Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School

Suzunosuke visits a martial arts master and tries to learn the 'Vacuum Slash,' a secret technique of

Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang

The heroic warrior uses his magical powers and great sword skills to battle a criminal gang who all

The Life of Matsu the Untamed

Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorit

Thus the Divine Wind Blows

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono

A Baby Given by a Fox

A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. B

Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's

Keshin

1962 Japanese movie

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and

Asataro the Crow

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Hebihime sama

Third Generation's Loyalty Offering

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie

The Notorious Man's Return

Sandai no sakazuki

1942 Japanese movie

170 Leagues to Edo

Travels of Lord Mito

Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip

Freelance Samurai

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this t

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the

Red peonies on the skin

Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he

Bara daimyo

Song of Love

In postwar Japan, a new teacher, Miyamoto Yasuko, is discovered by her estranged daughter, Fukuoka S

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

film directed by Tai Katô

Otemoyan

Sekki shichihenge

Anchin and Kiyohime

Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feel

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides i

Flame of My Love

A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where

Futari shizuka

Samurai Town Story Part II

A representative film directed by Masahiro Makino, son of Shozo Makino ("the father of Japanese film

Rônin-gai - Dai-san-wa: Tsukareta hitobito

Kojiki taishō

The Kuroda Affair

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is

The Magical Warrior

Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They

Journey to the West 2: The Great Rampage of Son Goku

Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)

Fifty-three Monster Cats

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Kumoemon to sono tsuma

1962 Japanese movie

Police Officer

Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. As they

快盗三人吉三

On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5

The 5th and final part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkende

荒木又右衛門

Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they in

若き日の千葉周作

Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of t

Ejima and Ikushima

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period

Dedication of the Great Buddha

The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents

The Princess Sen

During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with oth

Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter

Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country d

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after be

Shogun's Holiday

During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemo

Navy

Japanese war film.

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, reveali

Flowers on the Trail

風来物語任侠篇

Chushingura: The Truth

Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Co

Flowery Brothers

Early film by Kenji Misumi.

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into

Kenpu Renpeikan

Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern

Kojiki Taishô

Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes

An Heir's Place

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh a

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3

The third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo

This Way, That Way

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has

Tsuki yori no shisha

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1

The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo

Life of Matsu the Untamed

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband die

The Gay Masquerade

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo

Ikeru isu

1945 Japanese movie

Lord Nobunaga's Early Days

Mission Accomplished

Sansho the Bailiff

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled y

The Black Hooded Man 4

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 2

The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out o

Chikamatsu Monogatari

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b

Gate of Hell

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a vio

壮士劇場

1947 Japanese movie

The Invisible Man Appears

A scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who

Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya

A unique story of a life of romance, divided into three episodes about the profound secrets of the p

Christ in Bronze

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

Swordsman of the Two Sword Style

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro

The Gambler's Code

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds

The Third Shadow Warrior

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai

Jirocho Fuji

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' i

Samurai Vendetta

Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the

Satan's Sword

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book

White Snake Woman

While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of

Blue Snake Bath

Last part of the Snake Woman trilogy.

Obsessive Snake

Utaji heard that her ex-lover Seijirou would get married to Ochiyo a daughter of Ise-ya. She murdere

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of mo

The Temple of Wild Geese

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple i

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrin

Souls in the Moonlight

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series

Shinsengumi Chronicles

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader

Gonpachi

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Gambler and the Princess

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

The Blind Menace

This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi.

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his bir

A Thousand Flying Cranes

The Lord Pretends

Buddha

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years

Bronze Magician

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer

Tough Guy

Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. Whe

Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the T

The Betrayal

A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai princ

Maiko and the Assassin

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while t

Advance Patrol

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attac

The Demon of Mount Oe

A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The y

Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon

The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as a

Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut

The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develo

Oichi no kata

Seven Miles to Nakayama

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, be

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).

An Osaka Story

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji

Daikatsugeki Sôtô

Cut the Shadow

The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good inste

The Black Hooded Man 2

The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the govern

Ghost of Saga Mansion

A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat

The Great White Tiger Platoon

The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of

The Ghost of Yotsuya

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance

Taira Clan Saga

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be

Demonfire Palanquin

Princess Tsuki

Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity

Thief and Magistrate

Iroha Elegy

The Second Son

The Magistrate

Matashirō Fighting Journey

Fighting Fire Fighter

Yûrei koban

Koina no Ginpei

Yôki na tono-sama

Bad Reputation Returns

Lords of Oppression

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Flowery Hood 2

Secret of Naruto

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from

Lords of Oppression 2

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

The Bride from Hades

On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsu

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

Pirates Magistrate

As it turns out, the evil hand of drugs has reached the inner palace of the Shogunate. It was though

Zangiku monogatari

Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese

Dianas of the Campus

Masujiro Omura

A story about Ômura Masujirô

Second Generation Married Couple

Second Generation Married Couple

Chuji for Sale

Goblin Courier

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Ambush at Iga Pass

Flowery Hood

Oniisan to oneesan

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

Shippu no Seitarou

A historical drama directed by Yukiya Sato, and co-written by Rokuhei Susukita and Jiro Okuzawa. Se

すっ飛び駕

晴小袖

1961 Japanese movie

Mangorō Tengu

ほんだら剣法

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi

Three Young Samurai

During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Tak

The Mansion of Intrigue

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

お嬢さん三度笠

Love Under the Crucifix

A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a ma

Tange Sazen

The first film in the Daiei series. At the command of Lord Aiba, Tange Sazen targets two famous swor

Sword Wind Training Hall

About Kenpuren Training Hall: The story is set in the Bakumatsu period. Katsura Kogoro and his passi

木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠

Daikichi Konomura

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among o

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This fi