Ryōnosuke Azuma

Sansho the Bailiff

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separate...

Chikamatsu Monogatari

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee...

The Blind Menace

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

Buddha

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

The Temple of Wild Geese

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, di...

Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon

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

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 dojo or fenc...

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village t...

A Lustful Man

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that...

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

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

Signal Fires of Shanghai

During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commande...

Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing

A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Ne...

Zangiku monogatari

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

On the Road Forever

A wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the village is run b...

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

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

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will als...

Fighting Letter for 29 People

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection

[Period covered: 1595-1600] We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon, as he was about to be boiled alive. But a good n...

Samurai Vendetta

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

Flowery Hood

The Magical Warrior

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

Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi

A frenzy of goodwill, tears, laughter, and a lot of fun, caused by thirteen children under the guise of a good-...

The Ghost of Yotsuya

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

Bara daimyo

Goblin Courier

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Chuji for Sale

Peony on the Skin

Shogun's Holiday

During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro...

Oichi no kata

上州鴉

This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been missing since b...

Flowers of Chivalry

Kayama Ichinoshin (Raizo Ichikawa) has been traveling for ten years in search of revenge for his father. One da...

Koga's Messenger

The mysterious Koga Ninja crushes the villains who are trying to take over the inheritance of the Omi castle ow...

すっ飛び駕

Marathon Samurai

The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("I Am Fujiki...

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