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.

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

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

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

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody...

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

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

Naosuke, a servant of Okajima Yasoemon, devoted himself to his master. One day, his master Okajima ...

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...

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.

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

Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with them...

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

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

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

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

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "...

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A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman.