Asao Koike

The wife of a samurai, who was leading a happy life, dies in a fit of wind. On the verge of death, she makes her husband promise that she will ...

Samon, who had left his position as a police constable, embarks on a journey. During his travel, he is attacked by a group of masked bandits and ...

Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.

Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, ...

Japanese film.

During the reign of Shogun Iemitsu, a great martial arts tournament was held to determine whether or not Iemitsu was to remain in power or cede ...

Account magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji Temple to explore the Sado Gold Mine. They suspect ...

A death occurs during a mountain-climbing expedition.

The “lowly ronin” meets a child who is being chased by men that killed his father before his eyes. Feeling indebted to the child for ...

It’s a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film, and in this re-make of NINJA GARI, he ...

Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in Africa where the family had been living ...

Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its ...

When a broadcasting company takes away its financial support from a symphony orchestra, some of the members refuse to admit defeat. The first ...

There are two bizarre rumors spreading about a girls’ high school called “Seiwa Joshi Gakuen.” The first is a “Hanako-san in the ...

The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on a lake a particularly eye-catching one with a ...

In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search ...