Acting
Kikutaro Onoe
Born 1907-01-12
Acting credits
NRThe film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after seppuku by its lord Asano Takumi-no-kami and the termination of his family's power. This is the first film of the Ako Castle trilogy.
Castle of Revenge
1952
7.0The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.
Chushingura
1938
No synopsis available yet.
Kaidan Oiwa Yakusha
1938
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind
1951
NRKinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into trouble when he befriends the yakuza.
Edo Spring
1936
No synopsis available yet.
Tales of a Drifter
1951
9.0Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power of Toyotomi Hideyoshi from a farmer's son.
Taiko's Rising in the World
1938
NR1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo
Echigo jishi-sai
1960
NRfilm directed by Tai Katô
Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
1951
NRA jidaigeki movie about the strange fate of Ranmaru Mori.
A Young Samurai
1955
NRThe first film produced by Daiei.
The March of the Restoration
1942
10.0A 16-year-old boy is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single night with the young man and teach him the pleasures of the flesh, out of motherly mercy and desire. However, the following day, a newly issued official decree changes everything...
The Tragedy of Bushido
1960
The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936
A film adaptation of the story “Gonzo and Sukejū” from a new perspective.
Yoimatsuri happyaku yachō
1947
7.0Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
1940
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
1960
8.0Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is avenging the death of his brother. Jinzo, who wants to win over a rich merchant, pours boiling water on One's face...
Dancing Mistress
1957
NRNinja film by Tai Kato
Ninja Arts of Jiraiya
1955
NR1947 Japanese movie
Political Theater
1947
NREarly jidaigeki by Tai Kato.
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
1952
NRPrewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi
Kuriyama Daizen
1936
1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.
Kobushidake denki
1956
NRA man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom.
Echo of Love
1937
NRThe 1st movie in the Kobushidake denki series.
Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
1956