Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along...

Satoru, a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world after his m...

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers...

Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back i...

French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages...

A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troub...

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary hous...

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of...

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charg...

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp...

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it...

Divided by their diverse reactions to a nascent ideology, the Steeds struggle to hold together as th...
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

Ten years after the Fourth Holy Grail War, a devastating clash between Masters and Servants, another...

The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shog...