Credits include: Cure, Tampopo, Ju-on, Charisma and 20-seiki shônen

Credits include: Last Life in the Universe, Battle Royale 2: Requiem, Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive 2: Birds and Tokyo Tribe

Credits include: You Only Live Twice, Harakiri, The Cat Returns, The Twilight Samurai and Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

Credits include: Blind Beast, Kaette kita yopparai, Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?, Sleepy Eyes of Death: In the Spider's Lair and Nihonjin no heso

Credits include: Chushingura, Black Cat's Revenge, Samaritan Zatoichi, The H-Man and Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Credits include: Fires on the Plain, Fudoh: The New Generation, Blues Harp, Agitator and Yakuza Demon

Credits include: House, The Secret World of Arrietty, Perfect Days, Outrage: Way of the Yakuza and The Taste of Tea

Notable for her prominent role in Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai. She also starred in Japanese television series such as Sakura and Kimi ga jinsei no toki. She died of cancer at age 86.

Credits include: Toki o kakeru shôjo, Tenkosei, The Secret of the Urn, Miyamoto Musashi and Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

Credits include: Umibe no eigakan - Kinema no tamatebako, Riyû, One Summer's Day, The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe and The Stupid Teacher

Credits include: City Hunter, Daydream of Love and The Stupid Teacher

Credits include: House and Emotion