1918-11-23 (107 years old)
Kuma, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva...
These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the i...
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, t...
The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oich...
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the ...
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit hara...
Kurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of Kinnoroshi an...
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defe...
The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring ad...
A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu”...
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "...
In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greates...
While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and...
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances....
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A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindn...
Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive...
