Shinjirō Asano

The Ghost of Yotsuya

This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend which tells of a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wi...

Tange Sazen

The loyal Sōma clan samurai Tange Samanosuke is attacked and mutilated as the result of a betrayal, losing his...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Ky...

The Third Will

A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passin...

Forty-Eight Man

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure

Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunat...

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 together d...

Destiny's Son

In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine....

The Third Shadow Warrior

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

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan

Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might t...

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 film takes pl...

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

Foul Play

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysteriou...

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years a...

Yasubei Nakayama

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord K...

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a ba...

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

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

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

Shunjû ittôryû

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon...

The Boyhood of Dr. Noguchi

Depicts the boyhood days of Dr. Noguchi, world famous bacteriologist, who was born in a poor village as a farme...

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

film directed by Tai Katô

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

Kunisada Chūji: Shinshū komoriuta

A film based on the life of the bakuto Kunisada Chuji

Yoru no hato

Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her.

Bloody History of Soldiers

A historical film that portrays the fervent and violent actions of young Army and Navy officers, such as the Fe...