Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering...

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...

Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake expl...

An opium smuggler is marked for murder in this story of the Chinese Mafia.

Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful sol...

Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi pla...

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari...

Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magist...

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the ...
After more than 200 years of Isolation, Japan is ready for a modern samurai who isn't afraid to use ...

The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with a...

Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story ...

Seven-year-old Rio visits her grandparents in Japan for the first time. She observes the beauty and ...

At the beginning of the 19th century, Japan was under a policy of national isolation. A group of Dut...

Three assassins deal with life, love, addiction and trust as each tries to find the answers to a bet...

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what trul...

Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encou...

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mer...

A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the provi...