[Period covered: 1614-1615] 4th film in the shinobi no mono series Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only ones who can penetrate the fortress, but unfortunately for Ieyasu, Kirigakure Saizo (Ichikawa) and the other Toyotomi ninja can just as easily get out. As armies of samurai maneuver for battle, the fate of the nation will be decided by a desperate struggle in the dark!
Sir Katagiri Saburo Takayuki
A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is busy knocking off the shogun's lawful heirs to secure the shogunate for her son.
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off her allowance. The enraged princess promptly hatches a scheme to have Asahina bumped off -- along with his protector, Kyoshiro. Shiho Fujimura also stars in this installment of the enormously popular film series.
Hidetsugu Toyotomi
[Period covered: 1595-1600] Third film in the famous shinobi no mono series. We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon (Raizo Ichikawa), as he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even harder to kill. With the help of the enigmatic Hattori Hanzo, Goemon lives to skulk another day, and sets his sights on bringing down the warlord who tried to turn him into soup – Toyotomi Hideyoshi. And as always, in the background, the suble hand of Tokugawa Ieyasu is pulling strings as he plots to rule all of Japan!
принц Итихара
Япония, VIII век. История монаха Докё, ставшего фаворитом императрицы Сётоку.
Fujiki Ichinoshin
Sakichi
Слепой меченосец Затоiчи соглашается помериться силами с головорезами из местной якудзы. Не рассчитав последствий, он побеждает одного за другим. Пора уносить ноги. Но тут выясняется, что в той же деревне находится Танэ — когда-то потерянная возлюбленная Затоiчи, ныне ставшая подругой одного из самураев. Это травматическое известие нарушает планы сурового воина, и он остается в деревне. Тем временем жажда мщения толкает побежденных нечестивцев на решительные меры.
Tonosuke Kondo
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose.
The womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consumated....
Kojûrô Kusunoki
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsenhumi out of admiration for its leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.
Asanosuke
Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.
Mondo Tadokoro
Такакура Синго, молодой самурай из не особо знатного рода, возвращается домой после трёхлетних странствий и обучений. Сразу же после прибытия ему приходится принять участие в поединке с мастером Содзи Кахэи, победившем сильнейших бойцов клана Коморо. Одержав победу, Синго наживает себе врага в лице самурая Икэбэ, чей сын Гидзуро проиграл схватку с Кахэи.
Emperor Suzaku
Хотя фильм снят не по прославленному роману Мурасаки-сикибу, а по произведению Мацутаро Кавагути, он довольно неплохо отражает дух классического источника и культуру Хэйян, основанную на чувствах, оттенках, обертонах и ароматах.
