In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there.
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annu...
A retired frog samurai wants nothing more than to be left alone and spend his remaining years in pea...
A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form o...
Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of ...
Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in soli...
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way...
His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people ...
A cowardly boy fencer becomes invisible and matchless through a magic potion.
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment dire...
Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said ...
When the 'Lowly Ronin' helps an orphaned teenage girl avoid being turned into a prostitute, she then...
Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep...
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers ...
Ginga is a simple—yet energetic—country girl, living with her father far from the capital city of th...
A blind man seeks revenge against the psychopath who took away his sight and slaughtered his wife an...
Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ...
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b...