During Japan's feudal period, a noble lord was treacherously killed by a rival. His 47 samurai retainers took their revenge on their master's killer after scattering into society for several years, so as not to be detected. Having completed their task, all 47 then committed ritual suicide. This series, of which this TV movie is the pilot, follows the adventures of one of these samurai as he patiently waits for the chance to fulfill his destiny.

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol...

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...

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

Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of dange...

During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct...

During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the fi...

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, wh...

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Maki...

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Sho...

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

Two young swordsmen, Akado Suzunosuke and Tatsumaki Rainoshin, arrive at the city of Edo in their qu...

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull...

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the...

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersona...

Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern...
The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.