TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and then disinheriting his past to become the bandit TAJOMARU.

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

In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age o...

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 historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune,...

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...

Tatsuya Nakadai, the world’s greatest living actor, returns to the screen in a brilliant adaptation ...

Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in soli...

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eve...

During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemo...

From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of...

In the third entry into this mega-hit series, Isshin Tasuke, a spirited fishmonger in Edo who looks ...

Fifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a mysterio...

The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment dire...

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Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno t...

Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, an...

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w...

Bored Hatamoto film #16.