8 Movies Starring Kiichi Nakai

47 Ronin

47 Ronin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-10-22

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (321 Reviews)

Director:

Kon Ichikawa

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Kon Ichikawa

Kaneo Ikegami (play)

Hiroshi Takeyama

Fullplot:

A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord.

When the Last Sword is Drawn

When the Last Sword is Drawn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-01-18

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

143 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (3781 Reviews)

Director:

Yèjirè Takita

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jirè Asada (story)

Takehiro Nakajima

Fullplot:

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them. In his search he joins a notorious clan, known as the Shinsengumi where he does as much as possible to get money. Looked at as a money grubber,Yoshimura proves his strength physically and mentally by being loyal to his honor. During the dramatic period, with the rise of the Emperor and the fall of the Shogun. Yoshimura shows us the struggle of life in a personal way, by changing the lives of the people he meets and the way life is looked at.

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-23

Languages:

Mandarin, Japanese

Countries:

China, Hong Kong

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (3704 Reviews)

Director:

Ping He

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Epcar (dubbed version)

Ping He

Rui Zhang

Fullplot:

North of the vast 8th century Tang dynasty Chinese empire, the commercially and culturally priceless silk route is controlled by 36 friendly Buddhist kingdoms. Their are threatened by Turkic nomad tribes, the caravans also by brigand bands. Japanese scholar Lai Qimay not return home until the emperor is satisfied with his missions to retrieve refugees from the barren border lands. The last is competent imperial lieutenant Li, who was proscribed for refusing to execute Turkic prisoners. He now lives among fellow warriors for hire as caravan escorts. Lai Qi and Li reach a gentleman's agreement to postpone their lethal duel till after the safe arrival of a caravan including a young Buddhist monk and his mysterious freight. When Turkic warlord Khan's daughter's hand seals an alliance with brigand sword master An, the only way out is trough the grimly dry Gobi desert.

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-12-22

Languages:

Mandarin, Japanese

Countries:

Hong Kong, China, Japan

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (4106 Reviews)

Director:

Yimou Zhang

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Yimou Zhang (story)

Jingzhi Zou (story)

Bin Wang (story)

Jingzhi Zou (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In a village of fishermen in Japan, Takata misses his son Kenichi, to whom he has been estranged for many years. When his daughter-in-law Rie tells him that Kenichi is sick in the hospital, she suggests Takata to come to Tokyo to visit his son in the hospital where he would have the chance to retie the relationship. However, Kenichi refuses to receive his father in his room, and Rie gives a videotape to Takata to know about the work of his son. Once at home, Takata sees a documentary in the remote village Lijiang, in the province of Younnan, about the passion of Kenichi, the Chinese opera, where the lead singer Li Jiamin promises to sing an important folk opera on the next year. When Rie calls Takata to tell that her husband has a terminal liver cancer, Takata decides to travel to Lijiang to shoot Li Jiamin singing the opera to give to Kenichi.

Dororo

Dororo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-15

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

139 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2045 Reviews)

Director:

Akihiko Shiota

Cast:

Writer:

Osamu Tezuka (comic)

Masa Nakamura (screenplay)

Akihiko Shiota (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the year 3048, the wounded Lord Kagemitsu Daigo proposes a deal to rule the whole world to forty-eight demons in their sealed temple. In return, the demons ask forty-eight parts of the body of his unborn son. When the mutilated baby is born, his mother puts him in a basket in the river flow to save his life. The baby survives and becomes the demon slayer Hyakkimaru that slash demons to retrieve his body parts. During his journey, he meets the female thief Dororo, who was raised as a boy after the death of her parents by the evil Lord Daigo, in a small town and she befriends Hyakkimaru and joins him in his quest seeking revenge against the Daigo's clan.

Railways

Railways

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-05-29

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (55 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Yoshinari Nishikèri (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-09-15

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

141 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (198 Reviews)

Director:

Yèjirè Takita

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Tow Ubukata (based on the novel by)

Yèjirè Takita (screenplay)

Masato Kato

Fullplot:

A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan.

Snow on the Blades

Snow on the Blades

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-09-20

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (70 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Shimura Kingo fails his duty to protect the life of the Shogun's chief minister, and spends his life tracking down the assassins. However, all but one of the assassins die before Kingo can reach them. Still, Kingo presses on.

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