"Strength Lies In Honor"
In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there.
小林直己
菅田俊
Sakichi
でんでん
Genzo
津川雅彦
Yohei
黒澤良平
Shinnosuke Amago
โคสุเกะ โทโยฮาระ
Heijiro
中村嘉葎雄
Muneyoshi
宮崎美子
Yae
田畑智子
Okyo
In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there.
A young man heeds the call of adventure in Yoshinari Nishikori's Tatara Samurai, leaving his idyllic village to become a soldier. He soon has second thoughts — but violence is coming his way, like it or not, in a movie that sometimes echoes its hero's ambivalence by toying with viewers' expectations of swordslinger cinema. Genre fans should respect the picture if not embrace it wholeheartedly, but history buffs will find something to appreciate as well in this 16th-century tale. Gosuke (Sho Aoyagi) comes from a family of men who make steel. Their village, Tatara, is renowned for the quality of that steel, whose strength is prized for swordmaking; its resistance to rust will make the commodity even more valuable as guns become a central part of warfare. With that transition beginning and clans battling each other nearby, Gosuke realizes that peasants are less bound than usual to their roles in feudal society. "Now is a time when anyone can move up," as one man puts it. And joining the ranks of Lord Oda's army is one path to a samurai's wealth and status. He says goodbye to his fiancee, breaks his father's heart and leaves. Dazed by his first serious encounter with carnage, Gosuke is told that he should return home and "embrace your destiny" as a metalworker. The readiness with which he agrees is a little puzzling given how eager he was to become a samurai, but this is a film that often leaves characters' motivations obscure, at least to a Western viewer's eyes. That can be frustrating on occasion, but it works well in the case of Yohei (Masahiko Tsugawa), an aging merchant who wants to convince Tatara's mayor to sell him steel for gunmaking. Soon after Gosuke's return, Yohei arrives with the news that Lord Oda intends to attack the town and take what he needs. He offers the town guns, mercenaries and training to defend themselves; though villagers argue about taking this sort of help, the die is cast as soon as one of them has his first experience firing a musket. If the film's first half didn't hew to the hero's-journey template we expected, neither does this section turn out to be a Seven Samurai-like tale of outsiders helping peasants defend themselves. Sinister things are afoot, and one happy consequence is that the dramatic burden ceases to fall exclusively on Aoyagi, who performs creditably but has a hard time expressing the character's interior conflicts. One of Gosuke's friends, Shinpei (Naoki Kobayashi), has a spark he lacks, but the film doesn't make the best use of the actor when Shinpei gets involved in third-act intrigue. Akira Sako's photography makes good use of very beautiful landscapes, lending weight to the script's talk of tradition and pride in craftsmanship. Though hardly a heart-thumping action pic, a few scenes of swordplay make the most of that precious Tatara steel.
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.
เมื่อสงครามโบชินอันโหดร้ายปะทุขึ้นในญี่ปุ่น กลุ่มนักโทษประหารชีวิตก็รวมตัวกันเพื่อปกป้องป้อมปราการจากกองทัพจักรวรรดิ
Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
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.
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.
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
ปี 1879 เคนชินและพวกพ้องเผชิญหน้ากับยูกิชิโระ เอนิชิ ศัตรูที่แข็งแกร่งที่สุดซึ่งเป็นน้องชายอดีตภรรยาของเคนชิน พร้อมกับลิ่วล้อที่ตั้งตาล้างแค้นอย่างไม่ปรานี
ภาพยนตร์ที่สร้างมาจากการ์ตูนชื่อดังที่ทุกคนต้องรู้จักอย่าง Samurai X เรื่องราวเกิดขึ้นในสมัยเมจิ ซึ่งระบอบศักดินาของญี่ปุ่นล่มสลาย ชายหนุ่มพเนจรที่มีชื่อว่า ฮิมุระ เคนชิน (ทาเครุ ซาโต้) ผู้มีอดีตเคยเป็นนักฆ่าผู้โด่งดังนามว่า ฮิโตคิริ บัตโตะไซ ภายหลังจากสงครามสิ้นสุดลง เขาเดินทางร่อนเร่ไปยังเมืองต่าง ๆ ตามชนบท เสนอตัวที่จะใช้ทักษะของเขาในการปกป้องผู้คน เพื่อเป็นการไถ่บาปให้กับหลายที่ชีวิตที่เขาเคยฆ่าทิ้งไปและปฏิญาณกับตนเองว่าจะไม่มีทางคร่าชีวิตผู้อื่นอีก แต่เมื่อบรรดาผู้คนที่เขารักถูกทำร้ายและทรมาน เคนชินต้องเลือกว่าจะยอมเผชิญหน้ากับอดีตอันดำมืดของเขาหรือไม่ เพื่อช่วยเหลือผู้คนเหล่านั้น
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.