Time Burst: The Final Alliance

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when...

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Cast

Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō

A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Hiroyuki Nakano

Cast

Morio Kazama, Tomoyasu Hotei, Tamaki Ogawa

Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack, but chaos erupts when the assassins find Kotaro, and No Name must face his past before a horrible fate is met again.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Masahiro Ando

Cast

Tomoya Nagase, Yuri Chinen, Koichi Yamadera

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai and family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the low pay he receives from his small-town clan. He is forced by his love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.

Runtime

2h 17m

Director

Yojiro Takita

Cast

Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting H...

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita