The news that the fifth Shogun Tsunayoshi was seriously ill caused a fierce struggle for the post of sixth shogun between the Mito faction and the faction of Chief Adviser Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu. Two mysterious love stories develop against the background of a violent conspiracy that arose because of a strange painting in the sand. And then the empty-headed ronin Morio Jushiro will flash his enchanted sword in this unique, thrilling story full of unexpected twists. Adapted from the novel "Sunae Jubaku: Asahishinbunsha" by Seji Hajime.

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

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...

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

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in ...

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

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.

Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith...

Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith...

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan w...

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed flo...

Naosuke, a servant of Okajima Yasoemon, devoted himself to his master. One day, his master Okajima ...

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

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

The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the colla...

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers...

The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shog...

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...

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