When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades decide to take matters into their own hands. Lots of action in this all-star production from Toei Films, the foremost studio during that era. As with so many of their films, this is highly entertaining, with lots of plot twists and exciting swordplay

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his father, but feudal codes threaten their happiness. Uchida’s poignant masterpiece condemns the inflexible class system and launches an indictment of values that favor symbolic objects over human life. The film’s focus is on character rather than swordplay, and charged performances - especially child actor Motoharu Ueki - add to the emotional power.

1960 film by Tomu Uchida

While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there been an array of major motion picture stars to bring new life to this timeless tale. Starting with the corrup practices of Lord Kira and Yanagi-sawa, the Shogun's Secretary, which in essence led to the incident of Lord Asano's attacking Kira in the Pine Corridor of the Shogun's Palace, this is the definitive version. Asano Takumi no kami was a young lord with high scruples, who refused to join in the general corruption and bribery which ran rampant in the capital at that time. By not giving bribes, he angered Kira Kozuke no suke the elder lord in charge of protocol at the Palace. Refusing to teach the younger man, and giving him false instructions was only the beginning. Insults followed, and a man of honor had no choice but to draw his sword in anger. Forty seven masterless samurai are willing to give their lives to avenge their lord. Nothing could match the courage of these warriors as they show that truly the sword is the soul of the samurai, and the samurai is the soul of Japan. This massive story is told in two parts, with an amazing all-star cast, a must see!

元治元年。新選組は池田屋を襲撃し、天下に名を馳せる。だが組織が巨大化するにつれ、庶民から殺りく集団だと恐れられるようになった。隊長の近藤勇は理想とかけ離れた現実に悩むが……。数々のエピソードで剣と涙に彩られた近藤勇の半生を描いた巨編。

諸国漫遊の道すがら、江戸へとやってくる黄門様御一行。江戸城下で見かけた不審な駕籠が気になり、後を追う。その駕籠に乗った人物とは、高田藩家老・小栗美作であった。実は、小栗は実子を藩主と養子縁組させ、お家を乗っ取ろうと策謀していたのである。これを知った黄門様一行は黙って見逃す訳にはいかず、このお家騒動を鎮めるために動き出すのだが、さらに事件は大きくなり、幕府転覆の大陰謀へと発展していく。果たして、黄門様一行は、この事件を無事解決することが出来るのか？

Physically separated from her father and at odds with her distraught mother, a girl must negotiate her own passage to maturity.