Acting

Omenosuke Ichikawa

Born 1912-02-17

Acting credits

Hana no sando gasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hana no sando gasa

1954

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Suna-e jubaku

1953

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

Grudge: Blood-sucking higanbana calls the spirits of the dead poster
NR

Kayo (Kimie Shingyoji), who married Jingoro (Jun Eto) of the small-time goods dealer Kagamishimaya, is unable to even hug each other seven days after the wedding. Kayo (Kimie Shingyoji), who married Jingoro (Jun Eto), a merchant in a small house in Kagamiya, is unable to even hug Kayo even seven days after the wedding ceremony. One day, Jingoro suddenly dies, but a monk (Ichiro Arishima) appears to the grieving family and tells them that his soul has simply slipped away, and the next morning Jingoro wakes up as if nothing had happened. A few days later, Kayo follows the spirit that escaped from Jingoro again and arrives at the grave of Araji, where she sees Jingoro meeting with the spirit of a young girl. In fact, three years earlier, Jingoro had been torn apart by the daughter (Keiko Suzuka) of Miuraya, a kimono wholesaler, and they had tied each other's fingers together with string, slit their wrists, and thrown themselves off a boat.

Grudge: Blood-sucking higanbana calls the spirits of the dead

1982

The Mysterious House poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Mysterious House

1954

Love Under the Crucifix poster
7.1

A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith. When the Shogun bans Christianity, the situation worsens.

Love Under the Crucifix

1962

The Image of Mother poster
NR

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

The Image of Mother

1963

Yamihōshi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yamihōshi

1960

A Gang of Five poster
5.0

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

A Gang of Five

1955

Abare noshi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Abare noshi

1952

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

1949

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan

1937

Trouble Over Swords and Women:  A Woman's Mind poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

1951

The Samurai and the Secret of the Flower poster
NR

During Ienari Tokugawa's period. Hanakurabe (a playful competition of poetry with flowers in this period) was held to please Shogun (General), and Shiroshobu of the Date family and Higoshobu of the Hosokawa family competed with each other. As a result, the Hosokawa family won and Yahei Tabuki of the Date family killed himself. At the funeral, a beautiful woman (Hibiko Maya) appeared in front of Yahei's son, Yazyuro (Tsuyoshi Kato). The woman said, "I am a woman of the Hosokawa family, and the person who killed your father" and left. To revenge father, he became "Hanaonmitsu" to make a better flower than Higoshobu.

The Samurai and the Secret of the Flower

1983

Jigoku taiko poster
NR

A girl from a tenement house was abducted in broad daylight, right in the heart of Edo.

Jigoku taiko

1953

Samurai from Somewhere poster
7.0

Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. Never offering any explanation, he continues his seemingly unprovoked attacks until he is sent away from his domain.

Samurai from Somewhere

1964

With Wife, Children, and Friends poster
NR

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.

With Wife, Children, and Friends

1961

Samurai from Nowhere poster
7.2

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!

Samurai from Nowhere

1964

The War Without Weapons poster
NR

It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the amendment of the Peace Preservation Law, and was assassinated by a rightist prior to his opposition speech.

The War Without Weapons

1960

Assassination poster
7.1

In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.

Assassination

1964

Furisode kyōjo poster
NR

A handsome man and a beautiful woman who seek to restore the Toyotomi clan by taking in the orphaned Princess Tsuru.

Furisode kyōjo

1952

Castle of Carnage poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Castle of Carnage

1952

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata Heiji

1951

お役者変化 poster
NR

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who tried to force himself on Gennosuke's beloved foster-sister, Kikuno. As a result, Gennosuke's younger brother, Shichisaburo, was killed. Separated from his mother, Gennosuke found himself on the run from the officials.

お役者変化

1954