怪人まだら頭巾

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro must use his phenomenal sword skills to overcome the evil and find the love of his life. Another must have for fans of the great Otomo Ryutaro. And don't let the "silly" English title fool y...

Runtime

1h 25m

Cast

Ryutaro Otomo, Yumiko Hasegawa, Hitomi Nakahara

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Jap...

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Yoji Yamada

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi

The era when Samurai and Ninja existed in Japan. Rikka Isurugi was born and raised in a Ninja clan secluded from society. She soon meets Miya, a girl with a mysterious power, who is found lost in the mountains. As Rikka is concerned that someone is pursuing Miya, she also asks the head the of Isurugi Ninja Clan for permission to avenge...

Runtime

1h 32m

Cast

Chihiro Yamamoto, Maimi Yajima, Sakurako Okubo

Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.

Runtime

2h 15m

Cast

Kantarô Nakamura, Kankuro Nakamura, Tori Matsuzaka

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

Runtime

2h 40m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu