Yoshirō Aoki

When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.

As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbor, Nariatsu. But when the Oshi clan is blamed for the incident, eleven of their best warriors decide to trade their lives for justice.

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

The adventures of a ronin, a samurai without a feudal lord, trying to achieve safety in a neighbouring domain.

A young man returns home from the bar only to find a woman who was about to kill herself. Taking her home and protecting her, he learns that she's escaped from a violent husband - but there's more to her story than she's willing t...