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.

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

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

Amagi Goe, based on Seicho Matsumoto's novel, has created numerous stars through its visualizations....

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.

A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

Baian Fujieda, an assassin for hire, got an unusual job from his usual fixer to end up with an unexp...

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved...

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba...

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

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman ...

Japan, 1785. Jūzaburō, a famous thief who refuses to kill innocent people, is betrayed, ambushed, an...

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

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

A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away f...

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

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...

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in...

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local...

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