A history drama portraying the confrontation between the indigenous Ainu people living on Japan’s northernmost main island—then called “Ezo” and now known as “Hokkaido”—and the “sisam”, the Ainu word for ethnic Japanese.
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the fines...
A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the c...
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
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Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story ...
Genichiro Okugawa is appointed as the head of accounting in a feudal domain and travels with his ser...
Master director Sadao Nakajima brings to life the adventures of Shohachi, a ronin (masterless samura...
A chance encounter on the road leads to the unusual need for a female bodyguard to protect the grand...
Edo is rocked by the news that a duel to the death is to be held at Takadanobaba, the famed site of ...
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp...
After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supp...
Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro an...
Shinza is known for his stubborn personality and continues to hold a low-ranking position as a magis...
Kumazou, a "cleaner" for hire, encounters a woman attempting to commit suicide with her two young si...
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...
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 ...
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique ...