In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Read More »
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Samurai Saga AKA Aru kengo no shogai (1959) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Akira Takarada
Edmund Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. Read More »
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest Samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Read More »
Samurai Banners (1969) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kinnosuke Nakamura
Feudal Japan, 1543 to 1562. Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. Read More »
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. Read More »
The Three Treasures (1959) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Akihiko Hirata
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor Keikoh’s son Ouso expects to succeed his father Read More »
Sword for Hire (1952) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Rentarô Mikuni, Danshirô Ichikawa
Soldiers Hayatenosuke Sasa and Kagami Yaheiji leave their besieged castle on a secret mission into the enemy camp. Read More »
Sasaki Kojiro (1967) Hiroshi Inagaki, Hideyo Amamoto, Yuriko Hoshi, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Read More »