大奥犯科帳 (1983)

幕末の庄内地方。海坂藩の御蔵役を務める井口清兵衛は、夕方に仕事を終えると同僚の酒の誘いも断り真っ直ぐ自宅に帰り、家事と内職にいそしんでいた。認知症を抱える老母と幼い2人の娘の世話、そして労咳で死んだ妻の薬代や葬儀などで嵩んだ借金を返済するためだ。日々の暮らしに追われ、次第に身なりが薄汚れていく清兵衛。同僚の中には、そんな彼を陰で「たそがれ清兵衛」と呼んで小馬鹿にする者もいた。 春、清兵衛は親友の飯沼倫之丞と再会する。倫之丞は妹の朋江が酒乱の夫・甲田豊太郎に度々暴力を振るわれるため、離縁させたことを清兵衛にうちあける。

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

三村新之丞は東北の小藩に仕える三十石の下級武士。剣術の覚えもあり、藩校でも秀才と言われながら、現在の勤めは毒味役。張り合いのない役目に不満を持ちながらも、美しく気立てのいい妻・加代とつましくも笑いの絶えない平和な日々を送っていた。ところが、そんな平穏な生活が一変してしまう。貝の毒にあたった新之丞が、一命は取り留めたものの失明してしまったのだ。絶望し、自ら命を絶とうとする新之丞を、加代は懸命に思い留まらせるのだった。しかし、武士としての勤めを果たせなくなった以上、藩の沙汰次第では生きていくことも叶わない。そこで加代は、嫁入り前からの顔見知りだった上級武士の島田藤弥に相談を持ちかけるのだったが…。

江戸時代、海坂藩の近習頭取・兼見三左ェ門は、藩主・右京太夫の失政の元凶である愛妾・連子を3年前に城中で刺し殺すものの寛大な処分によって再び藩主に仕えることに。亡妻・睦江のめいであり、身の周りの世話をしてくれる里尾との日々の中で生きる力を取り戻す。

幕末。東北の小藩である海坂藩の平侍であった片桐宗蔵は、母と妹の志乃、女中のきえと貧しくも平穏な日々を送っていた。やがて母が亡くなり、志乃ときえは嫁入りしていった。ある雪の日、宗蔵ときえは３年ぶりに町で再会するが、きえのやつれた表情に宗蔵は胸を痛める。きえが嫁ぎ先で酷い扱いを受け寝込んでいることを知った彼は自宅へ連れ帰り、回復したきえと共に暮らし始める。そんな時、藩に大事件が起きた。宗蔵と同じく藩の剣術指南役・戸田寛斎の門下生だった狭間弥市郎が謀反を企んだ罪で囚われ、さらに山奥の牢を破って逃げ出したのだ。宗蔵は、逃亡した弥市郎を斬るよう家老に命じられる。

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……。

Can't find an English synopsis. Ooku Special that aired May 13th, 1983 on Fuji TV.

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.

The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojo for the honor to perform the tea ceremony to celebrate the birth of an heir to the lord of their clan. To see the sacred tea scrolls Gonza promises to marry the daughter of the family which possesses them, even though he is unofficially engaged to another. When studying the scrolls with Osai, the mother of the house, Bannajo sneaks into the house and steals their obis and runs through the town proclaiming the two as adulterers.

アニメ映画「BLACKFOX」の連動企画で実写版として製作された特撮アクション時代劇。アニメ版の主人公の石動律花の先祖の江戸時代の女性忍者の活躍を描く「エピソードゼロ」。

An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?

An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable daughter to a suitor she doesn't love.

真田広之扮する侍がアメリカの西部を行くウェスタン。1860年、開国を決意した幕府は、サンフランシスコに日米修好使節団の護衛を送り込む。しかし、幕府の秘密資金が盗まれ、開国阻止を目論む刺客の健吉と、艦長護衛役の忍者・為次郎は協力してその行方を追うことに。

Nakadai Tatsuya, Japan’s greatest living actor, gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuke, and elderly samurai forced to pick up his sword to protect those he loves in this adaptation of a Fujisawa Shuhei novel. As a ”Heya-zumi” (essentially a freeloader living off his family) Sanosuke has one last chance to help his grandniece escape from the cruel samurai of an arranged marriage. Nakadai proves he ”still has it,” when fate forces him into a deadly duel. This award winning samurai drama from the pen of noted author Fujisawa Shuhei is a tribute to one of the greatest actors to ever grace the silver screen!

The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.

1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.

From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!

浅野内匠頭が江戸城内で吉良上野介に斬りつけた事件によって、お家断絶の処分を受けた浅野家。城代家老・大帥z内蔵助cw京ct遊里で放蕩三昧の日々を送りながらも、密かに仇討ちの計画を練っていた。だが、同志たちは大石に不信感を抱くようになり…。

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.