
July 27, 1919 · 106 years old

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.

Five warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader.

A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance.

A samurai with a high skill in chess makes friends with Zatoichi, who finds that things become peculiar in his presence.

A seductive woman gets kidnapped into prostitution. After getting a spider tattoo made on her back, she grows vengeful, leaving several men in her path.

Zatoichi, while fighting off the usual group of gangsters, meets the apprentice of the swordsman who created his blade, who relays bad news about the sword.

The lives of a master sculptor and his young apprentice are changed forever when they meet an evil witch during a snow storm.

Alternating in time, between the end of World War II and 1953, Haruko, a widow, does what she can to keep her daughter Utako and son Seiichi safe, fed, and sheltered. By 1953, it's clear that the children, as they enter adulthood,...

Tange Tenzen and Nakayama Yasubei are honorable samurai living in an era of corrupt officials and treacherous clans. But after finding themselves in opposing clans and ensnared in a love triangle, only bloodshed can ensue! An epic...

Tsurumatsu, a young boy, is supposed to be a new Lord but he's not really interested, he would rather be a carpenter. So he gets kidnapped and it's up to Nemuri Kyoshiro to save him.

A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a campaign to take over Tokyo's drug, prostitution, and gambling rackets.

Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet. When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe.