In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”
渡辺謙
Mochizuki Koheita
池上季実子
いかりや長介
名高達男
อิตโตกุ คิชิเบะ
江波杏子
高品格
神山繁
沢向要士
In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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.
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.
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.
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.
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.
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
ทาเครุ ซาโตะ กลับมารับบทฮิมุระ เคนชิน อดีตซามูไรยอดมือสังการที่ละทิ้งการฆ่าฟันมาเป็นซามูไรพเนจร แต่กลับตกหลุมรักคามิยะ คาโอรุ (เอมิ ทาเคอิ) ลูกสาวเจ้าของสำนักดาบ และพยายามหาทางปกป้องชีวิตเธอจากคนร้าย แต่ในภาคใหม่นี้ การเดิมพันของเคนชินสูงขึ้นกว่าเดิมเมื่อเขาต้องปกป้องประเทศจากแผนการร้ายเพื่อโค่นล้มรัฐบาลของชิชิโอ มาโคโตะ (ทัตสึยะ ฟูจิวาระ) อดีตมือสังหารมือหนึ่ง ผู้นำกลุ่ม“จุปปงกาตานะ” มีมีสิบนักฆ่าที่เชี่ยวชาญอาวุธและมีวิทยายุทธกันไปคนละแบบ