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A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.

Genre: History

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.

Genre: History

Cast: Takao Osawa

Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy...

Genre: History

Cast: Rena Tanaka

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all...

Genre: Action

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Isao Natsuyagi

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yoshio Harada

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tōru Abe

When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Takeru Satoh

Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kumiko Aso

A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and romance of Shinzo and a beautiful Princess who find...

Genre: History

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Kōjirō Hongō

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Cast: Matsumoto Kōshirō X

The drama is depicting the life and times in 17th and 18th century Japan during the rule of the eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Noguchi Gorou

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Cast: Jun Kaname

In the Kyoho era, Hayato, a shogun vassal commissioned as a traveling inspector by Tokugawa Yoshimune, adopts the guise of a ronin. Accompanied by...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

Osome is an ex-actress who lost her parents in a fire when she was 6-years old. She then is separated from her older brother, who goes missing. While...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mayumi Wakamura

Continuing the tradition of the Yojimbo movies, Mifune Toshiro stars as Toge Kujuro, a wandering ronin searching for his own fame and happiness. With...

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Cast: Toshirō Mifune

The sequel to The Yagyu Conspiracy picks up when Yagyu Jubei (Sonny Chiba) has a falling out with the Shogun, and sets out on his own as a wanted...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sonny Chiba

The mini-series revolves around the harem of a shogun in the Edo Period in Japan. The women jostle and compete with one another and with their lord...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miho Kanno

Ometsuke Asahina Kawachinokami Masakiyo - holds the position of inspector overseeing the daimyo on behalf of the shogun and the council of elders....

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Lord Sanada along with his deadly ninja assassins Kirigakure Saizo and Sarutobi Sasuke attempt to restore the rule of the Toyotomi during the brutal...

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Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

The life of Katsu Kaishū and his father.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matsumoto Kōshirō X

The 37th NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tohru Emori

Ooka Echizen is the commissioner of the two-acre Minami-machi Magistrate’s Office, located in Edo Castle. He keeps order within the town.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takami Mizuhashi

After the 'Incident at Honnoji' (assassination of Oda Nobunaga by Akechi Mitsuhide, a former trusted general), a group of Tokugawa samurai are...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō II

There were men who were passionate about being samurai. The men became samurai warriors at the forefront of the fierce battle that affected the...

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Cast: Masaru Nagai

This drama revolves around four sisters whose father served as a warlord during the Sengoku period. It tells a tragic story of two lovers who are...

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Cast: Honami Suzuki

Kōchiyama Sōshun serves as a cha-bōzu (He is kind of tea man) in the administrative headquarters of the Tokugawa shogunate but he works behind the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Unokichi , the grandchild of Edo’s wealthiest merchant Mikuniya Tokuemon, becomes a constable in an unexpected turn of events. His immense...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raita Ryu

We're in Shamisen-bori of the bustling city of Edo. The officers of Guardhouse 36 monopolize the popularity in Edo. They're strong against evil, soft...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura II

Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith. While running a dojo, Daijiro and his father...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gō Katō