Date of birth: 1937-06-16
Place of birth: Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Хироко Сакурамати
1967-11-01
In the year 1786, Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa selected beautiful Ochisa to be his concubine. It causes ot
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
1965-10-15
Tokizо, the boss of the Tenmaru-gumi group, assists Kikujiro, a traveler on the run. At this time, a
1963-06-30
Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murde
1964-02-02
Sequel to the movie Judo Ichidai (Judo Life) with Sonny Chiba
1961-06-11
Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the d
1957-10-29
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was
1958-10-22
Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is r
1962-02-14
1962 Japanese movie
1958-04-30
When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan
1962-01-28
A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately
1959-12-25
Magically gifted boy Sasuke lives in peace, deep in the forest with his animal pals and Oyu, his eld
1961-04-05
Rampant ronin Matashiro Sasai, finds himself embroiled in serious unrest after he rescues a geisha w
1957-07-02
Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he
1958-10-01
Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealin
1969-11-08
Kokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run by
1970-03-05
The second film in the Kanto Street Peddlers Clan series starring Bunta Sugawara.
1967-05-20
The fourth part in the series "Code Between Brothers". The story takes place in Fukagawa, Tokyo, at
1968-08-27
Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There he me
1997-06-13
Tetsuya, a young yakuza, returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack fro
1958-07-13
A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants.
1996-11-14
A third-generation Japanese-American student moves to Wakayama to study lacquerware painting and is
1958-02-25
1962-11-17
1962 Japanese movie
1960-09-27
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa.
1958-01-15
Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore p
1960-10-16
A village samurai with money, power and great masculinity goes to the flourishing city of Edo to hav
1958-08-12
Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to
1957-09-23
As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy
1962-12-23
Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.
1963-10-13
The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusu
1957-09-23
Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) investigates the dark "Ghost Ship" in search of his father. Meanwhile,
1961-07-02
A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her s
1959-04-01
Based on the original story by Seishi Yokomizo, House of Spider Webs is a gorgeous historical drama
1962-12-01
A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con
1961-11-08
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, dau
1962-06-10
A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an aff
1964-04-04
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and t
1968-01-03
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of th
1965-05-22
A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and s
1969-06-14
Shinkai comes to the aid of a coastal village being held hostage by a group of political revolutiona
1981-05-09
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course
1962-08-12
An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears
1977-06-18
In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterio
1960-01-15
The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to
1961-09-13
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied hi
1958-06-03
As a result of a superstitious belief that twins bring bad luck to the family, newborn twin princess
1957-12-15
During the Age Of Wars (Sengoku Era), Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are vying for power and
1961-08-01
Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a st
1958-08-27
Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mer
1957-08-11
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mi
1961-08-13
Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals r
1961-02-07
Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro an
1965-02-13
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
1965-10-31
Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoi
1958-07-13
The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh
1964-01-15
A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and roman
1972-03-04
The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When t
1968-01-14
The hero tries to unite various gangs.
1961-09-23
Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.
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,
1966-06-12
The harrowing joruney of Kinu Wada, a young woman who is sold into prostitution to pay her family's
1967-02-24
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and
1962-11-11
Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta a
1959-03-03
Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magist
1958-10-29
Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now
1961-05-03
Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.
1962-07-29
Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard.
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
1962-11-02
Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death.
1963-05-25
When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the mystical
1967-09-28
After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to savin
1962-01-14
A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
1963-01-09
Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy pati
1968-01-14
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose
1978-09-09
The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determ
1970-03-29
Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of h
1969-10-16
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assass
1969-09-19
Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.
1966-07-09
Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with
1970-09-09
A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away f
1959-01-03
Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.
1959-05-05
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the
1965-03-07
Mondonosuke, a young sword student, has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a duel.Conseque
1959-01-09
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon th
1968-01-27
When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she
1973-08-11
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on th
1961-04-09
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defe
1969-07-31
Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business fro
1960-11-29
The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in E
1959-04-08
Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock
1965-02-25
Mumyo Tsunataro killed his betrayed fiance Orie and He flees to Utsunomiya. On his way he happens to
1960-12-11
When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing se
1957-11-10
Romantic comedy.
1970-01-20
Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds himself de
1961-12-06
Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad
1960-10-16
Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive
1961-01-03
Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu
1967-06-17
Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.
1965-01-03
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a p
1958-05-12
Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to
1967-01-28
Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, w
1964-08-26
Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and be
1960-09-18
Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on
1960-12-27
A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed
1958-12-15
All is not well in an a small fishing village not far from Edo. Mysterious goings-on are happening a
1960-08-07
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the
1968-11-16
Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.
1959-02-24
From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the "Nemuri
1965-02-25
1964-05-23
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest sword
1962-07-01
1963-10-05
This gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious thi
1962-03-14
1963-01-03
When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kir
1958-08-20
1994-06-13
1962-04-17
This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes a
1968-05-21
Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mount
1971-09-07
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor (関東兄弟仁義 仁侠) is a 1971 film directed by Buichi Saitō. It is the nin
1959-04-21
With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of
1961-01-09
A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famo
1979-09-01
This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.
1971-12-03
Japanese movie.
1993-06-12
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate l
1957-05-28
Yata, a boatman from Edo who is manipulated by the conspiracy of the Dewa Rokugo clan, is the spitti
1961-10-07