A biographical story of Tomoatsu Godai, the influential entrepreneur of the Meiji era who laid the foundation of the modern Japanese economy.

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area o...

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

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

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

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie s...

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

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular...

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

Shindo Yuya quits his job and joins the agriculture and forestry division of Takasaki City in Gunma ...

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.
The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their ma...

Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined...

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They...

This is the story of Kaori Kawabuchi, a samurai sword performer, singer and motion capture actor. An...

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

Two high school girls who are about to graduate also happen to be highly-skilled assassins. When the...

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering...

By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the ...