The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayors of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.

公元六三六年
中臣镰足和苏我入鹿同在遣唐使所开设的私塾学习
出生于世代司神职的低等贵族之家的中臣镰足和当时权倾朝野的苏我毛人之子的苏我入鹿,
尽管两人身份相差悬殊，两人仍结下了深厚的友谊
但是，走上独裁者道路的入鹿作出讨伐敌对势力山背大兄王（即圣德太子之子）的决定，
坚持要进行正义之战的镰足苦劝无果，遂与入鹿分道扬镳
入鹿作为独裁者大权独揽，而镰足则下野与中大兄王子共商讨伐入鹿大计
公元六四五年六月十二日，镰足在新罗百济高句丽使节的欢迎宴上刺杀了入鹿
大化改新
公元六四五年，中大兄王子（即之后的天智天皇）和中臣镰足（即之后的藤原镰足）
等人将圣德死后专政弄权的入鹿打倒。在此政变后着手一系列政治改革，统称为大化改新

First in the series. The female ninjas have to protect their master's unborn baby from enemies. They use all kinds of sexual tricks to get the job done.

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.