新選組鬼隊長 (1954)

盲目のやくざ・市がある宿場町に到着した。その町はやくざの銀蔵一家に支配され、人々は苦しい生活を強いられていた。ここで市はおうめの家に厄介になる。賭場にて遊び人でおうめの甥の新吉と出会い、幼少時に盗賊に両親を殺害され、その親の仇を探して旅をしている芸者の姉妹と出会う。脱藩して職を失った浪人もこの町にたどりつき、剣術の腕を買われて銀蔵一家の用心棒を務める。とある飯屋で市と浪人は出会い、互いに相手の剣術の凄さを見抜くのだった。

The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.

A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samurai who founded a school for underprivileged children in a poor neighborhood. Into the mix comes a young woman running away from a forced marriage disguised as a teenage boy and becomes a student of the beloved Sensei, while he staves off the advances of a skilled pickpocket and prepares for a bloody showdown against a direct retainer of the shogun!

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.

It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film, and in this re-make of NINJA GARI, he not only does that, but has created an even better piece. While the original from 1964 starred the great old-time actor Konoe Jushiro, this version is perfectly cast with his son Matsukata Hiroki in the lead as Wadakuro, one of four ronin hired to fight against the Shogunate's plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, who are struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord. Facing the threat of the Koga Ninja, Wadakuro shows his own cruelty while on a personal vendetta. This is a very brutal film, with lots of realistic ninja action, violent deaths, a dark story line and is completely without any light-hearted 'humor' elements that Toei used to incorperate back in the golden era. And with Matsukata Hiroki's outstanding martial skills, the swordplay is even better in this one. This is definitely one of the best ninja movies ever made!

Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo is a samurai eager to test his skills and sword and make his first kill. The dojo he belongs to practices the Tennen Rishin style and teaches this to farmers. Not considered real samurai by other dojo's, they receive a request for a duel by a rival dojo practicing the Kogen Itto style. Sohaku Rokusha, a teacher there, challenges them and fights with Hijikata Toshizo. The outcome of the fight creates a deadly animosity between them that lasts through the ages.

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.

A samurai purchases a new sword only to find it is already dull. When he returns to the dull looking merchant to complain, something quite unexpected happens.

In the time of the peaceful Toyotomi Era, Shinotada, the master of Kochi Family, a source of revenue for the Tokugawa, is trying to marry his younger sister Princess Fuji to Akinobu Sunekazura, who has connections with the rival Toyotomi, in order to bring peace. One of sixteen great warriors of Tokugawa, Hattori Hanzo, entrusts his wish and gathers the remnants of Iga Village, which was destroyed by Oda Nobunaga, and orders them to guard Princess Fuji. The Council of Elders of Sunekazura, hire the Fuma Ninja led by Fuma Kotaro, joined by the Koga Ninja, led by Sarutobi Sasuke, who is serving Hideyoshi Toyotomi, to assassinate Princess Fuji! Can Hanzo Hattori with the Iga remnants prevent this evil plot and protect the princess? Once again, Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba plays the leading role of Hanzo Hattori with his old enemy, Sarutobi Sasuke, played by Hiroki Matsukata. The presence of both famous actors will overwhelm any audience!

江戸の方々で、口に六文銭をくわえさせられた遺体が発見される。南町奉行所では役立たず扱いされる同心だが、実は仕事人の中村主水は、公務として捜査を始める。一方、主水ら仕事人の元締めである三味線弾きのおりくは、見つかった遺体が仕事人ばかりだと気づき、その裏に大掛かりな陰謀があることを知る。主水らはやがて黒幕が江戸中の“仕事”を独占しようとたくらむ大物仕事人・庄兵衛の一味であることを突き止める。

Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit willtake him along a twisted trail that involves the Shogun's harem, hidden christians, and positively pregnant politics!

Wearing a mask to hide his identity, a deadly swordsman challenges a tyrant from the Ruling Council of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Both TANUMA Okitsugu of the ‘Roju’ (Ruling Council) and his son Okitomo, the Magistrate in charge of the gold mint, have been abusing their political power to steal gold by casting coins with only half the amount of precious metal and keeping the rest for themselves. TAKAHASHI Hideki stars as a popular Ukiyoe artist, KANO Hidemaro, who dons a purple hood to hide his real identity, has learned of their plot and fights to stop them. The Purple Hooded Avenger is a well-known and popular series in Japan, and he stands up against injustice from the powerful ‘Elder’ TANUMA of the ‘Roju’. The story told here occurred during the 'Tenmei' Era (1781-1789). An extraordinary movie, a must see!

巻町操に緋村剣心の捜索を命じた京都御庭番衆の頭・翁が斬られた。それを見た操は思い人・蒼紫を追うことをあきらめ、京都御庭番衆御頭となることを決意。剣心に蒼紫を討つよう依頼する。京都破壊計画の糸を操る志々雄真実の策略を阻止するため、操は京都を防衛し、剣心は大阪港へ向かう。

時は加賀騒動の前後。加賀藩6代藩主・前田吉徳の側室・お貞の方に仕える女中の春は、江戸屋敷で出会った加賀藩台所方・舟木伝内から、彼の息子・安信の嫁にと望まれる。春は一度は断ったが、伝内の熱意に心を打たれ、お貞の方からの助言もあり舟木家への嫁入りを決意する。兄の急死で跡取りとなった安信は、料理の腕はからっきし駄目であり、御料理人の務めにも身が入らなかった。親戚を招いての試食会で出した料理を身内からも批判される姿を目の当たりにした春は、汁物の味付けをこっそり替えて出す。その行為に立腹した安信であったが、「包丁侍なぞつまらぬ」との暴言に怒った春から「離婚か料理指導か」を賭けた料理勝負を挑まれ敗北、改めて彼女の実力を知る。春のスパルタ料理指導の甲斐あって、安信は徐々に腕も上達し出世していく。安信の昇進を家族はもちろん、親友の今井定之進・佐代夫妻も喜ぶが、春は姑・満との会話から、かつて安信と佐代が恋仲だったことを知ってしまう。

天下統一を目指す豊臣秀吉は関東の雄・北条家に大軍を投じるも、その中には最後まで落ちなかった武州・忍城（おしじょう）と呼ばれる支城があった。その城には領民からでくのぼうをやゆした“のぼう様”と呼ばれ、誰も及ばぬ人気で人心を掌握する成田長親（野村萬斎）という城代がいた。秀吉は20,000の軍勢で攻撃を開始するが、将に求められる智も仁も勇もない、文字通りのでくのぼうのような男の長親は、その40分の1の軍勢で迎え討とうとする。

江戸時代末期、アメリカから駿河の国の小藩に流れ着いた黒人3人が、音楽好きの大名と出会い、城中でジャムセッションを繰り広げる姿を描く奇想天外なコメディ。筒井康隆の同名短編を「近頃なぜかチャールストン」の岡本喜八監督が映画化。故郷アフリカへ帰るはずが、メキシコ商人に騙されて香港行きの船に乗せられた黒人4人組。ある日、病気で死んだ一人を残し、大嵐の中ボートで脱出を図った3人は駿河湾の庵原藩に助けられる。音楽好きの藩主は彼らの演奏するジャズの虜となり……。

An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.

ある出来事により、侍として戦うことをやめ、刀を捨てた野見勘十郎（野見隆明）。そんな父に対し、娘（熊田聖亜）は反発していた。2人は、あてもなく旅をしていたのだが、無断で脱藩した勘十郎には懸賞金がかけられており、とうとう捕まってしまう。しかし、奇人として世間では有名だった殿様から「30日の業」に成功したら、無罪にすると言われる。

At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.