Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by acting as the Shogun's double. At the same time, the tragic story of Banzuiin Chobei and Mizuno Jurozaemon is unfolding.
A young boy named Chomatsu (Misora Hibari) lives with an old man Denbei near the grounds of Asakusa ...
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...
Inomatsu, a carpenter with a reputation as a skilled craftsman, has a wife named Oritsu. Oritsu is d...
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exoti...
Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Dr...
Nakazo is forced by his foster mother, Shun, to practice dance intensively. He is bullied in the Kab...
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it ha...
Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed ...
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not...
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force ...
Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba...
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...
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...
His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people ...
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controll...
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi...