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Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.
Thus the Divine Wind Blows
When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades...
Seven from Edo
Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.
Diary of a Wandering Lord
Zoku Hebihimesama
お洒落狂女
Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda
Four Seasons of Women
1942 Japanese movie
Sandai no sakazuki
A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.
The Stand in Hakone
Hashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who make a profit even at the cost of human lives. A fireman...
Glorious Standard Bearer
Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro...
The Lord Takes a Bride
On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga...
Samurai Vagabonds
旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...
A Chivalrous Spirit
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...
The Outsiders
This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...
The Kuroda Affair
A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his...
The Horse Boy
A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.
Wedding Ring
During the era of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, to strengthen the shogunate, many daimyo clans that did not align with the central power were...
柳生の兄弟
In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...
Hana no shôgai
During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who...
お役者変化
In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emerged in Edo. Shippu would send a...
Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the...
振袖釼法
Wakaki sugata
1945 Japanese movie
Ryū no misaki
First film of the The Black Hooded Man series.
Kaiketsu kuro zukin
朱鞘罷り通る
続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
Directed by Daisuke Ito.
Kokusai Mitsuyudan
旗本退屈男 謎の百万両
疾風愛憎峠
Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...
Kunisada Chuji
The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission...
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
鍔鳴浪人
牢獄の花嫁
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class,...
Shinran, Part II
The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
Tai Kato's first film directed at Toei.
Lovestruck Ronin
The second film about the adventures of Chosichiro Matsudaira. This time he fights against conspirators whose goal is to replace the 4th Shogun...
The Travel notes of Choshichiro - Peregrine Goblin
紅顏鼓笛隊
In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will of his father, growing up strong and correct, and...
Kid Magician Sasuke
The film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in his 70,000 koku estate, where he is surrounded by his...
The master of the sword dance
Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date...
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman.
Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a beauty at midnight
Ikeru isu
花婿太閤記
Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) investigates the dark "Ghost Ship" in search of his father. Meanwhile, Princess Yuki (Yumiko Hasegawa) and Chacha (Eiko...
Ghost Ship Part 2
Saigo no kikyō
1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...
Samurai Hawk
Umi o yobu koe
Who Is the Criminal?
Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the Muromachi period.
The Scroll’s Secret
Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was...
Foul Play
Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
Based on the original story by Seishi Yokomizo, House of Spider Webs is a gorgeous historical drama thriller starring Kinnosuke Nakamura and directed...
House of Spider Webs
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
Apostasy
It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular...
Cantankerous Edo
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and...
Jet Air Base 101
Oshichi, a famous girl detective, takes it upon herself to investigate the murder of a woman which occurs during an event for the festival of Asakusa...
Edo Girl Detective
Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
Christ in Bronze
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...
Lord Mito
Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.
Official with a Tattoo
旗本退屈男 どくろ屋敷
旗本退屈男 謎の紅蓮塔
The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.
Hiroshima
During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, Sarashina Danjo. Ten years later, Lord Ogata's...
Ninja's Weapon
The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their master's death.
47 Vendettas
When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of...
Roughneck From Asama
As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...
Sakura Official
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the farmers transporting gold to the governor think they...
Wind, Woman and Road
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon...
Castle of Flames
Two sisters, one a dancer and the other a script supervisor at a big movie studio, become embroiled in union activities when a strike is called in...
Those Who Make Tomorrow
One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the...
Secret of The Golden Spell
Fearless girl firefighter Oharu and skilled firefighter Shintaro battle against their evil rivals who threaten to take over Oharu’s...
Girl with the Fire Banner
Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When...
The Ako Retainers
Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden...
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precious blue diamond called “Maguna no...
The Black Hooded Man
Edo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that his master, Asano of Ako, committed seppuku,...
Blooded Spear
A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose...
Tuition
A yakuza is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating a new gang and attempts to pull off a huge ransom...
League of Gangsters
A Woman's Life
Magically gifted boy Sasuke lives in peace, deep in the forest with his animal pals and Oyu, his elder sister. After their forest sanctuary is...
Magic Boy
Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock castle in Kozuke province, a domain of 17,000...
Bride of Peacock Castle
The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until...
Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent...
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death of his close friend.
Fighting Disposition
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young...
A Revengeful Raid
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...
Echo in the Mountains
Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by...
Keepers of Order
While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...
Road of Chivalry
Knightly Advice
Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.
Virtue in Spades
A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.
Mighty Shosuke
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes...
The Mad Fox
Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu.
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo...
Seventeen Ninja
Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to Edo Castle. Instead of reporting their find to...
Fireball Magistrate
Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...
Actress
The Street Without Sun
A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings,...
Case of a Young Lord 4: Bridal Robe in Blood
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later,...
Lord Mito: All Star Version
A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord...
Lord of Steel Heart
From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the "Nemuri Kyoshiro" series (Son of the Black Mass),...
The Forbidden Castle
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the...
A Spectacular Showdown
The Unleashed Lord
A samurai thief fights a gang of ghostly thieves using scorpions for treasure in the unexplored Shinano region, which is guarded by a descendant of...
Golden Valley
Ushiwakamaru
Duel of the Underworld
The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after...
Castle of Revenge
Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to...
New Snow
Sea Raiding Unit
Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film
Dance of the Capital
The Siege of Osaka
Also known as Crazy Uproar.
Crazy Uproar
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
Ninja Assassins
Jidaigeki film from 1960
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley