Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
勝新太郎
Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami
西村晃
Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
緑魔子
Yumi
成田三樹夫
Bansaku Tonami
高橋悦史
Sugino
草野大悟
Onibi
蟹江敬三
Mamushi
小池朝雄
Ishiyama
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
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.
With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu clan.
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
ณ ประเทศญี่ปุ่น ราวศตวรรษที่ 19…ซาโตอิจิ ชาย ตาบอดผู้เดินทางร่อนเร่ หาเลี้ยงชีพด้วยการเป็นหมอนวดและการพนันเล็กๆน้อยๆ ภายใต้รูปร่างและท่าทางที่อ่อนน้อม ซาโตอิจิคือปรมาจารย์แห่งเพลงดาบของญี่ปุ่น ผู้มีพรสวรรค์อย่างหาใครเทียบได้ยาก ด้วยเสี้ยววินาทีที่ดาบถูกชักออกมาจากฝัก มันก็ได้ฟาดฟันลงบนเป้าหมายได้อย่างแม่นยำซาโตอิจิ ได้เดินทางรอนแรมมาจนถึงหมู่บ้านในหุบเขาอันห่างไกลแห่งหนึ่ง ด้วยความบังเอิญเขาก็พบเข้ากลุ่มของ กินโซ่ อันธพาลที่พร้อมที่จะไร้ความปราณีต่อผู้ที่เข้ามาขวางแนวทางของตนอย่างเลือด เย็น และนับตั้งแต่ที่กลุ่มได้ว่าจ้างฮัตโตริ ซามูไรรับจ้างมาเข้าพวก พวกมันก็ยิ่งกำเริบเสิบสานมากยิ่งขึ้นเรื่อยๆ