Ushio Akashi
Birthday: 1898-09-11
Place of Birth: Tottori, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Kingdom of Youth
An entertaining youth drama, which tells about the struggle of a young swordsman Yamanaka Shikanoske...
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Lady Sen and Hideyori
From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the ...
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53 Stages of the Road
An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto....
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Morning Breeze in Edo
The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in E...
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Cantankerous Edo
It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitemen...
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Sasaki Kojiro
Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encou...
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The River Yokobori
Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the...
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Mid-August Commotion
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers workin...
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Happily Tied to the Road
With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of...
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The Tattered Wings
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal...
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Showdown in Blood
Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to j...
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Ghost Story on Passage
A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants....
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Hana no shôgai
In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was ...
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A Warrior's Flute
Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period....
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Tales of Young Genji Kuro
Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo ...
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Epic Crash
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes p...
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Dancing Girls of Izu
A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their fi...
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その手にのるな
A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag conta...
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Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Kintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing leads ...
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Seishun no Sabaki
University karate club member Kikuo is actually the son of a yakuza boss. However, he disliked his f...
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Minamoto Yoshitsune
A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune,...
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The Bride of Headless Island
Directed by Hideaki Onishi of "Vampire Monster House" fame. A thriller and unique period drama dire...
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Fountainhead
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply....
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The Travel notes of Choshichiro - Peregrine Goblin
The second film about the adventures of Chosichiro Matsudaira. This time he fights against conspirat...
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Wild Palanquin
Shinsuke Inaba, a thief who snuck into the Kishu family residence in Edo. He was almost discovered b...
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Kid Magician Sasuke
In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will ...
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the ...
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Whirlwind Magistrate
One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan ...
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Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô
Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie....
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Ooka Seidan: Defense of The Weak Pt. 2
Masanori Igayama, who directed "Mito Komon Manyuki: The Counterattack of Toukuzaki," will direct the...
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Curse of the Blood
A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his e...
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The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business....
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Devotion to Railway
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasak...
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Sister with Sister
Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker....
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Ghost in the Well
Harima Aoyama (Chiyonosuke Azume) was a young hatamoto (samurai bannerman) to the Shogun. He seduced...
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
Second film in the Boy Detectives Club series....
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The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
First film in the Boy Detectives Club series....
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Samurai Hawk
1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the governmen...
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The Conspirator
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, dau...
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Prince of Space
Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Kra...
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No Stronger Swords
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the ...
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Here Because of You
An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teac...
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Points and Lines
Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group...
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A Martial Crowd
As a result of a superstitious belief that twins bring bad luck to the family, newborn twin princess...
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Seven from Edo
When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan ...
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Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
In the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of con...
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife....
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No Greater Love
In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the Sa...
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Castle of Flames
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his ...
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Fine Man
A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes ...
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Secret of The Golden Spell
One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, ...
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Sasuke and His Comedians
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan childr...
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw gen...
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Warrior of the Wind
A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and roman...
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Miyamoto Musashi
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not...
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The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost
A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her s...
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Feline Spirit
Go master Matashichiro Ryuzoji, during the game, was killed in anger by the Lord of the Nabeshima cl...
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13 Assassins
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when on...
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The Orphan Brother
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they ar...
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The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate....
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Souls in the Moonlight III
Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be ser...
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A Legend or Was It?
A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the ...
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Five Paths to Revenge
The orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Paci...
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Code Between Brothers 6
Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern J...
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Takamaru and Kikumaru
Two brothers, Takamaru and Kikumaru, are living with their father, Hakuraku-Ou, until one day Hakura...
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Echo in the Mountains
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "...
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Twenty-Four Eyes
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village ...
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Road of Chivalry
While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and...
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Ninja's Weapon
During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, ...
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Travels of Gonkuro
Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad...
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The Mad Fox
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appea...
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Cases of Hanshichi
Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive...
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The Edo Official and Apprentice
It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts...
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on ...
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a p...
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A Woman's Life
The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mothe...
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Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his supe...
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Farewell, My Beloved
During the early days of the war a young student, Makito (Kazuo Funaki), falls in love with Yuko (Ma...
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The Scarlet Cherry Lord
Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. H...
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I, the Executioner
Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who ...
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A Spectacular Showdown
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody sho...
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Sakura Official
As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is ca...
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Official with a Tattoo
Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not ...
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Sword of Wind and Clouds
This gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious thi...
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Revenge for His Lover
Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta a...
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Road Warriors
A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless w...
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Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin....
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Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes a...
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Japan's Longest Day
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied hi...
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The Lord Takes a Bride
Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said ...
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Ninja Assassins
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi....
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The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu...
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Drunken Sword
Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authori...
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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Female Demon Mask
A thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the remarkabl...
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The Great Road
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways ...
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とんちんかん八百八町
Tomo no shichijo, Mikawa CHO, who captured the mysterious robbery of a bird who had made a mistake i...
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to...
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The Refugee
A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying...
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Traveling of Two Young Men
At the crowded Komatsuya in Kawadome, travellers are holding a secret art contest to relieve boredom...
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Golden Peacock Castle, Part 1
A group of pirates led by the evil Gondaiyu and his wizard, Genkuro, capture the Golden Peacock Cast...
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Phantom Agents
Follows the exploits of Phantom Agent Fantar and his ninja-skilled elite team. Based in Tokyo, the P...
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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Dead Beauty of Kurayamizaka
The second installment of the detective series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama. Depicting the remarkabl...
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Benten Kozo
Orphaned Kiku was raised at a Buddhist temple and learned theatrical arts and martial arts as a chil...
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Case of a Young Lord 8
A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed ...
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Vampire Monster Mansion
A sequel to "Vampire Dead Beauty Carving", featuring the same members from the previous work, includ...
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The Gion Tempest
The story follows Keiko, a dancer in the "Maiko Odori" theater in Kyoto, who tries to climb the soci...
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In Search of Mother
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza...
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Dear Mr. Prime Minister
Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very ba...
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Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when...
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Mother's Ambition
The Kumakichi Ishida family lived happily in a small house in Shibuya while their mansion in Azabu w...
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