Acting

Seishiro Hara

Born

1904-11-24 (121)

Place of birth

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Known for

Professional Killers poster
8.0

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...

Professional Killers

1972

Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura poster
NR

Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura is a Japanese period drama that aired on the TBS network from November 2, 1970 to August 30, 1971 in the "Brother Gekijo" slot. It ran for 44 colour episodes of 30 minutes each. Based on Sohachi Yamaoka's novel "Chiba Shusaku", it depicts the youth of Chiba Shusaku, founder of the Hokushin Itto-ryu school of swordsmanship. A hot-blooded young man who calls himself Shusaku enters the dojo of Asari Matashichiro and, through encounters with all kinds of people, grows rapidly both in swordsmanship and in character. Produced by TBS and Shochiku. Rerun on the Japanese CS channel Jidaigeki Senmon Channel from March 17, 2025.

Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura

1970

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Kieyuku nōmen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Kieyuku nōmen

1958

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Yama o tobu kitsune hime poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Yama o tobu kitsune hime

1958

Shimizukō kenka tabi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shimizukō kenka tabi

1957

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman poster
6.8

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

1971

Film credits

1970s · 6 titles

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman poster
6.8

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

1971

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx poster
7.4

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

1972

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril poster
7.3

Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

1972

Japan's Don poster
7.2

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

Japan's Don

1977

Death at an Old Mansion poster
6.3

A woman and her bridegroom are found murdered in their bed the day after their wedding. It had snowed overnight and the killer left no tracks. It is up to an amateur detective to figure out what happened. Carefully and systematically, he pieces together the clues in this locked room mystery.

Death at an Old Mansion

1975

The Last Samurai poster
7.6

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.

The Last Samurai

1974

1960s · 11 titles

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage poster
7.1

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

1966

The Demon of Mount Oe poster
6.5

A band of warriors journeys to Mount Oe to rescue abducted women from a demon, overcoming supernatural threats like a giant spider and a diabolical witch along the way.

The Demon of Mount Oe

1960

Ninja, A Band of Assassins poster
6.4

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

1962

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege poster
6.2

[Period covered: 1614-1615] Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only ones who can penetrate the fortress, but unfortunately for Ieyasu, Kirigakure Saizo and the other Toyotomi ninja can just as easily get out. As armies of samurai maneuver for battle, the fate of the nation will be decided by a desperate struggle in the dark!

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

1964

The Bride from Hades poster
7.4

On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes infatuated by her.

The Bride from Hades

1968

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing poster
6.2

A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is busy knocking off the shogun's lawful heirs to secure the shogunate for her son.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing

1964

The Temple of Wild Geese poster
6.5

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the profligacy of his cruel master and Satoko's utter dependence on the man. Jinen is both fascinated and disturbed by Satoko's interest in him; he is similarly caught between loathing of Kikuchi and of the dark circumstances of his birth and his own moral weakness. The story unfolds in a dreamlike manner—a flashback inspired by a now-infamous image on a silkscreen in the souvenir shop at the so-called Temple of the Wild Geese.

The Temple of Wild Geese

1962

Buddha poster
10.0

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.

Buddha

1961

Assignment Cloud poster
2.0

A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the graduates who is assigned to crack a powerful spy ring working out of Kobe. Various people are suspected but, finally, it seems that an Army captain and his geisha friend might lead them to the ring.

Assignment Cloud

1966

Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God poster
6.5

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.

Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God

1960

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance poster
6.9

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all the ninja who opposed him and answers that he suspects that there may be more. A servant brings water and tests it first. The paige dies and we hear gunshots as two ninja flee the scene. His suspicions confirmed, Nobunaga oversees the execution of captured ninja and decides that, in the future, he needs a much crueler method of execution. The daimyo Hideyoshi comes to visit.

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

1963

1950s · 38 titles

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Kieyuku nōmen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Kieyuku nōmen

1958

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Yama o tobu kitsune hime poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Yama o tobu kitsune hime

1958

Shimizukō kenka tabi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shimizukō kenka tabi

1957

Kieta koban yashiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kieta koban yashiki

1958

Chiyoda Castle in Flames poster
NR

A historical drama that tells the story of a simple girl, Chizuru, who entered the imperial palace as a maid and rose to the top because of her love affair.

