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overview : The boozy mercenary of the title, based on the actual historical figure of Naoyuki Ban (1567-1615), attempts to rid a …

overview : Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love …

overview : Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

overview : Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.

overview : A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his entire …

overview : A former retainer to a noble family kills his wife's father when he tries to expose his past crimes. When …

overview : Version of Botan Dōrō.

overview : The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, …

overview : A man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.

overview : A work with the motif of a legend that remains in the mountain villages of Shinshu and Hida. A white …

overview : A popular dance master in Edo meets a yakuza man, and the maddened master is killed in the end of …

overview : A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offense!

overview : A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to an …

overview : The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. …

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overview : Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to …

overview : Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feels irritated by Anchin’s indifference …

overview : During a fever, Tateo, the male protagonist believes he is dying and has the hallucination that his beautiful wife, Reiko …