The Maiden Courtesan

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Tadanobu Asano

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Runtime

3h 27m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki

In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa