Acting
Hayashiya Hikoroku
Born — Died
1895-05-16 — 1982-01-29
Known for
Acting
Credits
4 titles
Hayashiya Hikoroku (林家 彦六), the former Hayashiya Shōzō VIII (八代目 林家 正蔵 Hachidaime Hayashiya Shōzō), was a Japanese rakugoka. His real name was Tadashi Okamoto. He played the original Hayashiya Shōzō in the film 100 Monsters. He was succeeded by Hayashiya Shōzō IX.
Known for
7.7The heroine Balsa is a skilled bodyguard and a masterful spear-wielder. One day she rescues Prince Chagum who has fallen into a river. The prince is carrying a mysterious spirit egg in his body, and is in danger of being assassinated by his father, the Mikado, who fears this will damage his imperial prestige. Balsa embarks upon a perilous journey when she accepts the queen’s plead to protect her son from her husband.
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2016
10.0No synopsis available yet.
おげんさんといっしょ
2017
6.6A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
1968
8.0An Ishiro Honda film.
Mother and Son
1955
Film credits
1950s · 1 titles
Series credits
7.7The heroine Balsa is a skilled bodyguard and a masterful spear-wielder. One day she rescues Prince Chagum who has fallen into a river. The prince is carrying a mysterious spirit egg in his body, and is in danger of being assassinated by his father, the Mikado, who fears this will damage his imperial prestige. Balsa embarks upon a perilous journey when she accepts the queen’s plead to protect her son from her husband.
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2016
10.0No synopsis available yet.
おげんさんといっしょ
2017