Birthday: 1899-04-23
Place of Birth: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda....
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Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorit...
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During the reign of Shogun Tsunayoshi, seven ninja of the Koga clan secretly plot against the illegi...
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When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b...
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During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After ...
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The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in E...
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A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. ...
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A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlef...
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After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a se...
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An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per...
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The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring ad...
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Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magist...
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A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and s...
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Bored Hatamoto movie #11...
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1951 Japanese movie. The characters of Mito Kōmon and Yaji and Kita are brought together...
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Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen....
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Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he ...
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A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appea...
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When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei...
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Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period....
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Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to ...
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Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, ...
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This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is...
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Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo ...
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Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mer...
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The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler ...
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Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima....
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A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune,...
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Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern...
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Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes ...
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Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family....
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In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the ...
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Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a vio...
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A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con ...
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In the fourth film in this exciting series, and the first since losing his left eye, Yagyu Jubei is ...
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After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. B...
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This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mi...
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The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro ...
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The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was ...
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It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one ...
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A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when on...
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In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the st...
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While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of...
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First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series...
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This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva...
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The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
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This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed ma...
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During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taipi...
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In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his ...
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In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumenta...
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Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his ...
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Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her ...
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The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as a...
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This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earl...
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From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as t...
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A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "...
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A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an aff...
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A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindn...
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The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the govern...
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A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young mast...
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A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearanc...
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Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who pl...
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The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of ...
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Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba...
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A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes thr...
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Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and be...
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A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogu...
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A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yaku...
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As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is ca...
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Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyam...
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It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in ...
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Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi....
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Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu...
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A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing....
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In the streets of Edo, influential official merchants are being brutally murdered one after another,...
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Under a decree by the Shogun, people of all classes are forced to lead a frugal lifestyle. However,...
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The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei t...
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Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacatio...
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A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic....
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At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of...
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Kyoto in the third year of Bunkyu. --Serizawa Kamo, the head of the Shinsengumi, and the group aroun...
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Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries...
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As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Sho...
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After getting permission to dig up the pawnbroker's grave, Young lord samurai was surprised to find ...
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A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman....
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Shinsuke Inaba, a thief who snuck into the Kishu family residence in Edo. He was almost discovered b...
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Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise....
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Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu....
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When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster b...
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A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her s...
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