Movies:

  • 1954
    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers (1954)

    The Crucified Lovers

    7.81954HD

    When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another....

    The Crucified Lovers
  • 1953
    Ugetsu

    Ugetsu (1953)

    Ugetsu

    81953HD

    In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysteriou...

    Ugetsu
  • 1962
    The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

    The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)

    The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

    71962HD

    Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love....

    The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
  • 1953
    Gate of Hell

    Gate of Hell (1953)

    Gate of Hell

    7.11953HD

    Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married....

    Gate of Hell
  • 1969
    Prison Break

    Prison Break (1969)

    Prison Break

    71969HD

    Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he seeks vengeance against the puppet master behind th...

    Prison Break
  • 1968
    Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

    Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)

    Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

    6.51968HD

    A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing clea...

    Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
  • 1967
    Zatoichi Challenged

    Zatoichi Challenged (1967)

    Zatoichi Challenged

    6.71967HD

    Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal porno...

    Zatoichi Challenged
  • 1961
    Buddha

    Buddha (1961)

    Buddha

    01961HD

    An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals ...

    Buddha
  • 1963
    Shinsengumi Chronicles

    Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)

    Shinsengumi Chronicles

    6.51963HD

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

    Shinsengumi Chronicles
  • 1954
    The Great White Tiger Platoon

    The Great White Tiger Platoon (1954)

    The Great White Tiger Platoon

    61954HD

    The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Meant to be a reserve unit as it was made of the young, 16-17 year old sons of Aizu samurai....

    The Great White Tiger Platoon
  • 1954
    The Woman in the Rumor

    The Woman in the Rumor (1954)

    The Woman in the Rumor

    7.41954HD

    Yukiko's fiance learns her mother runs a geisha house and ends their engagement. She despises what her mother does until one of her clients shows interest and starts to woo her....

    The Woman in the Rumor
  • 1966
    Zatoichi's Vengeance

    Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)

    Zatoichi's Vengeance

    6.81966HD

    Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met...

    Zatoichi's Vengeance
  • 1948
    The Grand Master

    The Grand Master (1948)

    The Grand Master

    01948HD

    Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becoming the Shogi Grand Master Champion, everything is at stake – including his family. What will it cost ...

    The Grand Master
  • 1965
    Sword Devil

    Sword Devil (1965)

    Sword Devil

    6.11965HD

    Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes the old man's pupil. Soon, Hanpei's skill of sword comes to attention of his lord. The lord orders him...

    Sword Devil
  • 1963
    Zatoichi the Fugitive

    Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

    Zatoichi the Fugitive

    6.91963HD

    After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face...

    Zatoichi the Fugitive
  • 1968
    Samaritan Zatoichi

    Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)

    Samaritan Zatoichi

    6.61968HD

    Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode ev...

    Samaritan Zatoichi
  • 1960
    Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

    Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous (1960)

    Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

    5.71960HD

    The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome fighting from Katsu Shintaro as One-Eyed Ishimatsu highlights this great tale taken from Japanese history!...

    Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
  • 1970
    Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

    Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

    Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

    6.71970HD

    The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Um...

    Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
  • 1959
    The Ghost of Yotsuya

    The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)

    The Ghost of Yotsuya

    61959HD

    In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance....

    The Ghost of Yotsuya
  • 1966
    The Betrayal

    The Betrayal (1966)

    The Betrayal

    6.31966HD

    A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the unders...

    The Betrayal