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.
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in ...
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near th...
GOZEN is a jidageki (period piece) dramas. The word “gozen” refers to a feudal game held in the pres...
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the fines...
A single bullet cuts through Kyoto in the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate right before the resto...
Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara. Jirosaburo Serada, who travels all over the c...
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annu...
Kakunoshin Yanagida (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) was a samurai, but he was forced out of the Han due to a fal...
Musashi returns Japan's legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original...
The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with a...
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story ...
Two child performers lose their money, but are saved by the masked avenger Kurama Tengu. When the ch...
The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusu...
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers...
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular histori...