Stars: Yôko Tsukasa, Daisuke Katô, Seizaburô Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa
After the master of the forty-seven samurai is tricked into committing suicide, they decide to avenge their master's death and reclaim his honor...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Takashi Shimura, Ikio Sawamura, Sachio Sakai, Shôichi Hirose
Takezo abandons his life as a wandering warrior. Sasaki Kojiro, a smart and talented samurai, invites him to fight. But before the fight, he must fight a group of bandits and deal with his feelings for two women...
Stars: Ikio Sawamura, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Takuzô Kumagai, Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura
A poor carriage driver takes care of a young woman and her son after the sudden death of her husband and...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Akira Tani, Yutaka Sada, Jun'ichirô Mukai, Takuzô Kumagai
Takezo leaves the village with his best friend Matahachi to join the army. After failure, they take refuge in the house of Oko, a widow and her daughter Akemi. Oko, Matahashi and Akemi go to Kyoto, but Takezo returns to the village. He is arrested for treason and...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Sachio Sakai, Akira Tani, Rinsaku Ogata, Eiko Miyoshi
After spending years traveling and building a reputation as Japan's greatest samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Osuto is waiting for him, but he has returned to challenge Kendo, the leader of the best school in the region.
Stars: Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yutaka Sada, Minoru Itô, Shintarô Katsu, Mika Kitagawa
A nameless ronin agrees to go to the mountains and wait. On the way, he stops at an inn and encounters various people, including a group waiting to steal the shogun's gold, which is soon to pass through. When his mission is known, he is ordered to kill the members of the inn and...
Stars: Takashi Shimura, Ken Ogata, Kôji Nanbara, Katsuo Nakamura, Yoshiko Sakuma
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a united and peaceful country. He serves Takeda, the lord of the Kai region. He convinces the lord to kill the lord of the neighboring region and get his wife. He then convinces Prince Yu to accept the deal and give birth to a son for Takeda and...
Stars: Yôko Tsukasa, Seizaburô Kawazu, Kamatari Fujiwara, Sachio Sakai, Akira Tani
A poet and fighter with a big nose is in love with a beautiful girl. He sees her as a friend, so he helps another man propose to her with his poetry...
Stars: Yôko Tsukasa, Daisuke Katô, Takashi Shimura, Ikio Sawamura, Akira Tani
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In 4th century Japan, Emperor Kikuyu's son Owusu expects to succeed his father, but Otomo, the heir to the emperor, prefers Osu's half-brother Waka, and plots to...
Stars: Akira Tani, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Gen Shimizu, Shin Ôtomo, Fuminori Ôhashi
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and... Read all
Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Seizaburô Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Yôsuke Natsuki, Ikio Sawamura
The swordfish is wandering. He arrives in the city of Osaka, where the Toyotomi clan accepts him and trusts his bravery and fighting skills. When Osaka Castle is besieged by the army, his skills are challenged and...
