Hanshiro Iwai

Acting

Hanshiro Iwai

Born 1927-08-08 · Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

Shinran: Path to Purity poster
5.8

In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.

Shinran: Path to Purity

1987

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail poster
6.7

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

1952

Yagyu Secret Scrolls poster
6.5

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

1957

Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light poster
NR

Film distributed by ATG.

Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light

1978

Daredevil in the Castle poster
7.5

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.

Daredevil in the Castle

1961

No artwork available
8.0

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.

The Sword Knows

1958

The Paradise Island Story poster
NR

Musical-comedy about nine soldiers deserted on an island in South Pacific.

The Paradise Island Story

1957

The Oil-Hell Murder poster
7.0

A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.

The Oil-Hell Murder

1957

Red Fan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Red Fan

1952

The Mansion of Intrigue poster
NR

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

The Mansion of Intrigue

1957

Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival poster
NR

The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter?

Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival

1951

Battle of Roses poster
6.2

Following the death of Mr Masago, his wife Satomi loses the family's cosmetics company to Mr Mogy due to huge amount of withdrawal debt caused by her husband. Mogy blackmails Satomi's sister Hinako into marrying him, so he will not send Masago to jail, and Satomi wrongly understands that Hinako is dating Mogy.

Battle of Roses

1950

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

凸凹珍道中

1960

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū

1959

疾風からす隊 poster
NR

During the end of the shogunate, there was a group of black-clothed masked samurai known as the "Crow Squad" who resisted the shogunate's oppression, taking down key figures one by one. During a Go game with a visitor named Seki Hikonoshin, the government inspector, Nozoe Minbu, was attacked and killed by what appeared to be the Crow Squad. The witness, Yoshi Goro, was also injured by their blade. Minbu's son, Katsuma, returning from a trip, learned of this and, along with his sister Sakura, vowed revenge.

疾風からす隊

1953

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II poster
5.4

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them. In Part II, the search for the scrolls continues.

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

1958

The Waves poster
5.5

Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.

The Waves

1952