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

Set in war-torn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outla...

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

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among o...

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w...

Japan, 1785. Jūzaburō, a famous thief who refuses to kill innocent people, is betrayed, ambushed, an...

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing se...

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.

The film adaptation of the novel "Three Little Rats" by Tatsuro Jinde. In this fascinating story, th...

The second film about the adventures of Chosichiro Matsudaira. This time he fights against conspirat...

In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who ea...

Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries...

A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a myster...

Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitima...

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

Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coa...

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

Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-centur...

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...