Sekai no Okiku
Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing piles of excrement, a well-nourished love story unfolds.
The Sword of Doom
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
A Samurai in Time
A samurai who gets hit by lightning wakes up to find himself on a film set in the present day and starts to work as an extra on samurai films.
Shogun's Shadow
A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a strong leader.
Samurai Vendetta
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.
Samurai Wolf
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.
Samurai Wolf II
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.
Castle Under Fiery Skies
The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Abacus and Sword
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
Samurai Fury
Set in war-torn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outlaws led by Hyoe, a scoundrel whose lethal sword skills place him at the tip of the spear in a deadly uprising against the corrupt Shogunate and its army, led by former friend-turned-archrival Doken.
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
The Snow Woman
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death but takes pity on the apprentice. He must promise to never speak of this or she'll return and kill him.
Kubi
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
11 Rebels
When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
Taboo
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Hakkenden
Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark on a harsh journey to fight the curse of the Satomi family. Hokusai is drawn into the story that Bakin is telling, and visits Bakin on various occasions to hear the rest of the story, and a strange relationship between the two begins. The serialization becomes Bakin's life's work, with the idea of "rewarding good and punishing evil in a world where evil is rampant," but after 28 years, as the story finally approaches its climax, Bakin begins to lose his sight. With the completion of the story in doubt, he receives an unexpected proposal from his daughter-in-law. Will the story ever be completed?
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Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Yûzô Kayama
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Hyoma Utsuki
Tadao Nakamaru
as
Isami Kondo
Tatsuya Nakadai
as
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Toshirô Mifune
as
Toranosuke Shimada
Jun'ichi Yasuda
Director
Hajime Inoue
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Head of both Studio Inoue
Norimasa Fuke
as
Kyoichiro Kazami
Tsutomu Tamura
as
Kyotaro Nishiki
Shin'ichi Chiba
as
Iba Shoemon
Ken Ogata
as
Igo Gyobu
Sayoko Ninomiya
as
Oman no Kata
Hiroyuki Nagato
as
Tagaya Rokubee
Hideo Gosha
Director
Yoshirô Aoki
as
Cart Driver Heishichi
Shinzô Hotta
as
Coffin Yokichi
Junkichi Orimoto
as
Gennai Suzuki
Daisuke Awaji
as
Yasuke
Takeru Satoh
as
Kenshin Himura
Tao Tsuchiya
as
Makimachi Misao
Tatsuya Fujiwara
as
Makoto Shishio
Yû Aoi
as
Megumi Takani
Susumu Terajima
as
Heiji
Ikkei Watanabe
as
Kimura Jirosimon
Takashi Sasano
as
Kiso Yoshimasa
Miki Mizuno
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Une
Rentarô Mikuni
as
Honiden Matahachi
Masanobu Ôkubo
as
Petty Official
Kusuo Abe
as
Temma Tsujikaze
Yukie Nakama
as
Koma Inoyama
Masato Sakai
as
Naoyuki Inoyama
Ichirôta Miyakawa
as
Teruzane Tangonokami Okumura
Keiko Matsuzaka
as
Tsune Inoyama
Yô Ôizumi
as
Hasuda Hyoe
Wakana Matsumoto
as
Hoji
Kazuki Kitamura
as
Yoshiomi Nawa
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Dekao Yokoo
as
Hidachibo
Sôji Kiyokawa
as
Togashi's Messenger
Mizuho Suzuki
as
Gyôkei
Fujio Suga
as
Sôju
Akira Ishihama
as
Yosaku
Shiho Fujimura
as
Yuki / Yukionna
Takeshi Kitano
Director
Hidetoshi Nishijima
as
Mitsuhide Akechi
Ryô Kase
as
Nobunaga Oda
Kanji Tsuda
as
Tamezo
Yoshio Inaba
as
Eijirô Tôno
as
Baiken Shishido
Eiko Miyoshi
as
Osugi, Matahachi's mother
Tarô Suruga
as
Kazuma Sano
as
Hayate Ichinose
as
Nimaime
Amane Okayama
as
Oroshiya
Takuma Otoo
as
Sengoku Zen'emon
Buichi Saitô
Director
Hiroshi Tanaka
as
Jûzaemon Kashiwagi
Tomisaburô Wakayama
as
Ogami Itto
Tatsuo Endô
as
Yagyu Retsudo
Nagisa Ôshima
Director
Chikako Aoyama
as
Masatô Ibu
as
Officer Koshitaro Ito
Tadanobu Asano
as
Samurai Hyozo Tashiro
So Kaku
as
Kobungo Inuta
Shinobu Terajima
as
Ohaku
Hayato Isomura
as
Sohaku
Chiaki Kuriyama
as
Tamazusa
Junji Sakamoto
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