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…

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...

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who...

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t...

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in...

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local...

The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shog...

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer m...

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and wa...

In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanaga...

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a trai...

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

The third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo...

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a host...

Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gent...

With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it ha...

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life...

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yag...

Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their l...