「日本侠客伝」や「仁義なき戦い」シリーズなどを手掛け、東映黄金期の礎を築いた脚本家・笠原和夫による幻のプロットを60年の時を経て映画化。1868年の幕末を舞台に憎き藩のために「決死隊」として砦を守る任についた罪人たちの死闘と葛藤を描く。かつて笠原和夫は「勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍」の言葉どおり、勝敗によって善悪が決まるのが当たり前の時代に“果たして勝つことだけが正義なのか？”と一石を投じるべく物語を構想した。だが、当時の東映京都撮影所所長・岡田茂は結末が気に入らずボツとし、怒り狂った笠原は350 枚ものシナリオを破り捨ててしまった。その巨匠が手掛けたプロットを企画・プロデュースの紀伊宗之と監督・白石和彌、脚本・池上純哉たち「孤狼の血」チームが受け継ぎ、令和に新たな集団抗争劇を誕生させた。主演は「凶悪」や『全裸監督』の山田孝之と、「熱のあとに」や『新宿野戦病院』の仲野太賀。
麦の刈入れが終わる頃。とある農村では野武士たちの襲来を前に恐怖におののいていた。百姓だけで闘っても勝ち目はないが、麦を盗られれば飢え死にしてしまう。百姓たちは野盗から村を守るため侍を雇うことを決断する。やがて、百姓たちは食べるのもままならない浪人たち7人を見つけ出し、彼らとともに野武士に対抗すべく立ち上がる……。
戦乱の世を生き抜いた武将・一文字秀虎も70歳を迎え、家督を息子3人に譲ることを決意。長男の太郎には一の城、次男の次郎には二の城、三男・三郎には三の城をそれぞれ与えた上、3人兄弟、仲良く相和して暮らすように説く。だが、三郎は、父の今後の身を案じたのがかえって秀虎の不興を買い、地方へ追放されてしまう。さらに3人兄弟の城を泊まり歩いて余生を暮らすつもりだった秀虎だが、太郎、次郎にそれぞれ疎んじられる。
平安時代、羅生門の下で雨宿りをする下男（上田吉二郎）相手に、旅法師（千秋実）と杣売り（志村喬）が奇妙な話を語り始める。京の都で悪名高き盗賊多襄丸（三船敏郎）が山中で侍夫婦の妻（京マチ子）を襲い、夫（森雅之）を殺害したという。だが、検非違使による調査が始まると、盗賊と妻の証言はまったく異なっており……。
江戸時代末期。将軍・家慶の弟で明石藩主・松平斉韶（なりつぐ）の暴君ぶりは目に余った。斉韶は近く、老中への就任も決まっている男。幕府の存亡に危機感を募らせる老中・土井利位は、かねてより良く知る御目付・島田新左衛門に斉韶暗殺の密命を下す。さっそく、甥の新六郎をはじめ十一人の腕に覚えある男たちを集めた新左衛門は、後に加わる山の民・木賀小弥太を含む総勢十三人の暗殺部隊を組織、入念な計画を練り上げていく。しかし、斉韶の腹心・鬼頭半兵衛もまたその動きを抜け目なく察知し、大切な殿を守り抜くべく周到な準備を進めていた。
彦根藩井伊家の上屋敷に津雲半四郎と名乗る浪人が現れ「切腹のためお庭拝借」と申し出た。生活に困窮した浪人が「切腹する」と言っては、庭や玄関を汚されたくない人々から金品を巻き上げることが流行っており、家老の斎藤勘解由は数ヶ月前にやってきた千々岩求女という浪人の話を始めた。家老が切腹の場を設けてやると言い出すと、求女は狼狽したあげく、竹光で腹を切った上に舌を噛んで絶命した、と。話を聞いた半四郎は、求女は自分の娘婿であることを告げた。
佐藤健主演の『るろうに剣心』シリーズ。動乱の幕末に血も涙もない最強の人斬りとして恐れられ、暗躍していた倒幕派の緋村剣心。人斬りの現場を見られた雪代巴を口封じのため側に置いて身を隠すが、巴が突然姿を消してしまい……。
やくざと元締めが対立するさびれた宿場町。そこへ一人の浪人者がやってくる。立ち寄った居酒屋のあるじに、早くこの町を出ていった方がいいと言われるが、その男は自分を用心棒として売り込み始める。やがて男をめぐって、二つの勢力は対立を深めていく……。ハメットの『血の収穫』を翻案、時代劇に西部劇の要素を取り込んだ娯楽活劇。
「剣心にとって最も大事なエピソード。これをやらずに、るろうに剣心は終われない」と覚悟を決めた製作陣が挑んだファン待望の最終章！ 剣心に復讐するため、東京を総攻撃するシリーズ最恐の敵・縁。 これまでのるろ剣オールスターが集結し、剣心のため、新時代のため、最後の戦いへ挑む究極のクライマックス「The Final」。 さらに、戦いの理由は幕末へと遡り、剣心の頬に刻まれた〈十字傷の謎〉に迫る「The Beginning」へと続いていく。「The Final」で明かされる、剣心が斬殺した妻・巴の存在。 剣心はなぜ〈不殺の誓い〉を立てたのか？そして剣心はなぜ妻を斬殺しなければならなかったのか？
シェイクスピアの『マクベス』を日本の戦国時代に置き換え様式美に拘り描いた戦国武将の一大悲劇。鷲津武時は謀反を起こした敵を討ち、その帰途の森で出会った老婆から不思議な予言を聞く。やがて予言通り事が運び始めると、欲望に取り憑かれた妻にそそのかされて主を殺し、自ら城主の地位につくのだったが……。
かつて人斬り抜刀斎と呼ばれた伝説の人斬り、緋村剣心。刀を置き、平穏な生活を送る剣心は、ある日、剣心から影の人斬り役を引き継いだ志々雄真実が京都でその名をとどろかせていることを知る。政府が派遣した討伐隊は志々雄を前に成すすべがなく、最後の望みとして剣心に白羽の矢が立つ。志々雄の野心を阻止すべく剣心は京都へ向かう。
