Birthday: 1913-02-09
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
During the reign of Shogun Tsunayoshi, seven ninja of the Koga clan secretly plot against the illegi...
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Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo 's father, the grin...
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The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese ...
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10th film in the series about Lord Mito. This time, Lord Mito uncovers a conspiracy in Naruto....
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When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan ...
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Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is as...
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The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period....
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Hashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who make a ...
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Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said ...
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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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Rampant ronin Matashiro Sasai, finds himself embroiled in serious unrest after he rescues a geisha w...
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Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encou...
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film directed by Tai Katô...
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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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Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealin...
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The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student....
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Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a scout and overseer of Ginza bar hostesses, receives an urgent phone call...
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A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants....
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His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people ...
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Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is r...
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Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise....
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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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A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan th...
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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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The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings....
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A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune,...
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When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides ...
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Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. ...
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He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In...
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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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A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a myster...
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Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitima...
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Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my...
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In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio ...
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Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to ...
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As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy ...
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In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chase...
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An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, t...
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Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate be...
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Japanese horror movie from 1955....
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Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and a...
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The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher rev...
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A princess finds life behind the protection of her brother and the high walls of the mansion to be q...
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In the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of con...
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Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga....
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This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mi...
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One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan ...
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A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precio...
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The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the govern...
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It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts...
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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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The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was ...
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During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, ...
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Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon th...
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The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh...
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A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline....
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Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including ...
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The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai continue in its second installment. While being held c...
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The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai concludes. After their turbulent journey, the seven cr...
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Toruhan, a king’s retainer, embarks on a journey to find a royal treasure that can only be revealed ...
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In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man...
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Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a s...
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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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Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now...
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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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Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a g...
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Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes an...
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Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional ba...
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Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who use...
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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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In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals...
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Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He ...
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Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion a...
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In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in o...
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A popular dance master in Edo meets a yakuza man, and the maddened master is killed in the end of th...
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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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This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva...
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A bunch of young, angry and penniless misfits are full of great vitality. They aren’t quite up to jo...
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The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
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Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the ...
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An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves....
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During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful...
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Kurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of Kinnoroshi an...
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The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defe...
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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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Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by t...
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A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on th...
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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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The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend ...
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A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator an...
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A woman and her bridegroom are found murdered in their bed the day after their wedding. It had snowe...
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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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Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock...
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Okinu, the beautiful daughter of a feudal lord, discovers her true identity and leaves her lavish li...
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Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from t...
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A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu”...
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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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With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death o...
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In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss o...
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A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "...
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When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing se...
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A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical trou...
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While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and...
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Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad...
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Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals r...
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Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive...
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Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their d...
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Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treas...
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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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As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress ...
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In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a p...
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Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which s...
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A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing....
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A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives....
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Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as...
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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 death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a plot to...
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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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After getting permission to dig up the pawnbroker's grave, Young lord samurai was surprised to find ...
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A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed ...
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Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. H...
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One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as...
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From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the "Nemuri ...
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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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Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that...
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The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle,...
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Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta a...
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When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kir...
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As it turns out, the evil hand of drugs has reached the inner palace of the Shogunate. It was though...
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Tossing his hat in the air to pick a direction, Yataro the wanderer sets out on a journey of adventu...
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Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authori...
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A thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the remarkabl...
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Young swordsman Shintaro must fight against evil officials who plot to overthrow the youthful Shogun...
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One day, Yoshimi Satomi, the castle owner of Takita Castle in the country of Anbo, and his confidant...
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The long-awaited Hakkenshi arrive at Takita Castle, which is saddened by successive defeats....
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A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun....
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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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At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of...
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The second installment of the detective series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama. Depicting the remarkabl...
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A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), ...
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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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Yata, a boatman from Edo who is manipulated by the conspiracy of the Dewa Rokugo clan, is the spitti...
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The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides...
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