日本战国时代，一小山村面临着山贼的威胁，为了保护秋天的收成，村中长老决定让去请武士来保护村子安全，但只能拿出的报酬是一天三顿的白米饭。在城里，他们遭到了武士白眼甚至被打。直到勘兵卫（志村乔饰）的出现，他现今已沦为浪人，几经考虑最后答应了。他对农民说至少需要七名武士，于是久藏（宫口精二饰）、胜四郎（木村功饰）、五郎（稻叶义男饰）、七郎（加东大介饰）、平八（千秋实饰）和菊千代（三船敏郎饰）等六人也加入了队伍，七个人肩负保卫村子的任务。 整个防御准备的过程中，武士与农民间发生许多摩擦也闹出不少笑话。而在一次偷袭行动中，有武士为救农民被火枪打死，很快山贼的反扑随之而来，一场恶战即将开始。
进入了明治时代，曾经的“刽子手拔刀斋”绯村剑心已经习惯了神谷道场的安宁生活。谁知就在这一天，倒幕战争时的旧友——号称维新三杰之一的大久保利通将其请去。原来继承了剑心刽子手身份的志志雄真实当年被新政府背叛，侥幸活下来的志志雄正秘密筹措称霸日本的可怕计划。大久保死后，深感背负不可推卸责任的剑心只身上路，在途中不仅偶遇京都女忍卷町操，还在新月村和志志雄有了第一次的遭遇。与此同时，相乐左之助、神谷薫、明神弥彦、斋藤一也相继赶往京都。阴云密布的时代，酝酿着一场席卷全国的风暴。
已是江户时代后期，时有明石藩江户之家老间宫图书（内野聖陽 饰）在幕府老中土井大炊头（平幹二朗 饰）的宅前自杀，此举引起朝野震动。一切皆由明石藩主齐昭（稲垣吾郎 饰）而起。齐昭系现任将军的异母弟弟，其人嗜血如命、暴虐无常，引起朝廷上下诸多人等的不满，然齐昭已内定成为下任老中。为免苍生遭其荼毒，土井授意岛田新作卫门（役所広司 饰）在齐昭回藩途中予以刺杀。新左卫门召集了仓永左平太（松方弘樹 饰）、三桥军次郎（沢村一樹 饰）、平山九十郎（伊原剛志 饰）等13名刺客，在齐昭的必经之地布下层层埋伏…… 本片翻拍自工藤荣一1963年同名经典名作，新版剧本由著名导演今村昌平之子天愿大介担任，该片荣获2010年日本电影旬报十佳影片第4名。
郊外神社的神殿里，九位年轻武士在秘密开会，城代家老的外甥井坂（加山雄三饰）准备向大目付菊井求助整治内部问题。但外貌邋遢的武士椿三十郎（三船敏郎饰）出现，告诉他们菊井才是背后的黑手。果然，神殿很快被大目付手下团团围住，三十郎出手替年轻人解危，而室户半兵卫（仲代达矢饰）却欣赏三十郎的身手，欢迎他加入。之后，三十郎与九人组去找城代家老，却发现晚了一步已被绑架。 他们到了武士寺田家中再谋营救，隔壁就是敌人所在的黑藤府。菊井一边监禁了城代家老，另一边又想着引出年轻武士们出洞，幸得三十郎所救。在精妙计谋下，解救成功。但室户半兵卫却不放过三十郎，较量的胜负就在一瞬间。
一串悲凉的歌声诉说着蜘蛛城的历史预言。战国时期，处于密林围抱的蜘蛛城，地形复杂，敌军攻来此地，必然迷路，因此城主稳坐城楼，指挥若定，四面排出大将御敌，可保此城固若金汤。大将鹫津武时（三船敏郎 Toshiro Mifune 饰）和副将三木因为平叛得力，准备回城领赏。途中，二人阴错阳差走入了密林深处，偶遇一白发老妪弹琴吟唱。他们觉得此事蹊跷，怀疑是敌方故布疑阵，因此上前以武力逼其就范。但此人却预言鹫津将夺城主之位，三木之子也将继承大统，正当两人将信将疑之时，此人化作一道白光销声匿迹。此后，回到城中，鹫津做了北城城主，但念及预言，心有不甘，于是在妻子浅茅的怂恿下，弑君，自立为蜘蛛巢城城主，然而这才只是预言的开始…
在日本封建时代，在一场血腥的氏族战争中，两个懦弱而贪婪的农民，一个战败军队的士兵，偶然发现了一个神秘人，这个神秘人将他们带到了一个隐藏在深山中的堡垒。
罗生门，日本京都的正南门。云游和尚、砍柴人和乞丐在城门底下避雨，三人闲聊，话题开始，故事的序幕拉开：一个武士和他妻子路过荒山，遭遇了不测。妻子被侮辱，而武士惨遭杀害。惨案如何酿成？凶手、妻子、借武士亡魂来做证的女巫，都各有说法。 真相只得一个，但是各人提供证词的目的却各有不同。为了美化自己的道德，减轻自己的罪恶，掩饰自己的过失，人人都开始叙述一个美化自己的故事版本。荒山上的惨案，成了一团拨不开看不清的迷雾。 谈论完毕，雨过天晴。砍柴人在罗生门旁发现一个哭泣的弃婴。他决定收养下来，抱着婴孩往夕阳深处走去。
宽永七年德川幕府第三代将军家光时，当时由于实施中央集权，削弱了许多诸侯大名的权力，曾经叱咤一时的武士阶级很多失业沦为浪人。残酷的现实使得无所事事的浪人经常跑到诸侯家，表示要切腹自杀，而势力被削弱无力招揽更多浪人的诸侯只得用钱打发他们走，于是这成为当时流行的敲诈手段。一天井伊家来了一位名叫千千岩求女的浪人，他也提出相同要求，家臣决定将计就计，让他切腹，结果千千岩求女在极度痛苦中咬舌死去。 几个月以后又有一名叫津云半四郎（仲代达矢饰）的老浪人前来要求借井伊家宝地切腹自杀。其原因也是不堪生活的困苦，井伊家老（三国连太郎饰）出面。在切腹之前，津云要求讲下自己这辈子的故事……
宿命的相逢之后，佐佐木小次郎（鶴田浩二 饰）苦练技艺，一心打败宫本武藏（三船敏郎 饰）。这之后，小次郎来至江户谋求官职，期间与同在江户的武藏邂逅，两人约定东门决斗。然决斗前夜，武藏致信请求将决斗延期一年。次日武藏和城太郎（樱井将纪 饰）、熊五郎（田中春男 饰）旅行来至乡下，师徒三人一面锄地耕作，一面教习农民武艺，抵抗土匪。 这期间阿通（八千草薰 饰）和朱实（冈田茉莉子 饰）先后来此寻找武藏，朱实更在匪乱中不幸丧命。一年后，小次郎成为细川家臣，岩流岛将成为他和武藏的命运转折点……
经过生死考验的新免武藏（三船敏郎 饰）在僧人泽庵（尾上九郎又兵卫 饰）的举荐下侍奉大名，并更名宫本武藏。为了磨练意志和武艺，他离开等待自己的阿通（八千草薰 饰），四处云游挑战强者。 一路上打败诸多高手的武藏挑战吉冈拳法道场，适逢馆主清十郎（平田昭彦 饰）外出，内中徒众一一落败，武藏留下挑战书扬长而去。然吉冈徒众怀恨在心，几番设计谋害武藏，皆被破解。而另一方面，武藏却与阔别已久的阿通和朱实（冈田茉莉子 饰）不期而遇，刀光剑影中，武藏对爱情作出了断，也完成了和宿敌佐佐木小次郎（鶴田浩二 饰）的初次相逢……
新免武藏（三船敏郎 饰）与好友本位田又八（三国连太郎 饰）为出人头地，参加了关原之战，但武藏这一方遭遇惨败。两个人逃亡途中迷路，幸得阿甲（水户光子 饰）和朱实（冈田茉莉子 饰）母女相救。武藏拒绝了阿甲的求爱，独身返回故乡美作，又八则抛弃老家的爱人阿通（八千草薰 饰），与阿甲结合。 武藏强闯关卡被官兵通缉，又八的母亲亦因为看不到儿子愤恨不已，武藏成了众矢之的。关键时刻僧人泽庵（尾上九郎又兵卫 饰）搭救武藏，将其吊在树上磨练意志。一代宗师宫本武藏开始经历人生第一个磨难……
