Acting

Shiro Miura

Acting credits

Ugetsu poster
8.0

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

Ugetsu

1953

Chikamatsu Monogatari poster
7.8

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.

Chikamatsu Monogatari

1954

Hana no sando gasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hana no sando gasa

1954

A Lustful Man poster
5.6

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings much cause for shame to the family, his father eventually breaks relations with him. Expelled from the family, 19-year-old Yonosuke embarks on a pilgrimage of lust, traveling far and wide to acquaint himself with women of all walks.

A Lustful Man

1961

No artwork available
NR

A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.

Taki no shiraito

1946

Undercurrent poster
6.2

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

Undercurrent

1956

An Osaka Story poster
6.0

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.

An Osaka Story

1957

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nagurareta o tonosama

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

Hida no abarenbō poster
NR

A bold and cheerful tale that broke new ground in the historical drama genre.

Hida no abarenbō

1949

Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes poster
10.0

Suzunosuke faces perhaps his wildest foes. This evil gang is lead by a one-eyed birdman and other demonic creatures.

Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes

1958

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

Meiji no kyōdai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Meiji no kyōdai

1946

New Bad Reputation Continues poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

New Bad Reputation Continues

1962

Awa tanuki yashiki poster
NR

A handsome young man infiltrates the Tanuki Kingdom, where conspiracies swirl around the Divine Mirror; he rescues the princess and turns the evil ministers against each other.

Awa tanuki yashiki

1952

Yari-odori gojūsantsugi poster
NR

A spearman who had long admired the samurai rises up after learning of cruelty of the samurai class.

Yari-odori gojūsantsugi

1946

Hell's Assassin poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Hell's Assassin

1962

Bara daimyo poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bara daimyo

1960

The Notorious Man's Return poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Notorious Man's Return

1962

The Okagura Brothers poster
NR

1946 Japanese movie

The Okagura Brothers

1946

The Grand Master poster
9.0

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becoming the Shogi Grand Master Champion, everything is at stake – including his family. What will it cost for Sakata to follow his passion?

The Grand Master

1948

Kumoemon to sono tsuma poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Kumoemon to sono tsuma

1962

Kunisada Chūji poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kunisada Chūji

1946

Sound in the Mist poster
7.5

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...

Sound in the Mist

1956