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Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries....

Genre: Action

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kanako Higuchi

The main character, Baian Fujieda, is a dark hero who has two faces: one as a skilled acupuncturist who saves lives, and the other as a criminal who...

Genre: Action

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

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 tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokugawa Period, a time in which appearances are very important. Gonza competes with...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiromi Go

Hironoshin is a samurai of the Echigo-Nagaoka clan. One day, Hironoshin attends a party at a mansion in Edo where his lord, Tadakiyo is invited to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hiroshi Abe

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Terao

In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aya Ueto

The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shigeru Izumiya

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

In Edo period Japan, a lone ronin lives in a village helping the farmers tend to their land. One day, a group of outlaw swordsmen enter the village.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sosuke Ikematsu

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting...

Genre: Action

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshio Harada

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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

Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Kakunoshin Yanagida was a samurai, but he was forced out of the Han due to a false accusation. He then lived in poverty with his daughter Kinu....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Three ninja siblings, Ginga [Galaxy] Mitsurugi, Suisei [Comet] Mitsurugi, and Gekko [Moonlight] Mitsurugi, battle the alien warriors of the Scorpion...

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Jo Mizuki

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Cast: Masakazu Tamura

Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin,"...

Genre: War & Politics

Cast: Noriyuki Higashiyama

Set in 1635, 35 years after the Battle of Sekigahara, Japan appears peaceful. But a monstrous creature called 'Gun-kyo' that devours humans disrupts...

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Cast: Fumino Kimura

Ryoma ga Yuku is a five-hour epic which chronicles the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yasuko Sawaguchi

In the Edo era, a team of heroes saved countless lives. As a series of mysterious arsons engulf Edo in chaos, the relentless firefighters race to...

Genre: Animation

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It depicts how the winner, the Satsuma Clan, and the loser, the Aizu Clan, survive through the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration in their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Bunta Sugawara

Set during the Bakumatsu (final years of the Edo period). Sakai Banshiro is a lower-class samurai. Leaving his family behind, he works at the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Seto

Norizuki Gennojo, a commander of the Shogunate’s troops, sets out on a journey to train in swordplay. In that time, Koka Yoami, the father of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yamamoto

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Cast: Koji Kikkawa

Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura II

The story is set in Edo, and centers on a sickly but kind-hearted young man, and the mysterious spirit that watches over him.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Daiki Yamashita

The reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune in the Edo period, was notable for the “Ooka Sabaki” which supported the Kyoho Reforms...

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Cast: Noriyuki Higashiyama

The story is set in Edo's Fukagawa district, where the heroine, Oichi, dreams of becoming a doctor and assists her father, a physician named Shōan....

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Wakana Aoi

Utagawa Hiroshige, along with Katsushika Hokusai, is widely recognized in the world of Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print. However, it is lesser known...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadawo Abe

Based on the novel by Jirō Asada, the TV movie depicts the lives of the Shinsengumi warriors during the turmoil of the late Edo period.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Watanabe

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gō Katō