Keishi Arashi

Son Somuray (2003) filminin aksine büyük savaş alanlarını değil, samuray sınıfının ekonomik olarak çöktüğü ve onurlarını korumaya çalıştığı günlük yaşamı en gerçekçi ve hüzünlü dille anlatan yapımlardandır. ​19. yüzyılın ortalarında, Meiji Restorasyonu'na giden süreçte geçer. Düşük rütbeli, yoksul bir samuray olan Seibei, bir yandan hasta annesine ve çocuklarına bakmak için tarlalarda çalışırken, bir yandan da klanının emriyle ölümcül bir göreve gitmek zorunda kalır. Oscar’a aday gösterilmiş bu film, geleneksel samuray ruhunun derinliklerini anlamak için birebirdir.

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.

A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...