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.

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...

Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for po...

The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his fat...

Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion a...

During the latter days of the Tokugawa Era, the tensions rise between the 'royalists' and those stru...

This is a standalone movie, based on the long-running television series about Shogun Yoshimune. Whe...

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

A group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, in The Forest of Re...

Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of ...

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition f...

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

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

A cowardly boy fencer becomes invisible and matchless through a magic potion.

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

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

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chase...