Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.

Takahashi Hideki stars as Muyonosuke, the one-eyed ronin who makes his living as a bounty hunter who...

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...

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...

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

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

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not...

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book...

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

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who m...

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

The fate of Tokugawa’s world hangs in the balance as Yagyu Jubei is sent on a mission to discover wh...

Izo, a Ronin, and Raiden, an orc, work to bring a young elf girl and the wand she carries to the lan...

The mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure, and ...

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...