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.

A tale of friendship, betrayal, and forbidden love—set against the backdrop of Edo’s criminal underw...

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

Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern...

During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct...

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

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon th...

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Sho...

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

During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the fi...

A group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, in The Forest of Re...

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

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

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed flo...

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

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

Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally l...

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of f...

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

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the...