The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. Part 1 sets up the story and introduces the characters. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle.

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan w...

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed flo...

Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith...

Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith...

The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the colla...

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...

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

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers...

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp...

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of f...

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....

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