Based on the historical figure of Nobutora, the father of the famous Warring States period general Takeda Shingen. Takeda Shingen has proven himself in battle but there’s an even more capable person in his family, his father Nobutora (lit. Samurai Tiger). The son exiles the father and so the old patriarch goes to Suruga to serve the Ashikaga shogun in Kyoto. Decades later, Nobutora, now 80 years old, learns that Shingen is in trouble and the old man returns home to keep the Takeda family alive as a new leader seeks to usurp leadership of the Takeda’s and starts a fight with the great warlord, Oda Nobunaga.

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the su...

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...

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A man witnesses a fatal traffic accident on his way home from work, and the victim is clearly killed...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

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Takahashi Hideki stars as Muyonosuke, the one-eyed ronin who makes his living as a bounty hunter who...

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An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it...

It's summer vacation, but two high schoolers have been instructed to clean the (empty) swimming pool...

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-yea...

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Gui...

In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio ...

Haunted by bad luck, two friends learn to trust in the world again and take their destiny into their...

In 1908, Director/Producer Shozo Makino (father of Japanese cinema) directed and produced the first...

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area o...

Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.

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Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets in...