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.
Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exoti...
Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in soli...
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...
The era when Samurai and Ninja existed in Japan. Rikka Isurugi was born and raised in a Ninja clan s...
Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp...
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers...
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...
In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age o...
A touching true story which portrays a doctor who selflessly dedicated his personal fortune to sprea...
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersona...
Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep...
A young boy named Chomatsu (Misora Hibari) lives with an old man Denbei near the grounds of Asakusa ...
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....
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...
Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Dr...
The classic tale retold. This is one of Japan’s most popular stories in a brand new version starrin...