Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in ...

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband ...

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After ...

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t...

Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involve...

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and wa...

As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy ...

The third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo...

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b...

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

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home...

Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets in...

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not...

Matauemon Araki (Kotaro Satomi) is a sword teacher in Yamatokoriyama. He heard from his brother-in-l...

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

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own ma...

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