明治11年。東京では、人斬り抜刀斎を名乗る男が誰かれ構わず斬りつける事件が発生していた。亡父から継承した神谷道場を切り盛りする神谷薫（武井咲）が無謀にも男に立ち向かおうとしているところを、通りすがりの男が助ける。その人こそ、幕末には反幕府軍の暗殺者として活躍した人斬り抜刀斎本人（佐藤健）だった。今は緋村剣心と名乗り、斬れない刀を携え流浪の旅をしながら、どんな悪人でも決して命を奪わない不殺（ころさず）の誓いに従いながら人助けをしている。偽者の人斬り抜刀斎の正体は、実業家の武田観柳（香川照之）に用心棒として雇われた鵜堂刃衛（吉川晃司）だった。世界支配を目論む観柳は女医の高荷恵（蒼井優）に阿片を作らせ、それを元手に得た莫大な金で武器を買い漁っていた。元・新選組で今は警官を務める斎藤一（江口洋介）が観柳の目論みに気付くものの、観柳が握る絶大な権力を前になかなか手出しができない。観柳は手始めに神谷道場一帯を手に入れるべく、市井の人々を殺そうとする。神谷道場に身を寄せる剣心は苦しむ人々を見て、打倒観柳を決意。250人もの護衛をつける観柳に、剣心は喧嘩屋の相楽左之助（青木崇高）とともに立ち向かっていく……。
封建時代の日本、一族間の血なまぐさい抗争の最中、敗軍の兵士である臆病で強欲な2人の農民が、山中に隠された要塞に案内してくれる謎の男に出くわす。
凄腕の浪人が、上役の不正を暴こうと立ち上がった9人の若侍に助太刀する痛快アクション時代劇。薄暗い社殿で密議をこらしていた9人の若侍。上役を告発するも逆に窮地に陥っていた。それを図らずも聞いていた浪人は、権謀に疎い彼らに同情し一肌脱ぐことに……。
戦国の世、貧しい陶工・源十郎が若狭姫という女性と知り合い、生活をともにするようになる。だが美しい若狭姫の正体は死霊であった。それを知った源十郎は若狭姫を捨てて故郷に逃げるが、彼女の怨念は執拗に追いすがる……。「雨月物語」をベースに、川口松太郎らが脚色。
海を漂流し流れ着いたところを、剣術の師匠である比古清十郎に助けられた緋村剣心。その後剣心は、山中で居を構え陶器作りに励む師匠に対し、飛天御剣流の奥義を教えてほしいと懇願する。一方、甲鉄艦・煉獄に搭載した大砲で一つの村を襲撃した志々雄真実は、政府に対して剣心を指名手配し捕らえて処刑するように求める。
100人斬りの異名を持つ万次は、わなによって妹を失い、謎の老人に永遠の命を与えられる。死ぬことのできない無限の体となった今、斬られた傷は自然に治るが、剣術の腕は落ちていた。ある日、孤独な万次の前にあだ討ちを頼みたいという少女・浅野凛が現れる。彼女の願いを聞き入れた万次は、凛と共に剣客集団・逸刀流の首領である天津影久の命を狙う。
巨匠・黒澤明監督が手がけた戦国スペクタクル巨編。武田信玄の影武者として生きた男の悲喜劇を荘厳にして絢爛な映像で描く。戦国時代。家康の野田城攻めの折り、鉄砲で撃たれこの世を去った武田信玄。弟信廉は信玄死すの報を打ち消すため信玄の影武者を立てる。男は盗みの罪から処刑されるところを信玄と瓜二つだったことから助けられたのだった。だが男にとって戦国の雄・信玄として生きることはあまりにも過酷だった……。カンヌ国際映画祭グランプリ受賞。
Set in the 18th century, the show follows the Shogun Yoshimune, who likes to disguise himself as a low-ranking samurai and go into his capital of Edo to see the life of the common man, as well as to seek out and punish evildoers who would hurt his citizens. He is aided by Magistrate Oo'oka and a vivacious fireman, Tatsugoro, as well as a rotating cast of other recurring characters. Along with Zenigata Heiji and Mito Kōmon, it ranks among the longest-running series in the jidaigeki genre. Like so many other jidaigeki, it falls in the category of kanzen-chōaku, loosely, "rewarding good and punishing evil."
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 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.
The story of Makino Mantaro (Kamiki Ryunosuke), a botanist who ran through the Meiji era (1868-1912) in full bloom, begins. Born the heir to the Tosa sake brewery Mineya, Mantaro (Yurito Mori) is a boy who loves plants and flowers and led a straightforward life. His life was colored by the many vivid encounters he had with many people. People whom Mantaro met in his hometown of Kochi, and whose way of life and words gave him a guideline for his life. "Ranman," is a drama in which charming characters bloom freely around the main character, Mantaro, just like flowers.
