Jidaigeki (時代劇, Jidaigeki^?) is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The name means "period drama", and the period is usually the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 The written history of Japan begins with brief references in the 1st century AD Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical texts Some, however, are set much earlier — Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period — and the early Meiji era is also a popular setting. is a Japanese Jidaigeki (period drama Film directed by Shiro Toyoda and starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Kinnosuke Nakamura The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July Jidaigeki show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of this time. is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial Japan. Jidaigeki films are sometimes referred to as chambara movies, a word meaning "sword fight", though chambara is really a sub group. While earlier Samurai period pieces were more dramatic rather than action-based samurai movies post World War II have become more action-based with darker They have a set of dramatic conventions including the use of makeup, language, catchphrases, and plotlines.

Contents 1 Types of jidaigeki 1.1 Sengoku-jidai 2 Roles in jidaigeki 2.1 Warriors 2.2 Craftsmen 2.3 Merchants 2.4 Governments 3 Conventions 3.1 Clichés and catchphrases 4 Famous jidaigeki 4.1 Films 4.2 Television series 4.3 Video games 4.4 Anime and manga 5 Famous directors 6 Famous actors and actresses 7 Trivia 8 References 9 External links 10 See also

Types of jidaigeki

Many jidaigeki take place in Edo, the military capital. literally bay - Door, " Estuary " edo once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the Others show the adventures of people wandering from place to place. The long-running television series Zenigata Heiji and Abarenbō Shōgun typify the Edo jidaigeki. Zenigata Heiji (Japanese 銭形平次 is the hero of a series of Japanese novels films and TV programmes set in the Edo period (17th-19th centuries of Japanese history was a Japanese Television program on the TV Asahi network Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune Mito Kōmon, the fictitious story of the travels of the historical daimyo Tokugawa Mitsukuni, and the Zatoichi movies and television series, exemplify the travelling style. is a Japanese Jidaigeki that has been on prime-time television since 1969 The ( were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings was a prominent Daimyo who was known for his influence in the politics of the early Edo period. Zatoichi (座頭市 Zatōichi) is a Fictional character featured in one of Japan's longest running series of Films and a Television series

Another way to categorize jidaigeki is according to the social status of the principal characters. The title character of Abarenbō Shogun is Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa shogun. was the eighth Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745 The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the, and the, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the Shoguns of is a military rank and historical title in Japan. The Japanese word for "general" it is made up of two Kanji words sho, meaning "commander" The head of the samurai class, Yoshimune assumes the disguise of a low-ranking hatamoto, a samurai in the service of the shogun. A was a Samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. Similarly, Mito Kōmon is the retired vice-shogun, masquerading as a merchant. In contrast, the coin-throwing Heiji of Zenigata Heiji is a commoner, working for the police, while Ichi (the title character of Zatoichi), a masseur, is an outcast. In British law a commoner is someone who is neither the Sovereign nor a peer. Zatoichi (座頭市 Zatōichi) is a Fictional character featured in one of Japan's longest running series of Films and a Television series Gokenin Zankurō is a samurai, but due to his low rank and income, he has to work extra jobs that higher-ranking samurai were unaccustomed to doing.

Whether the lead role is samurai or commoner, jidaigeki usually reach a climax in an immense sword fight just before the end. The title character of a series always wins, whether using a sword or a jitte (the device police used to trap, and sometimes to bend or break, an opponent's sword). The, literally meaning "ten-hand" (ie the weapon with the power of ten hands is a specialized Weapon which was used by law enforcement officers (called Okapiki

Sengoku-jidai

Sengoku-jidai (Warring States era setting) is a Japanese genre that has been used as the setting for novels, films, video games, and even anime and manga. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. (anime in Japanese, ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly It bears some similarities with Western; Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, for example, was remade in a Western setting as The Magnificent Seven. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. is a 1954 Japanese film co-written edited and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 Western film directed by John Sturges about a group of hired gunmen protecting a Mexican village from The famous anime and manga series InuYasha is set in this period despite some moments that were set in the modern era. (anime in Japanese, ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly full title ( romanized as INUYASHA

Roles in jidaigeki

Among the characters in jidaigeki are a parade of people with occupations unfamiliar to modern Japanese, and especially to foreigners. The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan Here are a few.

Warriors

Main article: Samurai cinema

The warrior class included samurai, hereditary members in the military service of a daimyo or the shogun (themselves samurai). While earlier Samurai period pieces were more dramatic rather than action-based samurai movies post World War II have become more action-based with darker Ronin, samurai without masters, were also warriors, and like samurai, wore two swords; they were, however, without inherited employment or status. A was a Samurai with no lord or master during the Feudal period (1185–1868 of Japan. Bugeisha were men, or in some stories women, who aimed to perfect their martial arts, often by travelling throughout the country. Ninja were the secret service, specializing in stealth, the use of disguises, explosives, and concealed weapons.

