At the end of the Edo Period which brought the era of the samurai to a close, Ryu is the descendant of a "genin", the lowest rank in the ninja hierarchy. Due to such a low rank, he lives a miserable existence. Then a secret order is received from Katsu Kaishu bidding for the recovery of princess Shizuka, a Satsuma native, from the home of a prominent vassal in Edo.

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

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

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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 ...

Set in war-torn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outla...

Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must...

In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will ...

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a trai...

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