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.

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh...

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...

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...

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to j...

Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious str...

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

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

The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ...

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...

Haunted by bad luck, two friends learn to trust in the world again and take their destiny into their...

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp...

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

Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back i...

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the ho...

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...

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

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