Koji Arima
Virtue in Spades
as uncreditedAdaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.
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Revenge
as uncreditedAn innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai...
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Souls in the Moonlight
as uncreditedFirst part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long...
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Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
as uncreditedAfter settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in...
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Case of a Young Lord 4: Bridal Robe in Blood
as uncreditedA murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a...
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Miyamoto Musashi
as Village manIn this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the...
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Lord of Steel Heart
as Koshiro MiharaA Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a...
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Ninja Assassins
as uncreditedSaotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
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Hirado Pirates
as uncreditedIn the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado,...
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Lord Mito
as uncreditedThis most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke...
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
as uncreditedThe adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is...
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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
as uncreditedTragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants –...
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Showdown at Lightning Pass
as KyusakuA story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.
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The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
as uncreditedWhen the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the...
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Shadow Over Fuji
as uncreditedThe year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which...
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The Red Shadow
as Seiemon MoritayaFifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Sangoro YoshidaA story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely...
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Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
as uncreditedMaster swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
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Road of Chivalry
as uncreditedWhile on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising...
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Drunken Sword
as uncreditedTetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt...
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Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
as uncreditedThe story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki...
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Yakuza G-Men
as Tashiro34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to...
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Runway to Hell
as uncreditedWhen Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the...
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Lords of Oppression
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Shimizu Port of Chivalry
as uncreditedAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
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A contest worth a thousand ryo: In search of a bride
as uncreditedA village samurai with money, power and great masculinity goes to the flourishing city of Edo to...
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Roughneck From Asama
as uncreditedWhen Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss...
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Echo in the Mountains
as uncreditedA man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called...
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Good Rascals
as HikorokuA group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
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Rebellion
as uncreditedIn the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a...
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Lords of Oppression 2
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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A Spectacular Showdown
as uncreditedOne of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody...
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Brothers Serving Time
as uncreditedWhile imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking...
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Merciless Blade Part 2
as uncreditedThe second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
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An Actor's Revenge
as uncreditedNakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor...
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Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
as GobeiEight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan...
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Kagemaru of the Iga Clan
as Chaya ShirojiroA group of Iga ninja risk their lives to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu from the villianous Koga Ninja....
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Kisaragi Sword
as GenbeiThe story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new...
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Street of Wandering Men
as uncreditedWhen a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin...
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The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
as uncreditedThe second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge...
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Lord of Red Banner
as uncreditedA young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.
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No Stronger Swords
as uncreditedFeaturing some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells...
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A Chivalrous Spirit
as uncreditedAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
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The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
as uncreditedJidaigeki film from 1960
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Young Lord Yakuza
as uncreditedYoung Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under...
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Golden Valley
as uncreditedA samurai thief fights a gang of ghostly thieves using scorpions for treasure in the unexplored...
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The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
as uncreditedThe final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the...
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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
as Ito KanzaemonA wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into...
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The Domain
as uncreditedThe feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of...
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The Horse Boy
as uncreditedA humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later,...
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Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
as Honda SadoDuring the Age Of Wars (Sengoku Era), Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are vying for power...
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Black Thief
as uncreditedOrganized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
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Scarier than the Devil
as uncreditedA stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no...
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The Paper Crane
as uncreditedA wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from...
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The Kuroda Affair
as uncreditedThis adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in...
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Kunisada Chuji
as uncreditedKunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the...
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Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
as uncreditedA dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the...
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Ghost of the 53 Stations
as uncreditedKota and Kosuke, from the Hikyaku-ya shop in Edo, went to Kyoto. Contrary to their carefree...
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Rebellion from Below
as uncreditedTomu Uchida's Gyakushu Gokumon Toride is a masterpiece which treats class struggle in the end of...
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Returning Spirit
as uncreditedA tryst between the young warrior Hagiwara Shinzaburo and beautiful Otsuyu is discovered, and...
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祇園物語 春怨
as uncreditedThe story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful...
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Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
as uncreditedPart of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known...
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Red peonies on the skin
as uncreditedGenjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies,...
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The Samurai Markets
as uncreditedThe success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.
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The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
as uncreditedThe first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge...
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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba
as uncreditedEarly film by Eiichi Kudô.
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Scramble for Fortune
as uncreditedA young man and a woman are on a mission to protect a mysterious mirror that hides the secrets...
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Travels of Gonkuro
as uncreditedSugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and...
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The Cave of the Vampire Bats
as uncreditedA maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good...
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Official with a Tattoo
as uncreditedKinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did...
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Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
as Tôzaemon HayamizuChronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.
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