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...

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

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

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

Set in war-torn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outla...

Japan, 1785. Jūzaburō, a famous thief who refuses to kill innocent people, is betrayed, ambushed, an...

In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanaga...

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "...

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

Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-centur...

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.

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

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

Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coa...

Naosuke, a servant of Okajima Yasoemon, devoted himself to his master. One day, his master Okajima ...

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

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed flo...

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

The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment dire...