Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu island in 1996 and filmed over a period of three years. Kumamoto Monogatari is a 2002 omnibus which includes the three short films: Zuiketsu Genso: Tonkararin Yume Densetsu, Kikuchi-jo Monogatari: Sakimori-tachi no Uta, Onna Kunishuu Ikki.
江守徹
Paekche nobleman
石橋蓮司
Nakatomi-no-Kamatari
根津甚八
Frontier guard
大杉漣
Naka-no-Ooe-no-Ôji
遠藤憲一
Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu island in 1996 and filmed over a period of three years. Kumamoto Monogatari is a 2002 omnibus which includes the three short films: Zuiketsu Genso: Tonkararin Yume Densetsu, Kikuchi-jo Monogatari: Sakimori-tachi no Uta, Onna Kunishuu Ikki.
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.
ภาพยนตร์ที่สร้างมาจากการ์ตูนชื่อดังที่ทุกคนต้องรู้จักอย่าง Samurai X เรื่องราวเกิดขึ้นในสมัยเมจิ ซึ่งระบอบศักดินาของญี่ปุ่นล่มสลาย ชายหนุ่มพเนจรที่มีชื่อว่า ฮิมุระ เคนชิน (ทาเครุ ซาโต้) ผู้มีอดีตเคยเป็นนักฆ่าผู้โด่งดังนามว่า ฮิโตคิริ บัตโตะไซ ภายหลังจากสงครามสิ้นสุดลง เขาเดินทางร่อนเร่ไปยังเมืองต่าง ๆ ตามชนบท เสนอตัวที่จะใช้ทักษะของเขาในการปกป้องผู้คน เพื่อเป็นการไถ่บาปให้กับหลายที่ชีวิตที่เขาเคยฆ่าทิ้งไปและปฏิญาณกับตนเองว่าจะไม่มีทางคร่าชีวิตผู้อื่นอีก แต่เมื่อบรรดาผู้คนที่เขารักถูกทำร้ายและทรมาน เคนชินต้องเลือกว่าจะยอมเผชิญหน้ากับอดีตอันดำมืดของเขาหรือไม่ เพื่อช่วยเหลือผู้คนเหล่านั้น
Kakunoshin, renowned for his skills with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the samurai code. Falsely accused of a theft, he is forced to become a lowly ronin. Years later, when a case of missing gold pulls him into a new web of intrigue, Kakunoshin uncovers the truth behind his downfall. With the real culprit exposed, the go board flips, and a hellstorm of righteous vengeance follows.
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan.
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, when he was removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.
Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power play to defeat the young Nobukatsu Oda struggling to step into his father’s warlord shoes as they expand rule across the country, Mumon jumps into the fray to satisfy his new bride Okuni’s demand that he make good on his promises of wealth. Yet Mumon soon finds what is worth fighting for beyond money or nation.
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.
2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future, a monk with only one eye and Depa. Siddhartha continues traveling. Siddhartha is overwhelmed by the sufferings he witnesses around him. Meanwhile, Prince Ruri of Kosara begins his attack on the Shakya clan. Second Buddha movie from Tezuka Productions.
Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only as the demons. Taking up his sword once more, he sets out to end their murderous terror.