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.
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband ...
After a gruesome war which decimated much of the Earth's population, a white samurai awakens with no...
25 years later after the events of Samurai Cop (1991), Detective Frank Washington is forced to team ...
The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good inste...
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force...
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol...
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involve...
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who...
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...
The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as a...
Karukan, a ronin samurai, travels to the old west after his clan fails to stop a beast that has esca...
In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however ...
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the ...
In the midst of an industrial revolution, the people of Hinomoto fight hordes of undead creatures, k...
In the midst of an industrial revolution, the people of Hinomoto fight hordes of undead creatures, k...
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annu...
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersona...
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the...