During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

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

During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku r...

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman ...

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

A poor samurai and a rich businessman become unlikely friends through the game of go. Yanagida is a ...

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

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t...

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in...

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local...

Before Tokugawa Yoshimune, known as the "Ravage Shogun", was the lord of the Kishu domain, before he...


The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controll...

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi...

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique ...

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a trai...

A thrilling and entertaining piece in which Jirokichi, portrayed by Morio Kazama, tackles a major ev...

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp...

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a m...