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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...

Genre: History

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of...

Genre: Drama

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

A retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

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...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frankie Sakai

[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

"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Toma Ikuta

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

In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes...

Genre: History

Cast: Mansai Nomura

In the sixth and final episode Rentaro Mikuni steals the show as Baiken Shishido, Musashi's nemesis. Mikuni is the nominal villain of the film, but...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind...

Genre: Action

Cast: Isao Natsuyagi

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

Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Takaaki Enoki

[Period covered: 1595-1600] Third film in the famous shinobi no mono series. We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon (Raizo Ichikawa), as he was about to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

A biographical story of Tomoatsu Godai, the influential entrepreneur of the Meiji era who laid the foundation of the modern Japanese economy.

Genre: History

Cast: Haruma Miura

A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Jun Fujimaki

After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Fumiyo Kohinata

Genre: Drama

Cast: Makoto Fujita

Osaka Castle was erected as a result of Hideyoshi Hashiba's (portrayed by Shindo Eitaro) solicitation from Kyogoku Tatsuko to become his consort....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuko Enatsu

Men from different backgrounds became friends at a young age, and because of this they became conflicted in their respective positions, became...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masatoshi Nakamura

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

During the reign of the shogun, Iemitsu, an epidemic causes the population of men to greatly drop, leading to an ooku where the role of men and women...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masato Sakai

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

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

Denshichi of Kuromon-cho hates crime and hates people. He is a stylish and kind Okakitori. Denchichi is a chivalrous and gentle okabiki, and he will...

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Cast: Baijaku Nakamura

Musashi Miyamoto left his village and ended up fighting in the battle of Sekigahara with his friend Matahachi, but Musashi Miyamoto lost Matahachi....

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Takuya Kimura

Based on the novel of the same name by Jiro Ikushima, this drama series aired on NET TV (now TV Asahi) in 1972 for a total of 26 episodes. Starring...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinsuke Ashida

The story of the battles between the 3 related families Kishu, Mito, and Owari, as each vies for the shogun’s seat in the line of succession....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Kato

Tells the story of the women surrounding Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the fifth shogun.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rina Uchiyama

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

A young Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Yamamoto Koji) meets a homeless orphan Ryosuke (Kurokawa Souya). Surprised by his deadly skills with a wooden sword,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yamamoto

Thirteen years after his mother took her own life as a ritual sacrifice for the Black Mass, samurai Kyoshiro (Masakazu Tamura), who lives his life...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mikijiro Hira

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

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

Heiji is an undercover policeman in the city of Edo. He possesses a superior skill of throwing coins. When a criminal is caught, Heiji throws coins...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hiroaki Murakami

A wandering samurai, ronin, and ninja; meet by chance repeatedly and reluctantly team up to solve the problems of innocent villagers along the way.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideki Takahashi