source:…
Hissatsu Shiokinin
Japanese Drama - 1973, 26 episodes8.0
When the rich, powerful, and corrupt of feudal Japan seem to be above the law, dedicated civil servants like Mondo Nakamura cuts them down to size while moonlighting as an assassin with his partners Jo and Tetsu! (Source:…
Setsugekka Scramble
Japanese Movie - 2015
The only girl living in the student dormitory! She has started working as a school clerk and lives in a student dormitory where the number of dorm students has decreased. There are two students there: the reliable…
Saya Zamurai
Japanese Movie - 20117.3
A samurai named Kanjuro is decided to give up his sword after a certain incident. He wanders aimlessly with his daughter, but because he abandoned his position as a samurai without permission, a price is put on his…
Kurui Musashi
Japanese Movie - 20205.6
Chusuke is a samurai who is deeply sad and mournful when his best friend Kiyojuro Yoshioka was struck by Musashi in this work. Tadasuke leads a total of 400 people, one from Yoshioka Kazumon and 300 from Nobushi, and…
Neko Zamurai
Japanese Movie - 20147.2
Kyutaro was once a fearsome samurai but has fallen on hard times and tries to keep a low profile. When a man named Sakichi sees an example of Kyutaro’s swordsmanship, he hires the samurai to kill a white cat named…
