The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo resolves to end his clan's exile and avenge the brutal loss in December, 1159 as they had fought under the white banner of the Emperor, while the Taira fought under their red flags in a battle to the death. The fight only took one day, with the Genji suffering utter defeat which led to their exile. His father, Yoshitomo, took responsibility for the loss and rather than live in humiliation, he decides to commit suicide with all his sons following him. However, the bravest warrior among them, Yoritomo stands tall and declares that he will not kill himself, but rather will fight to restore the clan.

Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-centur...

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman ...

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the ...

During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku r...

Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coa...

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing se...

The news that the fifth Shogun Tsunayoshi was seriously ill caused a fierce struggle for the post of...

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

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

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

The fate of Tokugawa’s world hangs in the balance as Yagyu Jubei is sent on a mission to discover wh...

Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally l...

The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the colla...

During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct...

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

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

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Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with ...

Using the Genpei War as its theme, this work depicts the nature of poor Shirabyoshi Tokiwa Gozen who...

Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, i...