Shojiro Ogura
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
Shichisaburo
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
Kuroda Tadatsugu
Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.
This remake of Satomi Hakkenden is the most requested of all Toei movies and features some of the greatest special effects ever filmed. Set in the mountains of Awa Province, a monster bat from the heavens, a monster eagle from the clouds, a killer amphibian man, and a fire-breathing monster serpent! Mean-while being protected by the black magic of two sorceresses, the army of Ogigayatsu Sadamasa surges on! Young Satomi Yoshimichi stands up to the onslaught in defense of peace and happiness. As incarnates of the loyal family canine Yatsufusa, eight young warriors are bound by eight mystical beads of virtue. These are the adventures of eight warrior brothers, Satomi Hakkenden!
里見浩太郎主演のシリーズ第二作。蝦夷を舞台に剣と恋の大スペクタクル痛快作。四代将軍家綱の世、蝦夷各地でアイヌの一族が蜂起し、松前藩の砦を次々と襲っていた。家綱は乳兄弟である京月獅子之助をアイヌとの和睦の使者として、蝦夷に派遣する。獅子之助は腰巾着の勘次とお町をお供に蝦夷に乗り込む。アイヌの頭目クチガイは元隠密の山内左馬之助らと結託し、白熊族の頭目タチキを扇動していた。タチキは彼らから渡された銃を使って砦を襲撃していたのだ。
里見浩太郎の初主演による痛快娯楽時代劇。黄金蜘蛛党と名乗る黒頭巾の一団が上信越の国境付近に出没。江戸ヘ向かう佐渡からの金輸送隊を襲撃する事件が続発していた。この事件を調べるため、将軍家綱は乳兄弟である京月獅子之助を現地に派遣する。獅子之助は輸送団の護衛についていて殺された友人の妹と素っ飛びの勘次を伴って江戸を出発した。信州・上田城で、藩主達から輸送隊消失の状況を聞いた獅子之助は次席家老小市将監の様子に不審感を持つ。