Craftsmen

Craftsmen in jidaigeki included metalworkers (often abducted to mint counterfeit coins), bucket-makers, carpenters and plasterers, and makers of woodblock prints for art or newspapers.

Merchants

In addition to the owners of businesses large and small, the jidaigeki often portray the employees. The bantō was a high-ranking employee of a merchant, the tedai, a lower helper. Many merchants employed children, or kozō. Itinerant merchants included the organized medicine-sellers, vegetable-growers from outside the city, and peddlers at fairs outside temples and shrines. In contrast, the great brokers in rice, lumber and other commodities operated sprawling shops in the city.

Governments

In the highest ranks of the shogunate were the rojū. Below them were the wakadoshiyori, then the various bugyō or administrators, including the jisha bugyō (who administered temples and shrines), the kanjō bugyō (in charge of finances) and the two Edo machi bugyō. These last alternated by month as chief administrator of the city. Their role encompassed mayor, chief of police, and judge, and jury in criminal and civil matters.

The machi bugyō oversaw the police and fire departments. The police, or machikata, included the high-ranking yoriki and the dōshin below them; both were samurai. In jidaigeki, they often have full-time patrolmen, okappiki and shitappiki, who were commoners. (Historically, these people were irregulars, called to service only when necessary. ) Zenigata Heiji is an okappiki. The police lived in barracks at Hatchōbori in Edo. They manned ban'ya, the watch-houses, throughout the metropolis. The jitte was the symbol of the police, from yoriki to shitappiki.

A separate police force handled matters involving samurai. The ōmetsuke were high-ranking officials in the shogunate; the metsuke and kachi-metsuke, lower-ranking police who could detain samurai. Yet another police force investigated arson-robberies, while Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples fell under the control of another authority. A Shinto shrine is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine" a Shinto Kami, and is usually characterized by the presence of a (also called Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices The feudal nature of Japan made these matters delicate, and jurisdictional disputes are common in jidaigeki.

Edo had three fire departments. The daimyo-bikeshi were in the service of designated daimyo; the jōbikeshi reported to the shogunate; while the machi-bikeshi, beginning under Yoshimune, were commoners under the administration of the machibugyō. Thus, even the fire companies have turf wars in the jidaigeki.

Each daimyo maintained a residence in Edo, where he lived during sankin kotai. Sankin kōtai (参勤交代 ("alternate attendance" was a policy of the Shogunate during most of the Edo period of Japanese history. His wife and children remained there even while he was away from Edo, and the ladies-in-waiting often feature prominently in jidaigeki. A high-ranking samurai, the Edo-garō, oversaw the affairs in the daimyo's absence. In addition to a staff of samurai, the household included ashigaru (lightly armed warrior-servants) and chūgen and yakko (servants often portrayed as flamboyant and crooked). The Japanese ashigaru (足軽 were conscripted foot-soldiers of medieval Japan Many daimyo employed doctors, goten'i; their counterpart in the shogun's household was the okuishi. Count on them to provide the poisons that kill and the potions that heal.

The cast of a wandering jidaigeki encountered a similar setting in each han. The, or domains, were the Fiefs of Feudal Lords of Japan that were created by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and existed until their There, the karō were the kuni-garō and the jōdai-garō. Tensions between them have provided plots for many stories.

What would a jidaigeki be without characters to give the flavor of the times? Jugglers, peddlers, fortune-tellers, candy-sellers, rag-pickers, blind moneylenders, itinerant singer/shamisen-players, effete courtiers from the imperial capital at Kyoto, the Dutch kapitan from Nagasaki, streetwalkers and prostitutes from the licensed and unlicensed quarters, the million-dollar kabuki actor, flute-playing mendicant komusos wearing deep wicker hats, and of course geisha, provide a never-ending pageant of old Japan. Juggling is a physical human skill involving the movement of objects usually through the air for entertainment (see Object manipulation) Blindness is the condition of lacking Visual perception due to Physiological or Neurological factors A moneylender offers small Personal loans at high rates of interest, usually higher rates than the market rate charged on Credit cards or on The shamisen or samisen ( Japanese: 三[[wiktionary 味|味]] 線, literally "three flavor strings" also called sangen (literally A courtier is a person who attends the court of a Monarch or other powerful person. Imperial Court in Kyoto was the nominal ruling government of Japan from 794 AD until the Meiji Era, in which the court was moved to Tokyo The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands ( is the Capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. Street prostitution is a specific form of Prostitution in which the sex worker operates from the street Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. is a form of traditional Japanese theatre. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate Make-up worn by some of its performers A was a Mendicant Monastic of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism. or are traditional female Japanese Entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance

Conventions

There are several dramatic conventions of jidaigeki:

• The heroes often wear eye makeup, and the villains often have disarranged hair.
• A contrived form of old-fashioned Japanese speech, using modern pronunciation and grammar with a high degree of formality and frequent archaisms.
• In long-running TV series, like Mito Kōmon and Zenigata Heiji, the lead and supporting actors sometimes change. This is done without any rationale for the change of appearance. The new actor simply appears in the place of the old one and the stories continue.
• In a sword fight, when a large number of villains attacks the main character, they seldom act simultaneously. Instead, the villains wait their turn to be dispatched, often standing motionless until their turn to be easily defeated arrives.
• On television, even fatal sword cuts draw little blood, and often do not even cut through clothing. Villains are chopped down with deadly, yet completely invisible, sword blows. Despite this, blood or wounding may be shown for arrow wounds or knife cuts.
• On film, most often the violence is considerably stylized, sometimes to such a degree that sword cuts cause geysers of blood from wounds. Dismemberment and decapitation are also common.

Clichés and catchphrases

Authors of jidaigeki work clichés into the dialog. Here are a few:

• Tonde hi ni iru natsu no mushi: Like bugs that fly into the fire in the summer [, they will come to their destruction]

• Shishi shinchū no mushi: A wolf in sheep's clothing (literally, a parasite in the lion's body)

• Kaji to kenka wa Edo no hana: Fires and brawls are the flower of Edo

• Ōedo happyaku yachō: "The eight hundred neighborhoods of Edo"

• Tabi wa michizure: "Travel is who you take with you"

In addition, the authors of series invent their own clichés in the kimarizerifu (catchphrases) that the protagonist says at the same point in nearly every episode. In Mito Kōmon, in which the eponymous character disguises himself as a commoner, in the final swordfight, a sidekick invariably holds up an accessory bearing the shogunal crest and shouts, Hikae! Kono mondokoro ga me ni hairan ka?: "Back! Can you not see this emblem?", revealing the identity of the hitherto unsuspected old man with a goatee beard. The villains then instantly surrender and beg forgiveness. Likewise, Tōyama no Kin-san bares his tattooed shoulder and snarls, Kono sakura fubuki o miwasureta to iwasane zo!: "I won't let you say you forgot this cherry-blossom blizzard!" After sentencing the criminals, he proclaims, Kore ni te ikken rakuchaku: "Case closed. is a popular character based on the historical Tōyama Kagemoto, a samurai and official of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo Period of Japanese history "

The kimarizerifu betrays the close connection between the jidaigeki and the comic-book superhero. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do

Famous jidaigeki

Films

• Ansatsu "Assassin"
• Aragami
• Azumi
• Azumi 2: Death or Love
• Chushingura
• Hanzo the Razor series
• Harakiri
• The Hidden Blade
• The Hidden Fortress
• Incident at Blood Pass
• Kagemusha
• Kill!
• Kurama Tengu series
• Lady Snowblood
• Legend of the Eight Samurai
• Lone Wolf and Cub series
• Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san (Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims)
• Men Who Tread on a Tiger's Tail
• Mibu gishi den (When the Last Sword Is Drawn)
• Onibaba
• Ran
• Rashomon
• Rebel Samurai
• Ronin Gai
• Red Beard
• Samurai Assassin
• Samurai Banners
• Samurai Rebellion
• Samurai Spy
• Samurai Trilogy
• Samurai Wolf
• Sansho The Bailiff
• Shinobi No Mono
• Shinsengumi
• Shogun's Vault
• Sword of Doom
• Sword of the Beast
• Throne of Blood
• Sanjuro
• Seven Samurai
• Shogun Assassin
• Shogun's Shadow
• Tange Sazen series
• Tasogare Seibei (Twilight Samurai)
• The 47 Ronin
• Ugetsu Monogatari
• Yagyu Ichizoku no Imbo
• Yojimbo
• Zatoichi film series