Chiyoda Castle in Flames

1959

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō

1958

Gate of Hell poster
7.1

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Gate of Hell

1953

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki

1957

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago

1955

Beni azami poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beni azami

1959

Komusō henka: Tsubanari kaidō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Komusō henka: Tsubanari kaidō

1956

The Shadow That Kills the Moon poster
NR

By day, he is a young master whose beauty melts women’s hearts. By night, he is the elusive “White Hood.”

The Shadow That Kills the Moon

1955

Kuro obi arashi poster
NR

A young judoka investigates the mysterious death of his best friend.

Kuro obi arashi

1953

Taira Clan Saga poster
6.8

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

Taira Clan Saga

1955

I Was Tokichiro poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I Was Tokichiro

1955

Shiranui zukin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shiranui zukin

1957

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami poster
NR

A series of murders surrounds the 70,000 ryō in buried treasure hidden by the Kanayama Magistrate.

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami

1953

Karakuri hina ningyō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Karakuri hina ningyō

1959

Jigoku dani no hanayome poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jigoku dani no hanayome

1955

The Rust Cleaner Sings poster
NR

A passionate young man takes on a corrupt boss, determined to save innocent teachers and numerous orphans.

The Rust Cleaner Sings

1955

Mateki wakashu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mateki wakashu

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Suna-e jubaku

1953

Tōkaidō no yarōdomo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tōkaidō no yarōdomo

1958

Itarō jishi poster
NR

Itarō abandons his life as a hatamoto to become a yakuza.

Itarō jishi

1955

No artwork available
NR

The young master of a pawnshop, who had been told by Edo’s foremost fortune-teller that he would die in six months, squandered his entire fortune to atone for his ancestors’ sins. Now, half a year later, the day of the funeral has arrived...

Obake kara

1956

Hana no nagadosu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hana no nagadosu

1954

Tenryū shibukigasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tenryū shibukigasa

1958

Akōgishi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Akōgishi

1954

The Footmark of a Snow Fairy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Footmark of a Snow Fairy

1958

Hana no sando gasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hana no sando gasa

1954

Secret of Naruto poster
7.0

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate. A mysterious swordsman named Noriyuki Gennojo has crossed Naruto’s waters to uncover the Awa clan’s secrets. He puts his life on the line after finding a testament of Awa’s secrets, written in blood by a dying man. Joining Noriyuki are a female ninja who loves him, and the beautiful daughter of an enemy who’s sworn to kill him. Awa’s defenders willl stop at nothing to prevent the blood-soaked letter from reaching the shogun.

Secret of Naruto

1957

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Seki no yatappe

1953

Midori no hate ni te o furu tenshi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Midori no hate ni te o furu tenshi

1951

Jirocho Fuji poster
7.4

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

Jirocho Fuji

1959

Aizome gasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aizome gasa

1956

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae

1956

Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru poster
NR

A romance between a female student and a young professor, where friendship, temptation, and jealousy intertwine.

Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru

1953

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Coming Up of Kodokan

1953

Series credits

Professional Killers poster
8.0

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...

Professional Killers

1972

Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura poster
NR

Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura is a Japanese period drama that aired on the TBS network from November 2, 1970 to August 30, 1971 in the "Brother Gekijo" slot. It ran for 44 colour episodes of 30 minutes each. Based on Sohachi Yamaoka's novel "Chiba Shusaku", it depicts the youth of Chiba Shusaku, founder of the Hokushin Itto-ryu school of swordsmanship. A hot-blooded young man who calls himself Shusaku enters the dojo of Asari Matashichiro and, through encounters with all kinds of people, grows rapidly both in swordsmanship and in character. Produced by TBS and Shochiku. Rerun on the Japanese CS channel Jidaigeki Senmon Channel from March 17, 2025.

Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura

1970