Naito Taketoshi

Taketoshi Naito was a Japanese actor and narrator. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1953 and 2003. (Source: Wikipedia)

Tsugawa Masahiko

Tsugawa Masahiko (January 2, 1940 - August 4, 2018) was born in Nakagyo District, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, whose real name is Kato Masahiko. He is a right-wing actor, film director, acting producer, and critic. He was affiliated with the entertainment firm Grand Pa Production, and served…

Oka Satomi

Oka Satomi is a Japanese actress. She has made over 150 films in her career, including such classics as Miyamoto Musashi and Ako Roshi. While attending Amagasaki High School in Amagasaki, Japan, she was selected as Miss Cinderella in 1953 for a “Japan Cinderella Princess Contest” held by RKO Radio…

Wakao Tokuhei

Born in Yamada Town, Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The eldest son of Wakao Kinzo (the same grave), an adopted child of the Wakao Zaibatsu and a banker. Relatives are Shohachi Wakao (11-1-10). The wife of architect Kisho Kurokawa and actress Ayako Wakao is her niece. 　Graduated from Keio University…

Abe Kusuo

Kusuo Abe was born on July 24, 1910 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan as Ishitaro Ito. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Ikiru (1952), Miyamoto Musashi (1961) and Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple (1964). He died on November 2, 1965 in Kyoto, Japan.

Inagaki Hiroshi

A skilled and versatile filmmaker best known for his jidai-geki, Inagaki worked as an actor before directing. In the silent era, he narrated traditional stories with visual flair and melodramatic intensity: his extant second film, Vagabond Gambler (Hōrō zanmai, 1928), reveals his instinctive talent…

Murakami Hiroaki

Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as…

Kawarasaki Choichiro

Kawarasaki Choichiro was a Japanese actor born in Musashino Town, Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi High School and dropped out of Waseda University's Department of Literature. He is the eldest son of Kawarazaki Chojuro IV. His wife is Ito Eiko. His younger brothers are Kawarazaki…

Haruji Kensaku

Egi Kenji

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

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The 4th NHK Taiga Drama is Minamoto no Yoshitsune. This is the first of two times NHK dedicated their Taiga drama to the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - May 17th, 1189). He was a late Heian and early Kamakura…

Gozonji Genshi Kozo

Fuji ni Tatsu Wakamusha

~~ Based on the life of Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝), a Japanese military commander and politician from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period.

Yoshitsune

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The 44th NHK Taiga Drama is about the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189) was a late Heian and early Kamakura general of the Minamoto clan of Japan. Yoshitsune was the ninth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. His…

Kamakura Sandaiki

It was in the Kamakura period that, Minamoto no Yoritomo of after the death Tokimasa Hojo , the orphans of Yoritomo Minamoto no Yoriie contesting Nigiro the shogunate of the real power in the neglected throne and Takatsuna…

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

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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…

Lovely Unlovely

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Nakagawa Ayaka, Kihara Riko and Minamoto Yoshie work for a trading company’s general affairs department. They are all struggling with life in some way. Ayaka is terrible at expressing herself. Riko is inflexible…

Kamakura dono no 13 nin

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Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hojo Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's…

The Monster Within

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This suspense story centers on Kajin Ayame, a lawyer with a promising future but who lives alone. The story begins when a beautiful and seductive man, Minamoto Iteya, appears before her. He believes that "love = possession"…