Cast: Kanjuro Arashi

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Kanjuro Arashi. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Profound Desire of the Gods

1968 · Movie · 175 min. · Japan

Direction Shôhei Imamura

Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Choichiro Kawarazaki · Kazuo Kitamura · Yasuko Matsui

Plot The Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island to drill a well to provide water for the sugar mill. He is assisted on the island by Kametaro, from...

7.3

199 votes

7.3

199 votes

A Colt Is My Passport

1967 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Nomura

Cast Jô Shishido · Chitose Kobayashi · Jerry Fujio · Shôki Fukae

Plot A crafty hitman and his cunning sidekick attempt a daring escape after carrying out a high-profile contract and incurring the wrath of a vicious gang.

7.2

162 votes

7.2

162 votes

The Thirteen Assassins

1963 · Movie · 125 min. · Japan

Direction Eiichi Kudo

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Kô Nishimura · Ryohei Uchida · Isao Natsuyagi

Plot Receiving a confidential order from the Tokugawa Shogunate, 13 Samurai Warriors start plotting the assassination of Matsudaira Nariaki, chief of the Akashi clan who is extraordinarily cruel and lewd. The...

6.5

110 votes

6.5

110 votes

6.5

115 votes

Abashiri Prison

1965 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

6.4

52 votes

6.4

52 votes

Kurama Tengu

1928 · Movie · 71 min. · Japan

Direction Teppei Yamaguchi

Cast Kaoru Akiyoshi · Kaichi Arashi · Kanjuro Arashi · Kitsuemon Arashi

Plot In the past, screenings of silent films in Japan were extremely lively events that featured various sounds. Katsudo benshi, or motion picture narrators delivered passionate and eloquent narrations. Live music...

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Orange Road Express

1978 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuki Omori

Cast Kanjuro Arashi · Yoshiko Okada · Leo Morimoto · Yutaka Nakajima

Plot A travelling group of young people running a pirate radio station from a small truck encounter an eccentric elderly couple who are on the run from the law.

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Edo no akutarô

1939 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan

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The Karate Inferno

1974 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

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He Had to Die

1956 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan

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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Wilderness

1966 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Teruo Ishii

Cast Ken Takakura · Kunie Tanaka · Yôko Mihara · Tôru Yuri

Plot A strange episode with Shinichi Tachibana (Ken Takakura) involved with horse-breeders and, at one point, getting revenge on at the guy who killed his Shetland pony.

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Shura hototogisu: zenpen

1934 · Movie · min. · Japan

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A Great World Power Rising

1938 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Kanjuro Arashi · Ryunosuke Tsukigata · Kikutaro Onoe · Goro Kawabe

Plot Taikoki 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...

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Traitors of the Date Clan

1959 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Tatsuo Yamada

Cast Kanjuro Arashi

Plot It's Japanese history come to life in this true tale of upheaval in the Date clan. A serious incident that threatened the very existence of the Date clan in the...

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Game of Chance 2

1967 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Direction Ryuichi Takamori

Cast Sonny Chiba · Reiko Ohara · Akiko Koyama · Kanjuro Arashi

Plot Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leave town and sell...

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