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.

"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, fas...

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...

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

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

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in ...

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near th...

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a trai...

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

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Ita...

Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with ...

One rainy night in the Edo period, Kotono (a geisha) confronts samurais who killed her father. The s...

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controll...

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi...

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman ...

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

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique ...

Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-centur...