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“大魔神”シリーズ第2弾。戦国時代、名越一族と千草一族は、八雲の湖をはさんで暮らしていた。そして湖の中央にある神の島に祭られる武神像により、平和を守られていた。そんな中、千草家の跡取り息子十郎と名越家の娘早百合は結婚することとなっており、両家の長期にわたる幸福な関係は約束されているかにみえた。ところが彼らは思わぬ侵略にさらされることになる。隣国の領主御子柴弾正は、まず千草一族、続いて名越一族を倒し、その領地を手に入れる。さらに両家を守り続けてきた武神像を破壊し、湖に捨ててしまう。そして邪魔になった十郎と早百合を処刑しようとする。絶体絶命と思ったその時、湖がまっぷたつに割れ、巨大な魔神が現れる……。神ノ島関係のシーンは、京都撮影所内に大規模なセットを組んで撮影。湖面を二つに割って登場する大魔神が圧巻。
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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....
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Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.
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Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the profligacy of his cruel master and Satoko's utter dependence on the man. Jinen is both fascinated and disturbed by Satoko's interest in him; he is similarly caught between loathing of Kikuchi and of the dark circumstances of his birth and his own moral weakness. The story unfolds in a dreamlike manner—a flashback inspired by a now-infamous image on a silkscreen in the souvenir shop at the so-called Temple of the Wild Geese.
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A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman