Hideo Ôtsuka

Usta Samuray Kambei'nin cesareti ve fedakarlığına şahit olan bir grup köylü ondan sürekli olarak haydutların baskınlarına uğrayan köylerini korumasını isterler. Kambei bu isteği herhangi bir çıkarı olmamasına rağmen kabul eder ve ilk olarak kısa süre sonra müridi olan genç samuray Katsushiro'yu, ardından da güç kullanmaya meraklı bir samuray olarak görünen fakat sonradan bir çiftçinin oğlu olduğu ortaya çıkan Kikuchiyo'yu yanına alır. Takımına dört yeni samuray daha ekleyerek köyü savunmaya girişen Kambei köylüler tarafından sevinçle karşılanır ve herkesin sevgisini kazanır; bir süre sonra onlara kendilerini savunmayı öğretmeye başlar. Bu arada haydutlar köyün sınırlarında dolaşmakta ve yeni saldırıları için uygun bir zaman kollamaktadırlar...

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.

As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young investigators—two pilots and a reporter—take it upon themselves to study these unexplained phenomena in order to inform and protect the public.