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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
A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. But there's something special about the boy.
A Baby Given by a Fox
The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
A gripping historical drama that follows the explosive growth of Katsu Kaishu, the hero of the Meiji era, and the interesting human image of his...
Wild Lion
Rogoku no hanayome zenpen
Kumo
This is the story of a samurai who falls on hard times due to misunderstandings and follows the plots of his enemies.
Serpent
A continuation of the prior film (影法師).
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...
Kagebōshi
風雲金毘羅山
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...
The Grand Master
Kageboshi, based on the screenplay by Rokuhei Rokuhei Susukita, depicts the life of the ‘jovial thief’, Kageboshi.
Edo kaizoku-den : Kagebôshi
Tokutaro is an orphan child who becomes a street candy vendor. He sells candies, humming a song he learned long ago from his mother. One day he met...
Kosuzume Pass
Ryôma Sakamoto unites the Choshu and Satsuma clans and paves the way for the Meiji Restoration.
Sakamoto Ryōma
Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro,...
Kenpu Renpeikan
Forty-seven Ronin of the Ako clan are waiting for the right moment to avenge the insult and death of their master. The film tells the story of one of...
Akagaki Genzo
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...
Echo of Love
A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Based on the original story of a wandering gambler written by the popular author Shin Hasegawa. This is the first film adaptation of his story, which...
Koina no Ginpei, Migratory Snowbird
1945 Japanese movie
Ikeru isu
東海水滸伝
Who Is the Criminal?
During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at...
Five Men of Edo
1947 Japanese movie
壮士劇場
Japanese horror movie from 1923.
Tenjiku Tokubei
Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy,...
The Life of Matsu the Untamed
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...
Broken Drum
The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in...
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge...
Chushingura
Nanjo Mikisaburo is a young samurai trying to restore his ruined family to its past glory. Enduring the contempt and disdain of high-ranking samurai,...
Backward Flow
A gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.
Devil’s Statue
Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by the name of Tange Sazen. By chance, Tange gets an...
Tange Sazen
Famed swordsman Araki Mataemon must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family...
Vengeance at Iga
During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai....
Signal Fires of Shanghai
Tales of a Drifter
Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood
The General, Staff and Soldiers
It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.
Last Days of Edo
Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his...
Story of Lightning
Ahôshige
A chambara film starring Bandō Tsumasaburō.
Kirarazaka