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Princess Finds Her Prince
This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called...
Blind Monk Swordsman
Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo 's father, the grinder Yasujiro, was asked to sharpen a sword called...
Yakuza Princess of Edo
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
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
Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...
Eight Views of Samurai
The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.
The Samurai Markets
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
Song of Love
Meiji no kyōdai
Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind
film directed by Tai Katô
Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the...
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature.
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.7
1954 Japanese movie
Koina no Ginpei
Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
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
Hanjiro of Kusama searches for his little sister Oyuki, who went missing after being desecrated by Hikosaku Tokurai three years ago. The first film...
The Fighting on The Trial
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly...
Miyamoto Musashi
1962 Japanese movie.
Denshichi Torimonocho: Man without Shadow
Film about Ghost-Cat.
Kaibyô saga no yozakura
Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather...
Omatsuri hanjiro
Bunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death.
Yakuza Official
A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants.
Ghost Story on Passage
Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a...
Red peonies on the skin
A Bullet Hole Underground
2nd film in the Eight Brave Brothers trilogy
Eight Brave Brothers 2
The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various...
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.
Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin,...
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.5
大当り黄金狂時代
Flowers on the Trail
続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
旗本退屈男 謎の怪人屋敷
Unruly Lion
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes power and tyranny with his will and spirit.
Epic Crash
Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as...
Magistrate of Dice
Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.
Appeal on the Cross
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
Kind of the Japanese equivalent of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, this film is a fictionalized version of the gang battle in the later Edo period,...
Kessen Kojinyama
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
The Second Bullet is Marked
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on...
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
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
神変美女桜
鍔鳴浪人
His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke...
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries to save the good people of the Kiso Valley, he...
Goblin's Highway
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...
Ikiru
One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the...
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle...
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
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
照る日くもる日
Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the Muromachi period.
The Scroll’s Secret
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
Japanese horror movie from 1937.
Utsunomiya tsuritenjô
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
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
Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...
Chutaro of Banba
Japanese horror movie from 1936.
Tenjiku Tokubei
Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loyal servant want it to clear their family's name....
Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls
This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival...
Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...
The Phantom Goblin
Japanese film.
修羅八荒 猛襲伏魔殿
Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.
Kenkyō edo-murasaki
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and action in old Japan. Teaming up the ever-popular...
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.
珍説忠臣蔵
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
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
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...
Nonki saiban
Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as...
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
A mysterious coin found at a murder scene stirs the curiosity of young actress detective Oshichi and her brother Hyoma, who set out on a private...
Case of the Hidden Coin
It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts to confront the elusive thief known as the ...
The Edo Official and Apprentice
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
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the...
Shadow Over Fuji
Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars....
Mask of the Moon
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments....
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
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
This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the young lord Genrokuro grew up bitter about his...
The Warrior from Kishu
Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.
The Bandits
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield...
Sasuke and His Comedians
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...
In Search of Mother
Early film by Eiichi Kudô.
Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba
Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain
Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road
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
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring...
13 Assassins
Ghost comedy film.
Travel with Ghost
Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people...
The Purple Hood
In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is in search of a missing scroll that...
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young master.
Bride of White Castle
The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the lovely Onaka from a terrible lifestyle. Starting...
Tattoo of Love
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a...
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo....
Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders
Samurai Knights
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
The Man of Seven Faces
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters...
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion and impulsive violence. The samurai brothers fight...
Unwieldy Brothers
Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of...
The Mysterious Cape
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...
Souls in the Moonlight II
An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
Men in a Rough Town
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
Merciless Blade
The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
Merciless Blade Part 3
An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.
A Young Rabble 2
Nocturnal Gate
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo...
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less...
Evil Man of Edo
Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way...
Flowers on the Road
The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.
Morning Breeze in Edo
In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumental battle to determine their survival.
Rebellion
The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring adventures, Kojiro seems to have finally discovered...
Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2
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
Okinu, the beautiful daughter of a feudal lord, discovers her true identity and leaves her lavish life behind to avenge her birth father's death.
Road In the Mist
Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from the bad lords and greedy merchants, who live just...
The Envoy
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle...
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
The rise of the famed gambler.
Jirocho Rises in Fame
With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death of his close friend.
Fighting Disposition
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
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
When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing...
Street of Wandering Men
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
Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad people.
Travels of Gonkuro
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will...
Gamblers and Racketeers
Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals representing rival gangs to lend his services to...
Law in Ghost Island
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring...
Hero of the Red Light District
Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.
The Medicine Case
Jidaigeki film from 1941
Zakuro Ikkaku
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid...
An Actor's Revenge
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
Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa
True Osaka Grit
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The Domain" Each a stand alone film in it's own,...
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
Good Rascals
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true...
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period...
The Pirates
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
Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacation. Unexpectedly, the island's boss, Amimoto, was...
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as they took over the Tokaido Highroad and went on...
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
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
A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the...
Vanquished Foes
The Happy Wanderer
The Unleashed Lord
Three for The Road
A Laughable Journey
A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.
Lord of Red Banner
Goblin Warrior
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.
Revenge for His Lover
Pirates Magistrate
Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.
Morishige no demakase shinshi
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers...
Happily Tied to the Road
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
The Domain: White Blade
This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir is an 80-minute compilation of the first and...
Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki
Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the...
Edo Purebreed
Iwami Jûtarô
Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.
Drunken Sword
The Tattooed Lord