Nishida Toshiyuki

Nishida Toshiyuki Nishida was an actor born in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Nishida Toshiyuki won two Best Actor awards at the Academy Awards, one for "The Silk Road" (敦煌) in 1988 (Best Actor) an the other for "Free and Easy 6" (釣りバカ日誌６) in 1993. In 2003, he won the Blue Ribbon Award…

Kagemusha

7.7

Set in the 16th century, as a petty thief is granted reprieve from crucifixion because he is the spitting image of the warlord Shingen. Shingen often sends an impersonator out into battle in his place to keep the morale…

Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu

8.4

Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara. Jirosaburo Serada, who travels all over the country, becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu's shadow warrior and runs country... ~~ Adapted from the novel "Kagemusha Tokugawa…

Third Shadow Warrior

7.2

A warlords' retainer offers a farmer the chance to become a samurai, but he is instead forced to serve as a double of the warlord at expense of his freedom. (Source: IMDb)

Koizumi Takashi

Koizumi Takashi worked as an assistant director to Kurosawa Akira in “Kagemusha”, ”Ran”, “Madadayo”, etc.. His directorial debut "After the Rain" (2000) (screenplay by Kurosawa Akira) has won the best picture prize of the 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize, which is followed by well-made cinemas…

Murota Hideo

Murota Hideo was a Japanese actor born in Hokkaido, Japan. He was known for "Kagemusha" (1980), "Original Sin" (1992) and "Endless Waltz" (1995). He died on June 15, 2002, in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, due to lung cancer. (Source: IMDb)

Ryu Daisuke

Daisuke Ryu is a Japanese actor of Korean descent. He won the Japanese "Best New Actor" at the Blue Ribbon Award for his performance in "Kagemusha". On March 21, 2015, Ryu travelled to Taiwan, where he was to perform in the Martin Scorsese film "Silence". Upon arrival at Taoyuan International Airport,…

Muraki Yoshiro

A Japanese production designer, art director, and costume designer. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the films Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Kagemusha (1980), and Ran (1985). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for…

Tanaka Tomoyuki

Tanaka Tomoyuki was a Japanese film producer who was most famous for creating the Godzilla franchise. He was born in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan. Tanaka was married to the actress Nakakita Chieko (1926 – 2005). Soon after graduating from Kansai University in 1940, Tanaka joined Taisho Studios, which merged…

Shimura Takashi

Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan. His debut as actor was the film Akanishi Kakita (Capricious Young Man, 1936) and cast in the Kenji Mizoguchi's film Osaka Elegy (1936). In company with Toshiro Mifune, Shimura is the actor most closely associated with Akira Kurosawa…

Kurosawa Akira

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, he directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After…

Iguchi Naruhito

actor , voice actor , reporter , director

Ide Masato

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2005 Fall Special

6.5

An omnibus special comprised of five segments: >> Story 1: "8 Punkan" (8分間) A man "loses" 8 minutes every day: he has no idea what he's doing between 3:00 pm and 3:08 pm. >> Story 2: "Kako ga Todoku Gogo" (過去が届く午後)…

Nakadai Tatsuya Yakusya wo Ikiru

Intimate documentary about the renowned actor Nakadai Tatsuya, whose career spans six decades with performances in close to 200 films and plays. The film shows his life as an actor tackling performances even now at…

Torishirabeshitsu 7: Hitozuma o Shosatsu Shita Kagakusha no Reiketsu na Jonetsu

Genome Hazard

7.4

A man struggles to reconcile what appears to be his own false identity. After finding his wife’s corpse in his home and then receiving a phone call from her, he discovers he can’t trust his own memories of who…

Pandora's Fruit

7.5

Kohiruimaki Yuichi is a police officer who established the "Science Crime Countermeasures Office", a department that specializes in issues related to cutting-edge science and technology. He welcomes the genius scientist…