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A pair of hard boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew As they try to track down the killer, they discover that, quite liter

In part five of the 8 part Shinobi No Mono Ninja film series the heroic ninja Kirigakure Saizo Raizo Ichikawa, of Sleepy Eyes of Death fame serves the daimyo Sanada, played by Lone Wolf and Cub star Tomisaburo Wakiyama They are

A meeting and romance starts between two people with communication issues a boy who wears headphones and uses haiku poems, and a girl who wears a mask and only does online videos

During the 17th Century bands of hatamoto, samurai vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate, were causing havoc in the new capital city of Edo Opposing them was Banzui in Chobei,whose sole aim was to save Edo from the hatamoto as thei

This film of the sleepy eyed ronin series has the hero talked into escorting a precious religious artifact to Kyoto, Japan A sect of Christian swordsmen are lying in wait to steal the statuette What does it take for the relucta

The orphan swordsman wanders into a town and stumbles upon the opportunity to do righteous deeds He finds a larger plot is afoot with a corrupt court system, a well meaning public servant and lots of danger for all involved

A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord

When we last saw the intrepid ninja Ishikawa Goemon Raizo Ichikawa, he was about to be boiled alive But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even harder to kill With the help of the enigmatic Hattori Hanzo, Goemon lives to s

As change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of respect for their leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai However, as his involvement goes, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict

An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates Set in a small seaside town in Japan, the love of her life eventually leaves her for her boyfriend in Tokyo

The shoguns illegitimate son decapitates a peasant which draws in nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro into more sword fighting adventures when hes blamed for the beheading

A young man struggles to come to terms with his true identity in a remote caste based village in early 20th century Japan

A team of samurai warriors team up to defeat a shape changing, supernatural creature

The hero avenges a band of samurai whose master was unceremoniously assassinated for seeking justice and better conditions for the citizens The city shall burn for the elites greed

Kosuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder Then some murders happen Kindaichi must find out about the past in o

Our anti hero discovers locals who are oppressed, held captive against their will For the swordsman to succeed, he first must wade through traps and assassins, and a few seductive maidens

A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides

When technical illustrator Tony Takitani asks his wife to resist her all consuming obsession for designer clothes, the consequences are tragic

Sakimori Kagami plays a VRMMORPG called Arch Earth Online He is a veteran player with the name and appearance similar to an elderly bearded wizard from a certain book about a ring One day he purchases an appearance change item

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three wanderers who travel through feudal Japan selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls

Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe

Hiroshi Ando aka Zoo Synopsis This collection of shocking, unpredictable stories feature the first screen adaptation of the number one young author of his generation, Otsuichi Working with five different directors, ZOO fea

The life of Kinuyo Tanaka, who has played in many Kenji Mizoguchis films

The cat of the title roams around the house of a poor schoolteacher in the late 19th century, observing the goings on of the teacher and his neighbors

The dream of Tokugawa Ieyasu has come true together with his son Hidetada he rules all over Japan

A web of deceit, adultery and greed manifests in Kon Ichikawas remake of his own 1976 hit about a murder investigation that reveals years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret

A man of questionable birth peacefully raises flowers, but after he masters a special sword fighting technique, his life takes a dark turn

3 people suffering from psychiatric problems, and a doctor stranger than any of them

Koji Namiki, a talented young pitcher, who had won the National High School Baseball Championships enters university, but soon afterwards injures his elbow He and his teammates work hard to get back on the field placing all his

Koto is a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura in an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabatas story The Old Capital

Eight film artists from different countries are given carte blanche to make a collection of short documentaries on the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, offering unexpected, original and often humorous perspectives

Tugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth Her parents spoiled her and she is rough and selfish However, a few people are attracted by her beauty and unique character In this summer, Tugum

A man wakes from suspended animation to find himself in a world where only a million men survived an epidemic He is selected for breeding as part of a repopulation program

A wandering yakuza in search for the man responsible for slicing up his father and an amateur samurai searching for the whereabouts of his own father are thrown together on the outskirts of a mob infested seaside village

Evil Queen Himiko and her army invade a small rural province in order to kill a Phoenix in order to achieve immortality, a young boy survives and goes on an adventure to amend the injustices

A man has a wife and nine girlfriends, all ten of whom are fed up with his shameless polygamy and plot to kill him However, this is easier said than done