Date of birth: 1924-12-18
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
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1961-01-03
With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, w

1961-07-09
The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

1963-07-13
While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives hav

1957-10-29
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was

1960-03-27
The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his fat

1959-10-18
An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.

1952-06-19
Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

1958-05-27
Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is as

1957-04-02
Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said

1961-06-09

1951-02-15

1958-01-03
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per

1957-02-12

1954-04-07
In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift

1951-08-03
Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

1952-04-24

1957-01-29

1952-11-29
1956-08-29
This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their i

1958-09-23
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes p

1958-08-27
Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mer
1956-03-15
Horror film directed by Toshikazu Kôno.

1958-10-01
Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealin

1956-12-11

1956-02-18

1955-08-29

1957-01-22
Tai Kato's first film directed at Toei.

1957-09-23
As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy
1958-10-14
This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed ma

1957-09-23
Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) investigates the dark "Ghost Ship" in search of his father. Meanwhile,

1954-11-10
Third in the Nage utasamon series
1961-03-05
1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the governmen

1956-10-02

1958-01-09
Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the

1948-12-28
1948 Japanese movie

1955-06-26

1949-08-08
Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized
1954-05-10
Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

1955-04-24
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts re

1957-08-11
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mi

1957-01-03
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per

1951-06-11
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and l

1956-10-31
During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy,

1962-08-04
A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.

1959-11-01
Edo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that his

1958-12-02
When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei

1958-07-13
The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh

1958-04-14
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the farmer

1962-03-07
In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princ

1958-03-18
One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman,

1954-12-28
Japanese comedy film.

1961-05-03
Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.

1961-03-28
Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A f

1959-01-03
In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-sha

1957-04-30
In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumenta

1957-07-13
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series

1958-04-20
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva

1958-04-20
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva

1959-04-28
Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be ser

1959-01-01
A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his bir

1959-05-05
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the

1956-02-25
As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Sho

1952-07-24
A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful

1961-02-26

1957-11-10
Romantic comedy.

1956-05-03
Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

1961-08-26
Katsujiro the fisherman overcomes his laziness when he learns of his younger sister Okiku’s unfortun

1956-03-01
The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro

1956-02-25
After getting permission to dig up the pawnbroker's grave, Young lord samurai was surprised to find

1954-09-29

1959-08-09
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody sho

1957-03-13
Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

1957-03-27
Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

1955-03-30
A samurai thief fights a gang of ghostly thieves using scorpions for treasure in the unexplored Shin

1964-05-23
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest sword

1959-03-25

1963-05-12

1958-08-20

1953-05-13

1957-02-25
As it turns out, the evil hand of drugs has reached the inner palace of the Shogunate. It was though

1959-06-28
Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

1955-12-07

1952-08-21
1953-06-03
Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series.

1956-10-24
1952-09-11
Kantaro, known as a rowdy boy in the town of Ina, attacked the local boss, Kaneoni's Arahira, all by

1954-07-06
During the Tenpo era, the peasants of the Kanto region were in dire straits due to successive natura

1951-11-29
O-Kiyo (Mitsuko Mito), who had escaped from her boss, Shoden, who controlled the Sensoji Temple dist