A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a ronin, if not hunted down and killed.

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

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 ...

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...

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

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

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

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

25 years later after the events of Samurai Cop (1991), Detective Frank Washington is forced to team ...

The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good inste...

Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involve...

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was ...

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no ide...

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...

A group of men stalk a trans woman at night, unbeknownst to them that she's the master of a martial ...

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

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, ha...

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...