Tamao Nakamura
My Neighbors the Yamadas
as Shige's Friend (voice)The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a...
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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
as KinSet in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where...
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Conflagration
as Woman at GobanchoLearning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the...
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Taira Clan Saga
as ShigekoSpecial Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the...
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Hinannmin no ShôjoAfter the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria....
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Ten Dark Women
as Shio ShimuraKaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him....
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Tsubaki Sanjuro
as Mrs. Mutsuta"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper,...
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Oh, My Son!
as KitamuraA man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
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A Lustful Man
as OmachiFascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as UtagikuDuring the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing...
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The Blind Menace
as uncreditedThis is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi
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Summer Soldiers
as Mrs. ShimezuThe plight of U.S. Army deserters from Vietnam on the run in Japan, centering on the culture...
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An Osaka Story
as AyaA poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi...
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Turning Point
as ShizukoA middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the...
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Ninja Kids!!!
as uncreditedThe film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents....
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Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
as uncreditedDisguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a...
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Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as OmitsuBased on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker...
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Devil's Flute
as ChiyoFamous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An...
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Jirocho Fuji
as uncreditedLegendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire...
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One Who Died in Vain
as uncreditedAfter returning from the Burmese front in WWII, a man finds trouble brewing back home.
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The Radiant Prince
as OborozukiyoHikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of...
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Bonchi
as HirokoKikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal....
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as ChisaNemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both...
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The Man Without a Map
as Detective's WifeA private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is...
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Shogun's Holiday
as uncreditedDuring the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo...
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The Way to The Gold Medals
as Ine MikiAbout Soviet and Japanese volley-ball players who are both rivals and friends. The events cover...
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The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
as uncreditedSent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating...
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Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as OtoyoThe sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of...
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Satan's Sword
as Ohama / OtoyoThe Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41...
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Solar Eclipse
as uncreditedWhen bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion,...
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New Year Trip
as uncreditedA comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her...
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The Demon of Mount Oe
as uncreditedA demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider!...
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The Lord and the Gambler
as OsakiFate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some...
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The River with No Bridge
as Nui HatanakaA widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku...
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Three Stripes in the Sun
as Satsumi (uncredited)A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and...
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Korosuna
as OtamaKotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back...
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Buddha
as AuttamiAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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Flames of Blood
as uncreditedThe story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of...
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New Tengu from Mount Kurama
as uncreditedThe film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between...
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Shroud of Snow
as Sei1930. In splendid snowy settings, the trials and pain of a woman married to a man who maintains...
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快盗三人吉三
as 木屋吉三（少年時代）On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a...
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Mokuyou no Kaidan'97: Akuryou Gakuen
as uncreditedHaruka Renkoji is a bright and innocent high school girl. However, she is actually the...
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Akadô Suzunosuke
as uncreditedFirst of nine films based on the novel. The first live-action adaptation focuses on the origins...
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Princess Sen in Edo
as OkatsuA gorgeous tragic love picture scroll depicting a beautiful woman who weeps over her strange...
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The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
as uncreditedA revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao...
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Gambling Den's Master Clan
as uncreditedSixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.
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Seven Miles to Nakayama
as Oshima / OnakaWhen a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the...
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Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Devil in Crescent Moon Tower
as uncreditedThe swordsman again crosses paths with the murderous Devil Mask Gang -- who as the name...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as Nui HigakiFifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman...
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Shirai Gonpachi
as uncreditedThe film adaptation of the famous tragic love story of the young samurai Shirai Gonpachi and the...
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Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
as uncreditedWhen the seventh shogun, Ietsugu died, shogunate officials chose Yoshimune, Lord of Kishu, to...
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A Design for Dying
as uncreditedShikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils...
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Taking the Castle
as uncreditedThe Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa,...
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Desperate Hoodlum
as uncreditedSecond part of the Zenka mono series.
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Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil
as uncreditedThe magical swordsman battles a gang of cutthroats, who are led by a peg-legged villain.
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Stray Wolf
as uncreditedMatoba Kokingo, who once served as a retainer for a hatamoto, becomes disillusioned with his...
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Tough Guy
as OkinuAsakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss....
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3
as uncreditedThe third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by...
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White Snake Woman
as uncreditedWhile transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a...
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Will to Conquer
as uncreditedThe struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa...
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Scarred Yosaburo
as uncreditedThe film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 4
as uncreditedThe fourth part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden...
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Samurai of Hachiman
as uncreditedA mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with...
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Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
as uncreditedA frenzy of goodwill, tears, laughter, and a lot of fun, caused by thirteen children under the...
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Daiei Studio is Bustling
as uncreditedA studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
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Travels of Lord Mito
as OkinuLord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a...
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High Heels Gang
as uncreditedThe son of a gang leader boss is kidnapped by someone and demands the disbandment of the gang....
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Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
as uncreditedThe story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and...
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Akado Suzunosuke: Monster in the Moonlight
as uncreditedIn the first two films we learn the character's origins, including his childhood and how he...
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Dokudami Tenement
as uncreditedYoshio is a 24-year-old man born in Saidaiji , Okayama prefecture. He moved to Tokyo, bringing...
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The Blind Swordsman
as SelfA documentary about the character created for a series of Japanese films starring Shintaro...
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Enchanted Princess
as Princess No.4Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken...
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Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School
as uncreditedSuzunosuke visits a martial arts master and tries to learn the 'Vacuum Slash,' a secret...
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Dokonjo Taisho
as uncreditedRyosuke Kotaki's life motto was his grandfather's will, "Study, make money, drink alcohol, and...
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Beppin-san
as Tokuko BandoThe 95th NHK Asadora is about Sumire, a girl born in the uptown of Kobe in the early Showa...
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Suzuran
as Toshi KawamuraIn 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are...
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Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
as GuestAfter participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of...
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Please Hire Me!
as uncreditedEx-sword teacher Ihei Misawa is a skilled swordsman but because of his kind and judicious heart,...
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Three Sisters
as IkumatsuThe Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the...
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Professional Killers
as OkuraA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
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Shin Heike Monogatari
as Taira no TokikoSet at the end of the 12th century when several wars for control of Japan disrupted a long era...
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Zoku zoku jiken
as uncreditedDaisaburo Kikuchi (Tomisaburo Wakayama), a skilled lawyer full of humanity, thrillingly depicts...
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Akimahende!
as Katsura KiyomizuNowadays, kids have their parents wrapped around their fingers. While they appear to despise...
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The Trading Company
as Mura KajiiAn economic drama depicting the struggle and collapse of a Japanese general trading company. The...
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Momotaro Samurai
as ChiyoShinjiro Katsuragi is a samurai informally known as Momotaro. Unlike the traditional samurai,...
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The High School Heroes
as Fumi DomonGosei School has a long history. The principal of the school is highly ambitious and he tries to...
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Keishi-K
as uncredited" Keishi-K " is a detective drama directed and starring Shintaro Katsu. This drama tells the...
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Tokugawa no Onnatachi
as uncreditedA drama about three different women living in the inner palace of Edo castle during the Tokugawa...
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