Shinobu Chihara
Birthday: 1931-01-16
Place of Birth: Okayama, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Blind Monk Swordsman
This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with t...
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Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the ...
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Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case
The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series....
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The Samurai Markets
The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period....
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.7
A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan th...
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A Chivalrous Spirit
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per...
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Eighteen Years in Prison
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and...
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The Fighting on The Trial
Hanjiro of Kusama searches for his little sister Oyuki, who went missing after being desecrated by H...
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Moving
Physically separated from her father and at odds with her distraught mother, a girl must negotiate h...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5
The 5th and final part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkende...
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Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi....
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Travels of Lord Mito: The Demon of Kagyuzaka
Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise....
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Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offens...
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The Christ of Nanjing
Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China has been sick ever since his re...
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Skull Coins
The mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure, and ...
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Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3
The third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo...
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The Horse Boy
A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the c...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1
The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo...
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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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Hero of the Red Light District
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindn...
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Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chase...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 2
The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo...
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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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Mito Komon Travelogue: The Hunchback Man of the Ghost Castle
Japanese horror movie from 1955....
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An Actor's Revenge
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who pl...
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The Devil comes and plays the Flute
The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur...
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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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Lord Mito
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mi...
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Black Thief
Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land....
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Shimizu Port of Chivalry
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 Black Hooded Man 2
The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the govern...
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The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh...
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Vanquished Foes
A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yaku...
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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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The Warrior from Kishu
This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the you...
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The Seven Vows
Toruhan, a king’s retainer, embarks on a journey to find a royal treasure that can only be revealed ...
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The Seven Vows, Part 2
The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai continue in its second installment. While being held c...
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The Seven Vows, Part 3
The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai concludes. After their turbulent journey, the seven cr...
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Ukyunosuke on Patrol
This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earl...
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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass
Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass...
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Falcon Magistrate
Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a s...
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The Purple Hood
Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now...
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The Ako Retainers
Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A f...
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The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with a...
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Fall of the Shogun's Militia
Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes an...
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One-Eyed Detective
Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who use...
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Travels of Lord Mito: The Phantom Cat
In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals...
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Ghostly Tales: The Shamisen
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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Merciless Blade
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
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Merciless Blade Part 2
The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
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Merciless Blade Part 3
The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
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Japan's Top Gangster
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on th...
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Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2
The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring ad...
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A Young Rabble
When an altercation with a gangster forces Kikutaro to leave Edo, he is sent by his father to Hamama...
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Her Son Came Back
Kind hearted yakuza Hanjiro of Asama risks his life in saving his henchman Genjiro and his family....
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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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Keepers of Order
Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama a...
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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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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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Good Rascals
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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Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro ...
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Case of a Young Lord 3
Okawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went on a...
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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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Temple of Revenge
Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyam...
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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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Edo Purebreed
Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro an...
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Sandy Cruise
The news that the fifth Shogun Tsunayoshi was seriously ill caused a fierce struggle for the post of...
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Two Daimyos
Yata, a boatman from Edo who is manipulated by the conspiracy of the Dewa Rokugo clan, is the spitti...
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Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume
A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), ...
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Kurama Tengu: The Tale of a Government Thief
The third film in the "Kurama Tengu" series starring Azuma Chiyonosuke, based on the original work b...
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