Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a dying wish from one of his henchmen, Asataro, to find a decent home for his young nephew, Chuji descends from his hide-out in the mountain, and heads to the city in spite of numerous dangers that await him there.

The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an...

Marc Schrader, a rookie cop caught red-handed with drugs in a police raid of an illegal rave, joins ...

In the hyper-masculine criminal underworld, a masochistic high-ranking yakuza and his newly-assigned...

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull...

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...

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...

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, ha...

Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exi...

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

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...

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

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

Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the...

In Osaka, three troubled young kids, Kanako, Atsushi and Kenji, are hanging out together all the tim...

At the crowded Komatsuya in Kawadome, travellers are holding a secret art contest to relieve boredom...

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors ar...