Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the townspeople have been unable to defend themselves and Inaba sets out to teach them how to stand up for themselves. Meanwhile the vile Lord Yasumasa has sent the 4 finest swordsmen in the clan out to hunt Inaba down and kill him. Led by the magnificent Ichibei (Konoe), a master of weaponry in his own right, everything points to an ultimate showdown between the former friends in a battle to the death.
Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.
A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
Matsu-yan
신슈 산골의 외딴 마을. 춥고 척박한 이 마을에서는 입을 덜기 위해, 70세가 넘은 노인은 산속에 버려야 한다는 규칙이 있다. 일흔을 목전에 둔 오린은 아들 다쓰헤이에게 후처를 들이게 해 안심하고 산에 갈 수 있다고 기뻐한다.
