Snow on The Blades

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and

Sandy Cruise

The news that the fifth Shogun Tsunayoshi was seriously ill caused a fierce struggle for the post of

Miyamoto Musashi

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not

Samurai Rebellion

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband

The Lower Depths

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag

Gemini

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer m

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to t

Okiku and the World

Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets in

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr

Sure Death 6

When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects

Ugetsu

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

Sword of Destiny

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing se

鬼平犯科帳 老盗の夢

The Ghostly Detective: Honjo · The Cherry Mansion

Taboo

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors ar

Zatoichi on the Road

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t

Battle at Honnôji Temple

In 1908, Director/Producer Shozo Makino (father of Japanese cinema) directed and produced the first

Hana

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t

Love and Honor

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in

Incident at Blood Pass

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near th