Takeshi Katō

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...

Shakespeare’in Kral Lear’inde, 16. yy’ın yaşlı lordu Lear krallığını üç kızı arasında paylaştırmaya karar verir. Her biri ülkenin üç farklı yerindeki kalelerde yaşayarak sadakatlarini kanıtlayacaklardır. Büyük kızları menfaatleri için sahte bir samimiyet içine girerken, babasına duyduğu bağlılıkla en küçük kızı O’nun gerçekleri görmesi için uğraşır. Ran İngiliz edebiyatına ait bu eserinin Japon uyarlaması. Orjinalindeki kız çocuklar erkek olarak değiştirilmiş ve Kral Lear karakteri de Lord Hidetora Ichimonji olarak karşımıza çıkıyor.

Bay Gondo ulusal ayakkabıcılık şirketinde payı olan bir iş adamıdır. Bir gün şirketteki payını arttırıp şirketteki en büyük söz sahibi olmak için alnının teriyle biriktirdiği her şeyi şirket hisseleri için yatırır ve evini ipotek ettirir. Aynı dönemde çocuğu kaçırılır fakat çocuk bay Gondo nun değil onun hizmetinde çalışan başka bir şahsa aittir. Çocuğu kaçıran kişi ise bu yanlışı fark eder ve daha önce istediği fidyeyi yine bay Gondo dan ister. Bay Gondo parayı verip vermemesi konusunda teredütte kalır.

Shakespeare'in Macbeth'inin ortaçağ Japonya'sına uyarlaması olan film, imparatorluk-derebeylik içindeki hırs mücadelesini işliyor. Lord Washizu ve Lord Miki, büyük bir askeri zaferin ardından Cobweb ormanında kaybolurlar. Burada Washizu'nun geleceğinde görkemli şeyler gören, Miki'nin soyundan gelecekler için daha da görkemli şeyler tahmin eden gizemli bir yaşlı kadınla karşılaşırlar. Hırslı eşinin de kışkırtmasıyla Washizu İmparator'u öldürmek pahasına da olsa bu kehanetin daha da fazlasını gerçekleştirmek için planlar yapmaya girişir.

Serbest çalışan işsiz ve aç bir samuray, bir kasabaya gelir. Kasabanın iki kavgalı çetesi vardır. Samuray, önce bir çeteye, sonra diğer çeteye hizmet sunarak iki tarafı birbirine düşürmeyi ve bu şekilde kasabayı temizlemeyi planlar. Amacı taraf tutmayarak oyunun kurallarını yeniden yazmaktır.

A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients" / targets that she shoots right after having sex with them in her completely darkened bedroom.

Feodal Japonya'da, klanlar arasındaki kanlı bir savaş sırasında, yenilmiş bir ordunun askerleri olan iki korkak ve açgözlü köylü, onları dağlarda saklı bir kaleye götüren gizemli bir adama rastlar.

Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

Kin dolu genç, babasının intiharının arkasında yatanları araştırmak için yozlaşmış bir fabrika yöneticisinin kızıyla evlenir. Film kısaca Japonya'daki devlet dairelerinde meydana gelen rüşvet olayları ve bunun sonucunda babasını kaybeden Sai adlı gencin iyi planlanmış intikamını anlatıyor.

American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during World War II, must make a temporary truce and cooperate to survive various tribulations. Told through the eyes of the American and Japanese unit commanders, who must deal with an atmosphere of growing distrust and tension between their men.

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to avenge his Boss. He must make a life or death decision as he is asked to protect a gang from attack. Part 2: A pair of gamblers chased out of a crooked game must fight not only their pursuers, but the ghosts of their pasts as well. Part 3: A wanderer who wants to live according to the Yakuza Code, but is not sure that he can do so when asked to save a town from an evil official.

Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also grappling with the issue of mortality as he deals with the impending death of his ailing father, who has decided to spend his final days in the family home. As the story progresses, Koichi finds unexpected solace from his grief by letting his troubled student visit and meet with his father in the hopes that he will understand the meaning of life and death.

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic Games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.

A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of ​​Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.

Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.

When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.

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.

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him.

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.

Five descendants of the people showered with Bio Particles by Bio Robots five centuries in the past have become Biomen. They transform with the Bio Brace and fight using their Super Electronic Brains on their masks. Their Bioswords are equipped with sword and gun modes.

While the adults were devouring the country in peace the young girls are now plunging into the Sengoku Period. A domination of fear and terror by the Zenchura, a federation of banchos nationwide, began. With 80% of the nation's middle schools already under its control. Yet, there was one girl who was determined to crush those wicked ambitions. Her name is Asuka Kuraku.

"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master.

The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.

The life of Prince Hikaru Genji, who was nicknamed "Shining" by people for his dazzling noble beauty. Based on the novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu.