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...

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

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

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a ...

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...

The news that the fifth Shogun Tsunayoshi was seriously ill caused a fierce struggle for the post of...

Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with them...

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

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

The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of a...

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the reveng...

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eve...

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "...

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

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband ...

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag...

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

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

"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, fas...