Kan'emon Nakamura

Kwaidan
as Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
Movie pageThe 47 Ronin
as Sukeimon TomimoriIn 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the...
Movie pageHumanity and Paper Balloons
as ShinzaIn a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him...
Movie pageUnder the Flag of the Rising Sun
as Takeo SendaA war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for...
Movie pageShinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Yasubo KatsuNear the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards...
Movie pagePriest of Darkness
as Kaneko IchinojoA boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of...
Movie pageSamurai Banners
as Nobukato ItagakiKansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He...
Movie pageInn of Evil
as IkuzôThe story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly...
Movie pageMonument to the Girl's Corps
as Noguchi, principalIn 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although...
Movie pageStill I Live On
as HanamuraAbout the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the...
Movie pageMiyamoto Musashi
as Kojiro SasakiThe first of five Musashi series, Shinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with the famous...
Movie pageThe Day Before
as HikotaroA forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the...
Movie pageEscape from Hell
as SeibeiThis suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a...
Movie pageSaga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf
as Rokuro KaiStory of a bandit king.
Movie pageBlood End
as JingosaSentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a...
Movie pageThe Abe Clan
as Yagobei“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of...
Movie pageBanzuiin Chōbei
as uncreditedA jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.
Movie pageThe Stand in Hakone
as uncreditedA period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high...
Movie pageOkinawa
as uncreditedA group of teenagers grow up in Okinawa amid the protests and resistance against the presence of...
Movie pageSaga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
as uncreditedStory of a bandit king part 2.
Movie pageThe Village Tattooed Man
as SanjiroA tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place...
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