As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy seas of Luzon. All hands on board the Kannonmaru were lost except for Shinkei, who alone made his way to land & eventually home to inform his grandson Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) that his father Jubei met with disaster. Young Jiromaru tells his grandfather that he doesn't want to be a skipper like his father, but wants to go to Kyoto and become a samurai…
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who...
From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more ...
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it ha...
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He ...
The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel...
Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and wa...
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controll...
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi...
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers...
A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a m...
After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local...
Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t...
Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) investigates the dark "Ghost Ship" in search of his father. Meanwhile,...
Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as thei...
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a ...
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Ky...
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted b...