Among the many famous 16th-century samurai who made the leap from myth and ukiyo-e to early cinema screen was sword-master Miyamoto Musashi, previously depicted in prints by Kiniyoshi Yoshitoshi and others slaying an array of grotesque creatures including giant bats, giant lizards, and the mythical tengu. This imagery informed his first screen depiction in Miyamoto Musashi Taiji No Ba, which showed him combatting the mythic white ape of the mountains.

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

During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the fi...

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...

Enter The Dragon Gate and prepare for a pulse pounding journey into the nether regions of the mind a...

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

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.

Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annu...

Set in war-torn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outla...

A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the ...

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

Left for dead by her rich and powerful stepmother, Snow White is taken in by a team of assassins who...

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

Bushido - the way of the warrior - is a Japanese philosophy with a moral code followed by samurai. B...

Tough contract killers and secret organizations operating worldwide in a murderous battle for a reli...

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed flo...

During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct...

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon th...
The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.