Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

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...

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

Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Jap...

A samurai's path leads him to a young waitress whose hometown was destroyed by a dragon. He doesn't ...

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

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

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

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

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

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....

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

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

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

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

Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annu...

A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the ...

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

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

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...