Japan zu Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts: Ein umherziehender Samurai namens Tsugumo bittet darum, im Haus eines feudalen Lords aufgrund bitterer Armut...

Der Samurai Sanjuro gerät in einem japanischen Bergdorf in einen Krieg zwischen zwei Familien. Das macht er sich zu Nutze, indem er mal hier und...

Japan im Jahre 1614: Der große Herrscher Tokugawa einigt das lange zerrissene Land und die Zeit der Clankriege zwischen den Landesfürsten...

Zur Jahrtausendwende lässt das legendäre Filmstudio Ginei seine in die Jahre gekommenen Kulissen abreißen. Der ehemalige Mitarbeiter...

Um die Ehre des Shogun zu retten und das Land vor großem Schaden zu bewahren, gehen 13 mutige Samurai auf eine schier unmögliche Mission....

Im 19. Jahrhundert ist Edo eine geschäftige Großstadt und das kulturelle Zentrum Japans. Inmitten des bunten Treibens lebt der bekannte...

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to...

Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts verbreitet in der japanischen Provinz der ebenso verschlagene wie hochtalentiere Samurai Ryunosuke schlechte Stimmung,...

Kurz vor der Hinrichtung wird ein Dieb von einem japanischen Clan gerettet. Er soll als Doppelgänger des toten Fürsten die Armee des...

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished...

Zatôichi ist ein blinder Masseur und ein hervorragender Schwertkämpfer. Ein Yakuza-Boss versucht ihn vergeblich als Söldner...

Takezo und Matahachi kämpfen in der Schlacht von Sekigahara. Beide stehen auf der Seite der Verlierer. Statt des Sieges und des Ruhmes, den...

Der Handlungsort des Filmes ist ein Nachtasyl, in dem mehrere gescheiterte Existenzen (eine Hure, ein straffällig gewordener Gelehrter, ein...

In der zweiten Folge des gleichnamigen Manga setzt der ehemalige Scharfrichter Ogami seinen blutigen Rachefeldzug durch das Japan des 17. Jahrhundert...

Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a...

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader....

Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to...

Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima...

In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.

Shinsengumi! is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese...

The Shogunate is in its final years, and war is fast approaching. When Yojiro Akizuki, a dark and mysterious mercenary, nears something supernatural...

Yae no Sakura is a 2013 Japanese television series. It is the 52nd NHK taiga drama. The story focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka...

The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history....

It is currently the Taiheimeji era, during the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. In this era, breasts mean everything. If you have breasts, you are...

During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo,...

A pair of adopted siblings run a rental shop in old Edo where fire and flooding is prevalent and everyday items are rented out to not impede when...

Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing...

Gabimaru reigns as the strongest and most ruthless assassin in his village. But now finds himself on death row—with only one way out: retrieve...

Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.

The historical novel series depicts Heizou Hasegawa, who metes justice on wrongdoers and supervises the crackdown on arsonists and robbers in Japan's...

Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes.

Norizuki Gennojo, a commander of the Shogunate’s troops, sets out on a journey to train in swordplay. In that time, Koka Yoami, the father of...