Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious legend surrounding it; it's believed that for every game played on the board, one death is required.
A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his e...
Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
The boozy mercenary of the title, based on the actual historical figure of Naoyuki Ban (1567-1615), ...
A former retainer to a noble family kills his wife's father when he tries to expose his past crimes....
In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals...
A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by...
A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offens...
A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to ...
The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred y...
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daught...
Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feel...
Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.
Horror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film.
Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him ...
Horror film directed by Koji Shima.
About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei S...
Horror filmed directed by Kinya Ogawa.