Tsuyako Okajima

The Inferno

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief f...

Legend of the Eight Samurai

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their w...

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.

The General and His Empire of Joy

Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and r...

Miyamoto Musashi

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend....

The Erotomaniac Daimyo

Kiyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Ienari is married-off to Tadateru Ogura, the lord of a Kyushu clan. However, t...

Appassionata

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura...

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as...

Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist

Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help he...

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After...

Zatoichi the Outlaw

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling hous...

Roaring Fire

On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents di...

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the lo...

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a courtesan who was once involved with Kisuke's late father.

The Shogun's Vault II

A mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of the shogunate on...

Sasuke and His Comedians

Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wand...

Echo in the Mountains

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" s...

The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost

A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her sister falls...

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony bega...

The House Where Evil Dwells

At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on...

Eighteen Years in Prison

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to...

Tears of Banishment

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.

The Horse Boy

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a...

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his i...

Scoundrel Boss

Daigoro Koiwa and Katsuo Rokujo, who met by chance, open a recession-resistant funeral business and a urinary t...

Little Tengu

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tok...

The Viper Brothers

After spending several years in prison, yakuza punk Masa (Bunta Sugawara) and his underling, Katsuji (Tamio Kaw...

A Certain Killer

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs h...

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a...

American Geisha

On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house.

Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head

Ichibei teams up with Chief Jindayo of the Goomune (Japan’s gypsies’) in order to steal the shogunate’s solid g...

間諜

Road Warriors

A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are co...

Branded Female Convicts

In an Edo-era women's prison, Ochiyo manages to escape execution during a fire and becomes determined to seek r...

Wild Palanquin

Shinsuke Inaba, a thief who snuck into the Kishu family residence in Edo. He was almost discovered by a patrol,...