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.

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

Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, battle over the choice of an heir.

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

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

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in...

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local...

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in ...

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near th...

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors ar...

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to...

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique ...

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

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, ha...

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

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

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controll...

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi...

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Ita...

Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with ...