1630-luvun Japani. Isännöttömät samurait, roninit, alkavat menettää asemaansa ja merkitystään. Kunniakas tapa kuolla on tehdä harakiri, rituaali-itsemurha. Hanshiro Tsugumo saapuu feodaaliherran luo etsimään paikkaa harakirilleen, mutta tämä alkaakin puhua nuoremmasta aikaisemmin saapuneesta samuraista, ja tilanne muuttuu toiseksi.
Akira Kurosawan tyylikäs samurai-klassikko toimi esikuvana Kouralliselle dollareita. Isännätön samurai alkaa ovelasti pelata kylän kilpailevia sotaherroja toisiaan vastaan.
Ainutlaatuisessa seikkailussa käydään menneessä ja nykyisyydessä ja totuus ja fiktio sekoittuvat, kun dokumenttielokuvantekijä päättää lähteä etsimään legendaarista näyttelijätärtä Chiyoko Fujiwaraa, joka mystisesti hävisi uransa huipulla. Kun Chiyoko Fujiwara suostuu dokumentaristin pyyntöön haastattelusta, tämä antaa vastalahjana avaimen, jonka Chiyoko luuli olleen kadonneen ikuisiksi ajoiksi. Elokuvantekijä ei voinut kuvitella, että avain avaisi tien Chiyoko Fujiwaran salaisuuksiin, mutta myös omiinsa.
Yksinäinen, miekkaa kantava vaeltaja, johon tutustuimme elokuvassa Yojimbo – onnensoturi, kuulee sattumalta muutamien nuorten sotureiden välisen kiihkeän keskustelun. He ovat kiihtyneitä lahjonnasta ja petturuudesta, jota tapahtuu heidän johtajansa poissa ollessa. He päättävät iskeä takaisin, mutta eivät ole varmoja miten. Niinpä tämä mies, joka hallitsee miekan jalon taidon paremmin kuin kukaan muu, päättää auttaa heitä.
Kagemusha – varjokenraali kertoo mahtavan Takeda-klaanin romahtamisesta ja tuhosta Japanin sotaisella Sengoku-kaudella 1570-luvulla, samurai-ylimys Takeda Shingenin kohtalon kautta. Elokuvassa Takeda Shingeniä ja tämän kaksoisolentoa (kagemushaa) esittää Kurosawan luottonäyttelijöihin kuulunut Tatsuya Nakadai.
Eletään rauhan aikaa vuonna 1725. Ikääntyvä samurai Isaburo saa käskyn naittaa vanhemman poikansa klaanin johtajan rakastajattaren kanssa. Isaburo ei ole tästä mielissään ja haluaa kieltäytyä, mutta hänen poikansa Yogoro hyväksyy kuin hyväksyykin johtahan rakastajatar Ichin vaimokseen. Kun johtajan ensimmäinen perijä yllättäen kuolee hän määrää ex-rakastajattarensa palaamaan takaisin luokseen. Isaburon perhe kuitenkin kieltäytyy tästä ja heidät määrätään tapettavaksi. Isaburo päättää paljastaa klaanin julmuudet ja ryhtyy taisteluun perheesä oikeuksien puolesta.
The Shogunate is in its final years, and war is fast approaching. When Yojiro Akizuki, a dark and mysterious mercenary, nears something supernatural with some kind of importance to him, the ornament on the end of his sword hilt waves in its direction, his eyes glow mysteriously, and he is driven to go after it. He comes across a traveling theater group who is out for revenge for the killing of the parents of the group's leader, and whose mysterious playwright likes to secretly help along events of history. Yojiro joins them to lend them his skill against their enemies, while dark conspiracy continues to follow behind him.
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.
Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to keep up Shoin Yoshida's will. Shoin Yoshida is her older brother and intellectual.
Jinta journeys through a century-spanning epic, all while questioning why he wields a sword.
The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo. Takechiyo lost his father during a war. He grew up lonely and away from his mother. Takechiyo didn't have a clue about what his future would hold. He then has a dramatic meeting with the young Oda Nobunaga.
For a chance at a pardon, a ninja assassin joins other condemned criminals on a journey to a mysterious island to retrieve an elixir of immortality.
Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government.
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 Ayase.
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, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
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 guaranteed wealth and popularity, but if you lack them, you are rarely considered human. Inside the shogunate, there is a group of warriors that support the government—the Manyuu Clan, which helps raise the future big breasts. Written on a secret scroll possessed by the clan, there are said to be various techniques on how to grow big and beautiful breasts. Chifusa is the heir of the clan. However, she takes the secret scroll and runs away with it, hoping to fight against the cruel world that the Manyuu Clan has created…
In an alternate history where the male population is nearly decimated, eligible men serve as concubines to the woman shogun inside the walls of the Ooku.
The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.
Shinsengumi! is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period.
Historical drama about the life of Saigō Takamori and his involvement with the Meiji Restoration.
Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins.
In 18th-century Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo rises from a poor background to become a leading publisher. Despite political changes threatening his career, he works to shape Edo’s cultural scene through innovative books and collaborations with artists.
In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant jobs, therefore changing the social structure. Now, 80 years after the initial outbreak with a 1:4 male:female ratio, Japan is a completely matriarchal society. Females hold all important political positions, and males are their consorts. Only the most powerful female—head of Tokugawa shogunate—may keep a harem of handsome and unproductive males, known as "Ōoku".
The year is 1863, with the story being based in Kyoto. We follow a youth named Nio who is an honest and kind soul who's considerate of his family, yet he also has a hidden burning passion for seeking justice. From the time he came across Toshizou Hijikata and Souji Okita, members from a group of hated ronin known as the Miburo, his life then takes a turn to a bluer, and clearer path. Nio, alongside the other men whose hearts burn bravely and true, step forth towards an honest path with their blue wills adorned on their hearts!
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 they flee. Mixed in the inventory are old objects that have turned into spirits after hundreds of years of existence called, Tsukumogami.
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 Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate duel at Ganryujima.
