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.

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

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

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

Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore p...

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

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

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

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in ...

Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in soli...

The mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure, and ...

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, wh...

Fifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a mysterio...

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...

One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridg...

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

In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanaga...

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

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

Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with ...