During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When they next meet they have all joined opposing sides.

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...

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

Two young swordsmen, Akado Suzunosuke and Tatsumaki Rainoshin, arrive at the city of Edo in their qu...

A master swordsman is ordered to go undercover on a mission to find and destroy a cannon factory bei...

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

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol...

A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations...

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force...

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a ...

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Ky...

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...

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

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...

A yakuza boss hires Goemon Ishikawa, a modern day samurai, to protect him aboard his cruise ship cas...

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

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Maki...

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....