
Acting
Ryoko Nakano
Born 1950-05-06 · Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
Acting credits
6.4Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement. But the threat of jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes gunning for him.
Never Give Up
1978
6.4Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has angered Hideyoshi by becoming a Christian convert. Ogin's father Rikyu also displeases Hideyoshi by opposing the warlord's plan to invade China and Korea. When the animalistic Hideyoshi is rejected by Ogin, he threatens her and her father with arrest and worse.
Love and Faith
1978
7.0The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
6.2A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
Manhunt
1976
7.0Masako, a five-year-old girl living, gets a scratch on her finger. After that, she suffered horrible spasms. The doctor checks on her and arrives at the conclusion that she has tetanus. Her parents have to bear the sufferings of their child. The once peaceful family has changed completely.
Writhing Tongue
1980
6.8At a Japanese restaurant nestled within the busy streets of Beijing, Li Dong convinces his older brother Li Chun to travel together to the Japanese city of Yanagawa to find and catch up with their childhood sweetheart Liu Chuan.
Yanagawa
2022
NRRemake of 1949 film
Aoi sanmyaku
1975
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Drive for the Future
1980
NR2012 Japanese movie
Joyū
2012
NRAfter their lord is unjustly sentenced to commit seppuku, Oishi Kuranosuke leads a group of 47 loyal retainers on a mission of vengeance against the corrupt court official Kira Kozukenosuke.
The 47 Ronin (Part 1): Indignation
1985
8.0A tribute to proletarian author Takiji Kobayashi (1903-1933)
Kobayashi Takiji
1974
7.0The story of friendship, love and sportsmanship among high-school students.
Headphone Lullaby
1983
8.0While Keisuke and Jiro were brothers, the characters of the two were opposite. My older brother Keisuke was a sophomore college graduate, a honest and passionate young man, but his brother Jiro was only a student of a ronin who failed in taking the university and was playing. Such two people had a dream. Keisuke traveled wandering at his own trailer house, Jiro became a racer, had a dream of surrounding the world.
Morning for Two
1971
6.7Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.
The Trail of Blood
1972
7.0Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako.
Love in the North
1976
4.3In the time of the Tang Dynasty, Yu Xiufeng, a porcelain maker from Mount Meicen, makes a ceramic statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara to consecrate at Mount Wutai to protect the princeling Li Yi.
Avalokitesvara
2013
8.0Based on the life of artist Yumeji Takehisa
Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru
1975
1.0A man survives a double suicide attempt, while his girlfriend does not.
Second Chance
1973
7.1Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more of an outcast, Jokichi is asked by another Yakuza boss, Umezo, to guard Oyuki, the wayward daughter of Juzaburo. The tragic consequences of this assignment will lead him into a deadly trap and a final confrontation with Chogoro.
The Fearless Avenger
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Toumei na kisetsu
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NRAfter their lord is unjustly sentenced to commit seppuku, Oishi Kuranosuke leads a group of 47 loyal retainers on a mission of vengeance against the corrupt court official Kira Kozukenosuke.
The 47 Ronin (Part 2): No Return
1985
5.8Dr. Sun Zhongshan leads a democratic revolution in China.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
1986
NRYagyu Jubei investigates a mysterious ronin's confession regarding the murder of Prince Takahito and the missing martial arts scroll, all while navigating a forbidden romance with Princess Tokuko.
The Yagyu Code 3: Conspiracy in Kyoto
1991