Fallen Samurai
A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.
A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.
Hajime Mori
Ryūji Ishiyama
Shinnosuke
Kinuyo Tanaka
Omaki
Yukiko Tsukuba
Yoshie
Yuzuru Kume
Shosuke
Reikichi Kawamura
Yoshinoshin Yoshida
Takeshi Sakamoto
Loyalist Kato
Chiyoko Kinoshita
Okoto
A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.
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.
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.