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.
The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.
Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's destiny begin to turn.
"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master.
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.
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.
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.
Shadow Warriors is a Japanese television jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four seasons in the early 1980s. Chiba played different ninja characters in each series. In the first series he played Hattori Hanzō III, in second one he played Tsuge Shinpachi, in the third one he played Tarao Hanzō, in the fourth series and in Bakumatsu Hen, he played Hattori Hanzō XV. In the 2003 direct-to-DVD series Shin Kage no Gundan he played Hattori Hanzō I.
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.
A wandering samurai, ronin, and ninja; meet by chance repeatedly and reluctantly team up to solve the problems of innocent villagers along the way.
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.
A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hideyoshi served under the command of Oda Nobunaga. With an extraordinary combination of intelligence, bravery and military skill, Hideyoshi rose to near-absolute power and greatly expanded upon Nobunaga's unification of Japan's warlords. This series also focused on Hideyoshi's personal life, particularly his relationships with his mother and his wife, and the pair's rivalry for influence over him.
Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to manufacture and sell indigo production and also silk farming. He left his hometown at the age of 23 and began working for the government. He later traveled to Paris and learned about banking. Upon his return to Japan, he helped build up the first modern bank in Japan. He eventually became a founder or supporter to about 500 companies and was involved with about 600 public services, including education for women.
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.
In this gripping period drama, Matsudaira Ukon, the younger brother of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun Ienari, lives in the city as Yabutaro, a doctor in the Ukiyo Koji district, while fighting the evil that has infested the city of Edo.
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.
