Ichikawa Shonosuke

Chiyoda Shinichi

Chiyoda Shinichi is a Japanese actor.

Mayuzumi Kotaro

Morimoto Akifumi

Shimada Kai

Takeda Teiko

Takeda Teiko is a Japanese actress.

Nonami Shizuo

Nonami Shizuo is a Japanese screenwriter.

Kinoshita Sayoko

Miyagawa Tamaki

Furukawa Yoshinobu

Momotaro-zamurai

7.0

Momotaro must save the life of his brother. The film is an early collaboration of Misumi Kenji and Ichikawa Raizo, who will work together until Ichikawa's death. A ronin walking down Kuramae-dori in Asakusa, wearing…

Samurai Vendetta

6.7

Samurai Vendetta is a depiction of the early years of the samurai Horibe Yasubei, who was one of the Forty-seven Ronin. Tange Tenzen and Nakayama Yasubei are honorable samurais living in an era of corrupt officials…

Vengeance for Sale

In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a…

Chushingura Rhapsody Daigoban

8.6

The orphan Nakazo becomes a pupil of kabuki actor Denkuro and attracts the attention of the great star Koshiro. However, in order to help his ailing parents, he becomes an apprentice to wealthy merchant Yoshikawa and…

Samurai Champloo

Fuu Kasumi is an ordinary waitress in a quiet teahouse, but her life takes a chaotic turn when a simple mistake lands her in trouble with a group of aggressive samurai. In desperation, she turns to Mugen, a reckless…

Maku wo Orosu na!

Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is running the show, and on the streets of Edo, ronins are gathering, all spoiling for a fight. Kinokuniya Bunzaemon, a.k.a. Bunta, and his partner Chikamatsu Monzaemon, a.k.a. Monta, save…

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…

Samurai Assassin

7.6

February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They…

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

7.4

Set during the 17th century when the samurai class struggled to find work. Poverty-stricken samurai Hanshiro enters the House of Ii, run by Kageyu, and requests to commit seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) in their…