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.

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

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force...

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and...

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a ...

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu i...

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

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chase...

Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with them...

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not...

Takahashi Hideki stars as Muyonosuke, the one-eyed ronin who makes his living as a bounty hunter who...

The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of a...

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the reveng...

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eve...

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...

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

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

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband ...

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag...