The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after seppuku by its lord Asano Takumi-no-kami and the termination of his family's power. This is the first film of the Ako Castle trilogy.
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
Heizo "The Demon" investigates the shop of Toshimaya the swordsmith, where 280 ryo was stolen and tw...
Edo town thief called "Acrobatics boy" has been rampant in town, just that time, spy, Goro of Otaki ...
Heizo "The Demon" deals with an arson thief gang known as "Bungoro" the fire thief who leaves a call...
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...
Heizo's cousin Senemon Misawa and his son Katsuzo visited Heizo's home. Heizo learns that Senemon ha...
An old thief, Kuhei Sagiwara, used to visit his hometown at the foot of the Kurikara Pass in Kaga Pr...
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the fines...
A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the c...
Echizen Fukui Domain. Futago Rokubei, who backs down even at the sight of a gecko, is called "Coward...
In the era of the ninth shogun, Ieshige, the Ooku of Edo Castle was a world of only women, with Toki...
In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yuk...
GOZEN is a jidageki (period piece) dramas. The word “gozen” refers to a feudal game held in the pres...
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...
During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest w...
Tajibee, a cockfighting expert from Kawachi, and Kitahachi, a carpenter from Edo, survive a shipwrec...
Geisha Yaeko is approached by a samurai who has just returned to Edo while she is painting a picture...
Shinza is known for his stubborn personality and continues to hold a low-ranking position as a magis...