Ambientato nel Giappone di cinquecento anni fa e incentrato sulla storia di un elisir di vita eterna, il film è anche il racconto dell'amicizia tra due persone con un passato tragico: un fiero e potente guerriero senzanome che ha fatto voto di abbandonare la spada e un ragazzo che ha perso i genitori.
XIV secolo, Giappone, Periodo Nanboku-chō: una donna e la moglie di suo figlio Kichi (andato in guerra) vivono in stato di estrema povertà in una capanna in riva ad un fiume. Per sopravvivere, le due donne si sono specializzate nell'uccidere e derubare soldati rimasti soli e stremati dai combattimenti. Un giorno Hachi, un loro vicino, fa ritorno a casa dalla guerra e rivela alle due donne che Kichi è morto in battaglia; dopo averle aiutate contro due soldati si propone di aiutarle nei loro attacchi ma l'anziana donna rifiuta, non fidandosi. Con il passare del tempo, nasce un rapporto fra Hachi e la nuora; i due, spinti dalla passione, si incontrano ogni notte.
Gen'ya Tachibana, il boss di uno studio televisivo è intenzionato a realizzare un documentario sulla stella cinematografica del secolo passato, la famosa Chiyoko Fujiwara, ormai settantenne, e insieme al cameraman Kyōji Ida raggiunge l'abitazione di questa, situata in un luogo piuttosto sperduto. Infatti la bellissima Chiyoko, dopo una lunga carriera cinematografica, si ritirò misteriosamente nell'anonimato. Una volta giunti a casa dell'anziana donna, Genya Tachibana, che aveva lavorato in passato con la donna, si fa trasportare dal racconto della donna che mischia vita privata ad aneddoti relativi al suo lavoro, fino a confondere sempre più le sue esperienze personali con la trama di tutti i suoi film...
Taketoki Washizu è un nobile a cui viene profetizzata l'ascesa al potere e l'invincibilità fino a quando la foresta non si muoverà verso il suo castello. La profezia si avvera: Washizu, consigliato dalla moglie Asaji, uccide il re ed usurpa il trono, mentre l'amico Miki si impadronisce di un castello. Durante i funerali del re, i guerrieri vengono a conoscenza del delitto e Washizu e Asaji vengono assaliti dai sensi di colpa. Istigato ancora dalla moglie, Washizu esercita ancora di più il suo dispotico potere combattendo contro tutti coloro che lo ostacolano ma, durante un banchetto, l'ombra dell'assassinato gli appare davanti. Intanto una parte del paese si ribella e un esercito marcia contro il castello. Alla fine, Washizu si trova di fronte l'esercito nemico che avanza proteggendosi con i rami degli alberi.
Nelle guerre civili del 16 ° secolo in Giappone, due contadini ambiziosi a Nakanogo vogliono fare fortuna. Il vasaio Genjuro intende vendere le sue merci per enormi profitti nella città locale, Omizo, mentre suo cognato Tobei desidera diventare un samurai. Un saggio rispettato li mette in guardia contro la ricerca di profitto in tempo di guerra, ma il suo consiglio non viene ascoltato e la loro insistenza porta alla rovina delle loro famiglie.
Durante le lotte per la conquista del potere a Kyoto, nel Giappone del XVI secolo, il principe Shinge Takeda, ambizioso e valoroso, muore. Prevedendo la riscossa dei rivali, trattenuti dalla sua fama, il morente chiede al fratello Nobukado e al figlio Katsuyori, e a tutti i generali del clan, di rimanere nei propri territori e di nascondere la sua morte. Nobukado, trovato un ladro in procinto di venire crocifisso e avendolo salvato per la sua somiglianza con Shinge, convince tutti a farlo passare per il principe morto. "Kagemusha" - che significa: "ombra di Shinge" - accetta per interesse e tenta di approfittare della situazione.
Nel Giappone feudale, durante una sanguinosa guerra tra clan, due contadini codardi e avidi, soldati di un esercito sconfitto, si imbattono in un uomo misterioso che li guida verso una fortezza nascosta tra le montagne.
Alla morte del Taikō Hideyoshi Toyotomi, il designato erede era Hideyori, figlio della concubina Yodogimi (nipote di Oda Nobunaga). Nel 'Consiglio dei Cinque Reggenti', nominato da Hideyoshi, c'era anche Ieyasu Togugawa, la cui mira era di assumere il comando del Giappone ormai unificato da Hideyoshi. Ishida Mitsunari, con l'amico Maeda Toshiie, cercavano di tenere a freno le sue brame, ma Maeda Toshiie morì, e Mitsunari subentrò al suo posto nel 'Consiglio dei Cinque Reggenti'. Le reciproche insofferenze, portarono Mitsunari e Ieyasu ad uno scontro sempre più palese, nel quale funrono coinvolti i daimyō, che si schierarono per l'uno o per l'altro, mossi da intenti più o meno nobili, ma che finirono inevitabilmente per confluire nella più colossale battaglia della storia del Giappone.
Nell'anno 1590, il potente signore della guerra Toyotomi Hideyoshi è vicino a realizzare la sua ambizione di unificare tutto il Giappone sotto il suo vessillo quando incontra una resistenza inaspettata sotto forma di una fortezza galleggiante conosciuta come il Castello di Oshi. Narita Nagachika, un frivolo edonista e improbabile candidato alla posizione di generale ribelle, si trova incaricato di difendere il castello. Le sue possibilità? Un esercito di 500 uomini per combattere l'esercito di Toyotomi Hideyoshi di 20.000.
In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.
Fūrin Kazan was the 46th NHK Taiga drama beginning on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout 2007. The four characters from left to right are wind, woods, fire, and mountain. The title is a reference to the war banner used by Takeda Shingen, which in turn was taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War. It means "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain."
The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife, Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen, Noto and Kaga.
Broadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the questionnaire survey conducted by NHK, it is shining in the most favorite river drama. The original is Yamaka Sosaichi's novel "Date Masamune", the biggest drama on the theme of the Date house was the first time in 17 years since the "Shinnogi remained" (1970), which painted Datejo in the Edo period. It depicts the life of Matsudo Date of Sengoku warrior · Date Masamune who built the foundation of Sendai clan 620,000 stones in his generation as a result of my own wisdom and talent.
Humans and katawara are at war, but there are those on each side who join forces. Tama is a fox spirit who loves humans, while her sendou brother, Jinka, despises them. Together, they use the power of spirit transformation to defeat the monstrous katawara and put an end to the evils of this chaotic age. What destiny awaits the duo at the end of their journey?
Hideyoshino is an average girl who always seems to find trouble wherever she goes. One day, Hideyoshino notice a blue light coming from inside a local Shrine and see a mysterious person performing a magic spell. In a stroke of bad luck, Hideyoshino trips and crashes into the shrine, prompting the magic spell to spiral out of control and sends her back in time to the Sengoku Era. But Hideyoshino realizes that everyone in the world is female. She then decides to help Oda Nobunaga find the Crimson Armor which is said to allow the person wearing the armor to conquer all of Japan.
Spanning over 50 episodes, we follow the historical fiction of the Sanada clansmen as they plotted and fought their ways to survive the changing political alliances during the Warring States Period of Japan.
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
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.
The anime centers on a young female ninja named Chidori, whose dream is to help the Warring States-era warlord Oda Nobunaga to achieve his goals.
Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes. The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu. Production began on April 27, 2007. The story is based on the novel Tenchijin by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted for screen by scriptwriter Eriko Komatsu. The series' music composer was Michiru Oshima. The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, Naoe supports Uesugi Kagekatsu, who holds the destiny of Echigo province.
Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan.
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.
Sasuke Furuta is a vassal of the great warlord Nobunaga Oda and a man obsessed with tea ceremony and material desires in his pursuit of a fortuitous life. Having learned from Nobunaga and the legendary tea master Soueki Senne, Sasuke walks the way of the Hyouge Mono.
During the Sengoku period, there are many factions constantly at war. One of these is led by a one-eyed man named Date Masamune and another by the imposing Takeda Shingen. The latter has a fiercely loyal subordinate named Sanada Yukimura who goes head to head against Date Masamune multiple times, but the battles between them tend to get interrupted. One such battle occurs when both men try to go after another leader named Imagawa, and they’re forced to break off their heated duel when Imagawa attempts to flee the scene with his body doubles. Yukimura and Masamune go after separate Imagawas, but all of the doubles are killed by a third party, and when their paths cross again, they are in front of the menacing Oda Nobunaga and his army. It was Nobunaga’s subordinates that killed those body doubles, and Nobunaga himself proceeds to kill the real Imagawa with a shotgun blast to the head.
In the near future, a battle card game called "Battle Spirits" has gained enormous popularity. Players of the game--known as "Battlers"--start battles everywhere using their color-coded cards with different attributes, creating a "Warring States Period" for the game.
After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the country and rule in these turbulent times. In the mid-1540s, there is a young wandering samurai in Mino which is strategically located between the East and West. His name is Akechi Mitsuhide. At this time, there is plenty of internal strife within the Toki clan which rules Mino. Surrounded by the Oda of Owari, the Imagawa of Suruga and the Asakura of Echizen, Mino has constantly faced the risk of invasion. Mitsuhide is pulled into battle and destroys the enemy. His bravery as well as stratagem catches the attention of Saito Toshimasa, the chief retainer of the Toki clan, and he is singled out. This man who is also known as Saito Dosan will go on to takeover the Toki and make Mino his own.
Naotora Ii is a woman given a male name, who succeeded as the head of the Ii family during the Warring States period when her father passed away. With her wisdom, courage and affection for loved ones, Naotora lived through turbulent times and paved the way for the future of her clan.
