Jidaigeki (時代劇) is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", it refers to stories that take place...

also a popular setting. Jidaigeki show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of their time. Jidaigeki films are sometimes referred...

to 1986. Instead, they specially prepared these three productions for jidaigeki fans. Many viewers see them as almost equivalent to Taiga dramas. Kōmyō-ga-tsuji:...

Lust for Life, Raging Bull, Stalin, and Oppenheimer. Historical fiction Jidaigeki, Japanese historical dramas Sageuk, Korean historical dramas Annette Kuhn;...

Condition Trilogy, the Academy Award–nominated horror film Kwaidan and the jidaigeki films Harakiri and Samurai Rebellion. mubi. "Masaki Kobayashi films"....

Yamazaki is well known for his role "Nenbutsu no Tetsu" on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu Shiokinin and Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin. Yamazaki graduated from...

Katsu produced the manga-based Lone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Okami) series of jidaigeki films starring his brother Tomisaburo Wakayama, two of which were later...

Mifune is best known for starring in Akira Kurosawa's critically acclaimed jidaigeki films such as Rashomon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957)...

Shōgun is an American historical drama television series created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks. It is based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell, which...

18, 1962) was a Japanese film actor best known for starring roles in jidaigeki directed by leading Japanese filmmakers. Ōkōchi was born Masuo Ōbe on...