The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

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

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

Using the Genpei War as its theme, this work depicts the nature of poor Shirabyoshi Tokiwa Gozen who...

In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of ...

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a host...

Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet h...

The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defe...

"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsu...

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, th...

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji...

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari...

Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story ...

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and l...

An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the pe...

A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune,...

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Dr...

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

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they ar...