In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing ...

After finding out that her husband, Rudi, has a fatal illness, Trudi Angermeier arranges a trip to B...

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, ...

When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation...

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A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a ge...

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons,...

Hamza, a powerful county landowner killed a hardworking villager named Ahmet. Soon after this incide...

A Swiss nun falls in love with a Japanese engineer.

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The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular...

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, wh...

A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and ins...

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Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. Howeve...

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A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsess...

Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern...