A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is busy knocking off the shogun's lawful heirs to secure the shogunate for her son.
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations...
"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, fas...
Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws ...
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu i...
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force...
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol...
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was ...
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a ...
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Ky...
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers ...
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home...
Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of dange...
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In...
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the rut...
Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as thei...
A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away f...
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b...
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the...