Shozo Honda

In the end of 19th century Japan, followers of judo and jujitsu battle for supremacy in Japanese martial arts.

The further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.

Novena de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. En esta novena entrega, Zatoichi trata de ayudar a una mujer que esta buscando a su padre, jefe de una aldea, que ha desaparecido. Por otro lado, otra mujer le pide ayuda para su hermano ya que este ha asesinado a alguien. ¿Estarán ambos casos relacionados?

Quinta de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. En esta quinta entrega, un viejo a punto de morir le pide a Zatoichi que acompañe a una joven hasta Edo. Zatoichi decide concederle ese último deseo y emprende el camino. Pero el viaje no resultará ni mucho menos tranquilo...

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lord and the other two shadows are killed in battle and he must take on the role of Lord Yasutaka....

Un hombre honesto se une a los Shinsengumi por respeto a su líder y porque quiere vivir y morir como un samurai. Sin embargo, a medida que su participación en el grupo aumenta, la realidad y el idealismo entran en conflicto mortal.

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.

Segunda de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. En esta segunda entrega, Zatoichi se encuentra a un hombre, el cual carece de un brazo por culpa de un ataque de Zatoichi, celoso de él ante la posibilidad de perder a su amada...

The son of an executioner and the assassin he loved yet murdered learns of his origins, leaving his foster parents to avenge his mother's death.

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.

Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.

During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When they next meet they have all joined opposing sides.

A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.

Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing their blades in a duel to the death.

Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of servants and onlookers suddenly come upon an apparition of a ghostly white-draped female figure floating down to the ground. As she turns to face the crowd, the woman reveals the disfigured right side of her face. As the procession stands in utter horror, the ghost then takes flight again and down a side street. After the shock wears off, the bride is checked on and everyone is safe in the group. Once the wedding party finally arrives at the groom's home, they apologize for the delay... and proceed to open the kago, only to realize that the bride-to-be is now missing... and all that's left in the carriage is a single white snake slithering about.

Film adaption by Kenji Misumi