Movies

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to...

1961 Japanese movie

One day, Yoshimi Satomi, the castle owner of Takita Castle in the country of Anbo, and his confidant Daisuke Kinba, on the way to hunt wild boars,...

The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On his way the procession is disrupted...

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young...

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.

A man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my life cheap." One day, he receives a request from...

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

A village samurai with money, power and great masculinity goes to the flourishing city of Edo to have some fun and practice. And here he is attacked...

The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur one after another along with the terrifying...

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

1962 Japanese movie

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

A popular dance master in Edo meets a yakuza man, and the maddened master is killed in the end of their tremendous love affair. The master becomes a...