Television series

• Abarenbo Shogun
• Chōshichirō Edo Nikki
• Edo o Kiru
• Gokenin Zankurō
• Hissatsu series
• Jitte-nin
• Kage Dōshin
• Kage no Gundan (Shadow Warriors)
• Kenkaku Shōbai
• Mito Kōmon
• Moeyo Ken
• Momotarō-zamurai
• Ōedo Sōsamō
• Onihei Hanka-chō
• Onmitsu Kenshi (The Samurai)
• Ōoka Echizen
• Sanbiki ga Kiru!
• Shinsen gumi Keppūroku
• Shogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi
• Taiga drama (NHK annual series)
• Tenamon'ya Sando-gasa
• Tenga Dōdō
• Tenga Gomen
• Tōyama no Kin-san
• Ude ni Oboe ga Aru
• Zatoichi (television series)
• Zenigata Heiji

Video games

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The title (which means "Shadow Warrior" in Japanese) is a term used for an Impersonator. is a 1968 film directed by Kihachi Okamoto, written by Akira Murao, Kihachi Okamoto, and Shugoro Yamamoto and starring Tatsuya Nakadai is a 1973 Japanese film directed by Toshiya Fujita and starring Meiko Kaji. is a 1983 Japanese historical martial arts Fantasy film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku. is a well-known Gekiga or Manga created by the writer Kazuo Koike and the artist Goseki Kojima. is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kudo Kankuro The film stars several well-known and highly respected Japanese actors is a 2003 Japanese movie directed by Yojiro Takita. It tells the story of two Shinsengumi Samurai, one of whom Saitō Hajime, is ( 1964) is a Japanese horror film based on a Buddhist Parable. is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. is a 1950 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with Cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa about the relationship between a village doctor and his new trainee is a 1965 Japanese movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yunosuke Ito, and Michiyo Aratama. is a Japanese samurai drama film released in 1969 It was directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and is based on on the life of the famous Sengoku -era battle strategist Rebellion, also known as Samurai Rebellion, is a 1967 Japanese film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. is a 1965 film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. Made during the height of the cold war the film follows the lives of samurai spies caught up in the power struggles of their The Samurai Trilogy is a film Trilogy directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring Toshiro Mifune as Miyamoto Musashi and Koji Tsuruta Sansho the Bailiff ( Japanese: |山椒大夫| Sanshō Dayū) is a 1954 film by Japanese Film director Kenji For the NHK television series see Shinsengumi!. The were a Special police force of the Late shogunate period. is a Jidaigeki movie released in 1966. It was directed by Kihachi Okamoto and stars Tatsuya Nakadai. is a 1965 Jidaigeki film co-written and directed by Hideo Gosha. is a 1957 film directed by Akira Kurosawa, which transposes the plot of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth to medieval Japan. is a 1962 black and white Japanese Samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshirō Mifune. is a 1954 Japanese film co-written edited and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Shogun Assassin (known in Japan as Kozure Ōkami 子連れ狼) is a very violent Jidaigeki film made for the British and American markets and released in The Twilight Samurai or is a 2002 Japanese Film directed by Yoji Yamada. was a two-part film produced in 1941 the first part originally released in Japan just prior to the Attack on Pearl Harbor. ('Tales of Moonlight and Rain' or 'Tales Of The Pale And Silvery Moon After The Rain' is a 1953 film by Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi. is a 1961 Jidaigeki (period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Zatoichi (座頭市 Zatōichi) is a Fictional character featured in one of Japan's longest running series of Films and a Television series was a Japanese Television program on the TV Asahi network Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune was a long-running prime-time television series in Japan. The title character was Matsudaira Chōshichirō Nagayori, the son of Tokugawa Tadanaga. Edo o Kiru (江戸を斬る was a popular Jidaigeki on Japan 's Tokyo Broadcasting System. is a novel by Renzaburo Shibata. The protagonist of this Jidaigeki is Matsudaira Zankurō a low-ranking Gokenin in the service of the Shadow Warriors (影の軍団 Kage no Gundan) was a Japanese television Jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that is a Japanese Jidaigeki that has been on prime-time television since 1969 Momotarō-zamurai (桃太郎侍 is a Japanese novel by Kiichirō Yamate (1899–1978 and are long-running prime-time television Jidaigeki programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992 The Samurai was a Japanese Television historical drama series of the 1960s made by Senkosha Productions. was a long-running prime-time television Jidaigeki in Japan. From March 16, 1970 to March 15, 1999, 402 episodes were is a group of seven television Jidaigeki series broadcast by TV Asahi in Japan. was a pair of television Jidaigeki series on TV Asahi in Japan. is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical fiction television series it broadcasts in Japan. or Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan 's Public broadcaster. is a popular character based on the historical Tōyama Kagemoto, a samurai and official of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo Period of Japanese history Zenigata Heiji (Japanese 銭形平次 is the hero of a series of Japanese novels films and TV programmes set in the Edo period (17th-19th centuries of Japanese history River City Ransom, released as in Japan and as Street Gangs in the PAL region, is a Video game for the Family Computer
• Sengoku Ace
• Shogun: Total War
• Kengo series
• Bushido Blade series

