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...

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...

A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune,...

At the end of the Heian period, Musashibo Benkei, a warrior monk who hated the Heike clan, was humil...

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

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a ...

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Ky...

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...

The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his mi...

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force...

Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must...

With a mixture of drama, warlords, battles, love, tragedy all set with great music, this made for te...

Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets in...

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

Matauemon Araki (Kotaro Satomi) is a sword teacher in Yamatokoriyama. He heard from his brother-in-l...

In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to t...

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

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