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Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: English
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda. Stars: Takeshi Titano Tadanobu Asano Yuko Daike Michiyo Yasuda Yui Natsukawa Tsumami Edamame Keiichi Suzuki
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda. Stars: Takeshi Titano Tadanobu Asano Yuko Daike Michiyo Yasuda Yui Natsukawa Tsumami Edamame Keiichi Suzuki
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: None
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Kinji Fukasaku
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Kinji Fukasaku
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: English
A man getting revenge. Attempt to reach the castle an find the right path.
Stars: Katsutoshi Akiyama, Masaharu Arikawa, Akemi Asahina, Yoshiyuki Kuroda
A man getting revenge. Attempt to reach the castle an find the right path.
Stars: Katsutoshi Akiyama, Masaharu Arikawa, Akemi Asahina, Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: English
A team of skilled fighters navigate a house rigged with an array of ingenious and deadly traps.
Stars: Feng Lu, Li Wang, Tien-Hsiang Lung, Cheh Chang
A team of skilled fighters navigate a house rigged with an array of ingenious and deadly traps.
Stars: Feng Lu, Li Wang, Tien-Hsiang Lung, Cheh Chang
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: None
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft.
Stars: Yoshio Harada, Atsuo Nakamura, Kayo Matsuo, Sanae Kitabayashi, Yûzô Hayakawa, Katsuo Nakamura, Kazuo Ikehiro (I), Saho Sasazawa, Takeo Watanabe (I)
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft.
Stars: Yoshio Harada, Atsuo Nakamura, Kayo Matsuo, Sanae Kitabayashi, Yûzô Hayakawa, Katsuo Nakamura, Kazuo Ikehiro (I), Saho Sasazawa, Takeo Watanabe (I)
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: None
Zatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same side?
Zatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same side?
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: None
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: English
Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.
Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: None
February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status.
Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Kihachi Okamoto
February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status.
Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Kihachi Okamoto
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: None
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he's about to repeat their mistakes. Stars: Kinnosuki Nakamura Kyoko Kishida Eijiro Tono Masayuki Mori Takeshi Kato Yoshiko Mita Tadashi Imai Norio Nanjo
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he's about to repeat their mistakes. Stars: Kinnosuki Nakamura Kyoko Kishida Eijiro Tono Masayuki Mori Takeshi Kato Yoshiko Mita Tadashi Imai Norio Nanjo
Movie Language: Japanese Subtitles: English
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
