During the reign of Shogun Ienari Tokugawa, heir Takechiyo is found murdered with aconite-coated needles. A missing needle belonging to a palace lady raises suspicion, but she claims innocence.
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband ...
Musashi returns Japan's legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original...
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story ...
The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with a...
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He ...
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...
Kakunoshin Yanagida (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) was a samurai, but he was forced out of the Han due to a fal...
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular histori...
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Ita...
Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t...
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp...
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...
Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara. Jirosaburo Serada, who travels all over the c...
During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest w...
Heizo "The Demon" investigates the shop of Toshimaya the swordsmith, where 280 ryo was stolen and tw...
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors ar...
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...
Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encou...
Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eve...
Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and wa...