Stars: Kamatari Fujiwara, Kichijirô Ueda, Nakajirô Tomita, Mikijirô Hira, Bokuzen Hidari
"Shiba", a wandering samurai, encounters a group of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictator lord in the hope of reducing taxes. "Shiba" joins them and two traitorous samurai from the ruling guard named "Sakura" and "Kikiyo". The three outlaws find themselves in the middle of a life and death struggle...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Shôji Ôki, Isao Natsuyagi, Haruo Suzuki
A samurai is overcome with guilt over the massacre of a small village. Now as a ronin, he finds out about his former group's plan to implement this plan in another village and decides to stop them...
Stars: Takeshi Katô, Mikijirô Hira, Gô Katô, Kyôichi Satô, Torahiko Hamada
"Gnosuke", one of the clan's lieutenants, kills one of the elders of the clan to achieve reforms. He is chased by his old friends, each of whom hopes to get the revenge that the clan wants. But with the help of a master swordswoman named "Yamane", he gets a chance to save...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Ichirô Nakatani, Kanae Kobayashi, Shintarô Katsu, Akira Shimizu
Destitute Ronini joins a new group, but the group's ruthless leader tries to turn him into a cold-blooded killer...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Ichirô Nakatani, Hideyo Amamoto, Yoshio Inaba, Mikijirô Hira
A bankrupt man, just released from prison, reluctantly agrees to kill three men, but changes his mind when a group of gangsters target the same men. He then tries to understand why these men are victims.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Hideyo Amamoto, Isao Natsuyagi, Kyôichi Satô, Hiroshi Hasegawa
A gangster gets an early release after going to prison for killing the boss of the Kano gang - only to discover that his former gang has merged with the Kano. But despite the bitter grudges on both sides, the bloodshed begins again...
Stars: Isao Natsuyagi, Kyôichi Satô, Ryôhei Uchida, Junkichi Orimoto, Toyoko Takechi
A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Isao Natsuyagi, Shin'ichi Chiba, Yoshi Katô, Kyôichi Satô
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his bosss enemies almost overwhelming.
Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Isao Natsuyagi, Minoru Uchida, Mari Natsuki
Matsui is the adopted daughter of Karion House, a small yakuza group. Animasa, their leader, is the last heir of a samurai family. He is strict in business, but because of his justice, he is respected by weak people and...
Stars: Asao Koike, Isao Natsuyagi, Kyôichi Satô, Kôji Fujiyama, Kôji Sekiyama
A retired yakuza gets caught in the middle of a feud between two rival clans.
Stars: Yoshio Inaba, Asao Koike, Tetsurô Tanba, Ken Ogata, Torahiko Hamada
Love and tribulations of a geisha in 1933 Japan.
Stars: Seizaburô Kawazu, Isao Kimura, Kyôichi Satô, Keiko Awaji, Tetsurô Tanba
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while on a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking on a new identity as a gorge maker, he searches for a stolen jar that has hidden significance for his tribe. But the gorge builder has his own reasons for looking for the jar...
Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Ichirô Nakatani, Isao Natsuyagi, Kyôichi Satô, Ryôhei Uchida
Kiba gets caught up in a conspiracy between a fraudulent gold mine owner, a cynical swordsman, a lady and an arrogant dojo master...
Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Ken Ogata, Kin Sugai, Nenji Kobayashi, Junko Miyashita
A man who was jailed after confessing to murdering his family escapes. His only chance for freedom is his new love who tries to protect him from the authorities.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Isao Natsuyagi, Naoto Takenaka, Tetsurô Tanba, Ken Ogata
A woman follows in her dead father's footsteps and gambles to see her father's killer in action.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshio Inaba, Isao Natsuyagi, Hiroyuki Nagato, Gô Katô
The story of Kumukiri Niramon, a former samurai warrior who abandons his class and becomes the leader of a band of thieves. Now he leads his accomplices in an attempt to steal the castle from his former clan.
Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Renji Ishibashi, Hisashi Igawa, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Sumie Sasaki
A young man's frequent patronage of a prostitute leads to a debt that...
Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Ken Ogata, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Mami Nomura, Sô Yamamura
A young woman is sold by her bankrupt father to the famous red light brothel in Yoshiwara...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Takeshi Katô, Naoto Takenaka, Masaya Katô, Hiroyuki Nagato
Based on the 2.26 Incident, an attempted coup détat in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of ...
Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Mansaku Fuwa, Riki Takeuchi, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Moeko Ezawa
Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza member, runs her husband's gang with an iron will while her husband is in prison. Meanwhile,...
