In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in the form of a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika, a frivolous hedonistic fellow and unlikely candidate for the position of rebel general, finds himself in charge of defending the castle. His odds? An army of 500 men to combat Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army of 20,000.

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A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.

Based on the novel by Charles de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, and their...

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

Kaoru Fukazawa is a manga artist. His manga series was published for eight years, but has now finish...

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, vetera...

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

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a definin...

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An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the pe...

At the end of the Heian period, Musashibo Benkei, a warrior monk who hated the Heike clan, was humil...

During the latter days of the Tokugawa Era, the tensions rise between the 'royalists' and those stru...

This is a standalone movie, based on the long-running television series about Shogun Yoshimune. Whe...

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

A clever king of Joseon and his brilliant chronicler hunt for the truth behind a crime that threaten...

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

Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore p...

In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and...

A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigat...