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.

Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with them...

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

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

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, ha...

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no ide...

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and wa...

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After ...

The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the colla...

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in ...

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near th...

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors ar...

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

A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world wher...

During the Sengoku period, an army relentlessly lays siege to a castle, but they will need the head ...

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was ...

Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night w...

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh...

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

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w...