Acting

Keiichiro Shimada

Acting credits

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple poster
7.0

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

1964

Human Torpedoes poster
7.0

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

Human Torpedoes

1968

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit poster
9.0

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

1968

The Domain poster
6.5

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.

The Domain

1964

Classmates poster
6.5

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

Classmates

1967

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land poster
7.0

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is known as a master of documentary films, and followed his “Haha Nareba Onna Nareba(Become a Mother, Become a Woman)” (1952).

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

1953

The Bandits poster
8.0

Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.

The Bandits

1968

The Brawling Angel poster
NR

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi.

The Brawling Angel

1972

Watari and the Fantasticks poster
NR

Based on Episodes 27 through 28, 33 through 35, Episode 37 and 39 of the 1967 Akakage TV Series "Upon learning of the evil general Yuri Danjo's rebellion, Oda Nobunaga rushes to Kyoto with a small force from his castle in Kiyosu. However, along the way, Negoro ninjas allied with Danjo are waiting with their terrifying monsters. The ninjas Red Shadow, Blue Shadow, and White Shadow engage in a fierce battle against the 13 Negoro ninjas and their monsters." - Official Japanese DVD Synopsis

Watari and the Fantasticks

1967