Shinobu Araki

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...

Gate of Hell

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

Satan's Sword

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

The Blind Menace

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

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

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

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...

Buddha

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

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...

Samurai Vendetta

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

Taira Clan Saga

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

Love Under the Crucifix

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

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...

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...

The Bride from Hades

On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not kno...

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...

Shinsengumi Chronicles

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

The Mansion of Intrigue

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

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

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

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 Gay Masquerade

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

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

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

Sekki shichihenge

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...

Zangiku monogatari

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

荒木又右衛門

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

Souls in the Moonlight

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

Cut the Shadow

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

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of...

すっ飛び駕

Advance Patrol

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

Dedication of the Great Buddha

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

Oniisan to oneesan

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

Ambush at Iga Pass

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven