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...

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

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the ho...

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book...

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai princ...

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband ...

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not...

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deat...

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who m...

The third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo...

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

When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects...

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

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...

After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but...

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.