16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses the country on a mission. His purpose is to find the families of the fallen samurais and spread the truth of the ronin uprising.
The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...
Chacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no ide...
Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night w...
In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanaga...
A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the ...
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shog...
Tatsuya Nakadai, the world’s greatest living actor, returns to the screen in a brilliant adaptation ...
During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After ...
The eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, fights against evil rampant in Edo while blending in with the...
The man is chased by losing the beauty and preciousness of love and the foundation of life without o...
Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in soli...
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 the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age o...
The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment dire...