Anime and manga

• Basilisk (manga)
• Blade of the Immortal
• Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran
• InuYasha
• Ninja Scroll
• Princess Mononoke
• Rurouni Kenshin
• Samurai Champloo

Famous directors

Names are in Western order, with the surname after the given name. Sengoku Ace, (戦国エース also known as Samurai Aces, is a vertically scrolling Shoot 'em up released for arcade machines in Shogun Total War ( STW) is the first of Creative Assembly's Total War series. Kengo is the name of a series of three video games developed by Genki. is a 3D fighting game developed by Light Weight and published by Squaresoft and Sony for the PlayStation. is a Japanese Manga and Anime series The manga was authored by Masaki Segawa and published in Japan in 2003 and 2004 based on the novel The Kouga is a Japanese Manga series by Hiroaki Samura. The series won an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival and the Will Eisner Comic is an animated action comedy written and directed by Akitaro Daichi, and produced by Madhouse Studios. full title ( romanized as INUYASHA is a Japanese action thriller Anime, set in feudal Japan, by critically acclaimed director / Writer Yoshiaki Kawajiri is a 1997 Japanese Anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. is a Japanese Manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. is a Japanese animated television series consisting of twenty-six episodes

• Kon Ichikawa
• Akira Kurosawa
• Masaki Kobayashi
• Shozo Makino
• Kenji Mizoguchi
• Kihachi Okamoto
• Tomu Uchida

Famous actors and actresses

Names are in Western order, with the given name, then the family name. was a prominent Japanese Film director. Early career In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. was a Japanese director. Among his films is Kwaidan (1965 a collection of four ghost stories drawn from the book by Lafcadio Kenji Mizoguchi (溝口 健二 Mizoguchi Kenji; May 16, 1898 &ndash August 24, 1956) was a prominent Japanese film was a Japanese Film director who has worked in several different genres including Jidaigeki. was a Japanese film director Tomu Uchida whose name translates to “spit out dreams” is considered one of the less well known masters of Japanese cinema in the West whose films are A family name or last name is a type of Surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs

• Kanjūrō Arashi
• Yoshimi Ashikawa
• Shin'ichi Chiba (Sonny Chiba)
• Makoto Fujita
• Kimiko Ikegami
• Kōji Ishizaka
• Chiezō Kataoka
• Shintarō Katsu
• Morio Kazama
• Kin'ya Kitaōji
• Hitomi Kuroki
• Machiko Kyô
• Ken Matsudaira
• Hiroki Matsukata
• Keiko Matsuzaka
• Meiko Kaji
• Toshirō Mifune
• Yoshiko Mita
• Kunihiko Mitamura
• Hiroaki Murakami
• Akira Nagoya
• Tatsuya Nakadai
• Nakamura Kichiemon II
• Umenosuke Nakamura
• Kō Nishimura
• Megumi Ōji
• Hashizō Ōkawa
• Matsunosuke Onoe
• Teruhiko Saigō
• Masato Sakai
• Hiroyuki Sanada
• Asao Sano
• Koichi Sato
• Kōtarō Satomi
• Takashi Shimura
• Ryōtarō Sugi
• Yoshie Taira
• Hideki Takahashi
• Reiko Takashima
• Masakazu, Ryō, and Takahiro Tamura (the three Tamura brothers)
• Sanae Tsuchida
• Eijirō Tōno
• Gō Wakabayashi
• Tomisaburo Wakayama
• Ken Watanabe
• Kinnosuke Yorozuya
• Kaoru Yumi

Trivia

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References

External links

• A Man, a Blade, an Empty Road: Postwar Samurai Film to 1970 by Allen White on Greencine, this article discusses specific chambara films, their distinction from regular jidai-geki, and the evolution of the genre.
• Jidai Geki - Introduction a good overview of the genre with lists of the films and links through to individual reviews.

See also

• Cinema of Japan
• Samurai cinema
• Gendaigeki
• Shomingeki

The cinema of Japan (日本映画 While earlier Samurai period pieces were more dramatic rather than action-based samurai movies post World War II have become more action-based with darker Gendaigeki ( 現[[wiktionary 代|代]] 劇) is a Genre of Film and Television or Theater play in Japan. Shomingeki ( 庶[[wiktionary 民|民]] 劇) is a Genre of neorealist Film and Television or Theater

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