
Kinnosuke Nakamura
1969 1978Shogun's Samurai
Shogun's Samurai7.1/101978HDFollowing the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the...
1969Samurai Banners
Samurai Banners7.4/101969HDKansuke 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...
1978The Fall of Ako Castle
The Fall of Ako Castle6.6/101978HDThis is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the...
1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai7/101963HDAfter a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...
1961Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi7.3/101961HDIn 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...
1989Death of a Tea Master
Death of a Tea Master5.4/101989HDYears after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.
1957Lord Mito
Lord Mito5.4/101957HDThis most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...
1970Incident at Blood Pass
Incident at Blood Pass6.8/101970HDIn 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...
1964Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple7/101964HDIn the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments....
1969Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor6.795/101969HDNear the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a...
1964Revenge
Revenge7.5/101964HDAn innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The...
1957Souls in the Moonlight
Souls in the Moonlight6.2/101957HDFirst part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to...
1966Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn6.6/101966HDLoyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an...
1959Hawk of the North
Hawk of the North5.3/101959HDDuring the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...
1954Clan Revival
Clan Revival0/101954HDAfter the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. Bands of roving samurai called the "nobushi"...
1965Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu8.2/101965HDIn turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure...
1957Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Shimizu Port of Chivalry7.5/101957HDAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...
1958Souls in the Moonlight II
Souls in the Moonlight II6.6/101958HDThis is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...
1968The Day the Sun Rose
The Day the Sun Rose7/101968HDShinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned...
1984The Fugitive Samurai
The Fugitive Samurai0/101984HDItto Ogami- High Executioner to the Shogun- has been betrayed by his political enemies and sentenced to a dishonorable death. Seeking to restore the...
1962Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido0/101962HDAdventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.
1965Three Yakuza
Three Yakuza7.8/101965HDA tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each...
1959A Spectacular Showdown
A Spectacular Showdown6.2/101959HDOne of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the...