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.

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...

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman ...

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing se...

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

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the reveng...

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

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersona...

When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects...

The second of a two-part ninja action series depicting the elaborate espionage campaign occurring be...

The news that the fifth Shogun Tsunayoshi was seriously ill caused a fierce struggle for the post of...

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

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan w...

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

A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away f...

The film adaptation of the novel "Three Little Rats" by Tatsuro Jinde. In this fascinating story, th...

The second film about the adventures of Chosichiro Matsudaira. This time he fights against conspirat...

In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who ea...

Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries...

A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a myster...