Thieves broke into Yamashiroya, a drug wholesaler, and stole 780 ryo. In the storehouse, there was a sticker with a picture of an umbrella, the signature of Yahei Kasayama, a great thief who once ransacked the entire Kanto region. Heizo Hasegawa (Kichiemon Nakamura), the director of the reform of the thieves, learns that the theft was the work of Yahei's son Yataro (Somegoro Ichikawa [now Koshiro Matsumoto]) and his gang, thanks to the help of a spy named Isaji (Koichi Miura). He learns that Yataro is in the process of marrying Oito (Tomoka Kurokawa), the daughter of Shigezo of Narumi, a great thief from Owari. Heizo learns the true identity of the thread and the evil plans of the second generation Narumi Shigezo (Fuse Hiroshi), and he meets Nagashima no Kugoro (Matsudaira Ken), a former thief who is trying to arrange a marriage deal to return the favor to the previous generation Kasayama and the previous generation Narumi. ) while hiding his identity...

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh...

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

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

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

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

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu i...

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

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

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Ky...

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

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After ...

Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, i...

During the Sengoku period, an army relentlessly lays siege to a castle, but they will need the head ...

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in...

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local...

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t...

Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annu...

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