Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my life cheap." One day, he receives a request from the star of the daughter's kabuki, Nakamura Tsurukichi. However, unable to bear seeing a face reminiscent of his first love, he disappears as soon as the task is completed. But later, Tsurukichi returns to ask Kanbei for help once again...

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in ...

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near th...

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

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...

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique ...

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Ita...

Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with ...

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

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home...

The show follows the early years of Japanese warlord hero Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. As a you...

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b...

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin,...

The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusu...

The life of Katsushika Oi, daughter of Hokusai and a trailblazing female artist in Japan.

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

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not...

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and...

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force...