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.

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

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

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

The fate of Tokugawa’s world hangs in the balance as Yagyu Jubei is sent on a mission to discover wh...

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

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...

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.

Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, i...

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

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chase...

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

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

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

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

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

Kakunoshin Yanagida was a samurai, forced to leave the Han due to a false accusation. He then lived ...

A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman.

Two child performers lose their money, but are saved by the masked avenger Kurama Tengu. When the ch...