The story follows two greedy peasants in feudal Japan, Tahei and Matashichi Read More »
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Samurai Rebellion / Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967) Masaki Kobayashi, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Gô Katô
During peace in 1725, aging swordsman Isaburo is living a henpecked life when his clan Read More »
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man / Muhomatsu no issho (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa
In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro “Matsu” Read More »
Ninjitsu, Part II AKA Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Kôji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing Read More »
Ninjitsu AKA Yagyû bugeichô (1957) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Kyôko Kagawa
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which Read More »
Adventure in Kigan Castle / Kiganjô no bôken (1966) Senkichi Taniguchi, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Makoto Satô
Liberated from a slave auction, Osami joins with priest Ensai on a quest to find and deliver relics of the Buddha to Osami’s brother Read More »
The Ambush: Incident at Blood Pass AKA Machibuse (1970) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yûjirô Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Read More »
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 »
Red Beard AKA Akahige (1965) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki
In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable older doctor, Dr. Niide Read More »
Paper Tiger (1975) Ken Annakin, David Niven, Toshirô Mifune, Hardy Krüger
A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. Read More »