战国时代，琵琶湖附近的一个小山村里住着源十郎（森雅之饰）和妻子宫木（田中绢代饰），还有妹夫藤兵卫（小泽荣饰）、妹妹阿滨（水户光子）。他们以开小瓷窑、烧制瓷器为生，战乱中，源十郎想趁着战乱发一笔横财，而藤兵卫则想着成为一名武士，出人头地。 二人带着烧制好的上好瓷器离开家乡去市镇变卖，果然赚到一大笔钱，源十郎甚至碰上了一位美若天仙的贵族小姐若狭（京町子饰），雨云之欢，乐不思蜀。一天晚归的源十郎被一僧人告知是否遇见什么不干净的东西……。而藤兵卫也如愿以偿地成为了武士，撞大运碰上美事，好不威风，但他居然在寻欢之时遇见了妻子……，骇人的事实摆在了他们的面前。
一文字秀虎（仲代达矢饰）征战多年，手段残忍。在七十岁时，秀虎准备将家业一分为三，由三个儿子分掌大权。他把太郎孝虎（寺尾聪饰）、次郎正虎（根津甚八饰）、三郎直虎（隆大介饰）叫到跟前，以“支箭会断，砚支箭折不断”喻语告诫三兄弟，嘱咐他们要休戚与共。三郎当场把三支箭横在膝上折断，以抗议父亲枉经乱世，而不知人情。秀虎大怒，将三郎驱逐出境。三郎遂到邻国入赘为婿。 而之后一文字家果然被三郎言中，背信弃义的告诫果然成真，父子及兄弟间的纷乱开始，迎接他们的将是什么命运？
在成为守护者之前，剑心曾是名为拔刀斋的可怕杀手。但在遇到温柔的雪代巴之后，他的故事开始发生变化。
电影系列里最可怕的敌人雪代缘在本片现身。他对东京发动大规模攻击，意在报复剑心。参与《神剑闯江湖》前几部电影的王牌演员阵容再度聚首，替剑心扛下这最后一战，同时迈向崭新的终极高峰：《The Final》。
外表落魄邋遢的浪人武士三十郎（三船敏郎 饰）来到一个小镇，清兵卫（河津清三郎 饰）和新田丑寅（山茶花究 饰）两家恶霸在那里为争夺地盘，招兵买马经常争斗，弄得民不聊生。三十郎决定从中设计，引诱双方雇佣自己，再加入不同方造成两边拼斗，由此坐收渔利，消灭对方。 但随着丑寅弟弟卯之助（仲代达矢 饰）的加入，情况又发生了不同，他手里握有短枪，占得优势，清兵卫的势力被打败，三十郎甚至也受伤不轻。但是决战在所难免，椿三十郎独对丑寅、亥之吉等众人，身处劣势的他如何能剿灭对方呢？
盲剑客座头市（北野武饰）来到一个小镇上，他染着金发，身怀绝技，出手致命。服部源之助（浅野忠信饰）是名武艺高强的剑客，他为了筹钱给妻子（夏川结衣饰）治病也来到小镇，想要寻找一份工作。与此同时，一对为了复仇，化装成艺妓流浪卖艺的野子姐弟（大家由佑子、橘大五郎饰）也来到此地，他们的目标是镇上恶霸银藏和扇屋等。好打抱不平的座头市得知其中隐情后，决定帮助姐弟俩报双亲被杀之仇，而服部却成了敌人所雇佣的保镖，一场生死大战在所难免。
电影改编自人气同名漫画，讲述少女凛的双亲惨遭杀害，和拥有不死之身的同伴踏上复仇之路。
为了救神谷薰（武井咲 饰），绯村剑心（佐藤健 饰）纵身跃入大海，昏迷中他飘到某座小岛，最终为传授了他飞天御剑流的师父比古清十郎（福山雅治 饰）所救。深感到自身与志志雄真实（藤原龙也 饰）的巨大差距，为了拯救全日本，剑心恳请师傅传授他飞天御剑流的最高奥义。与此同时，志志雄剑指东京，迈出武力夺国的下一步。他强迫伊藤博文（小泽征悦 饰）对刽子手拔刀斋发布全国通缉令，得知消息的薰、左之助（青木崇高 饰）则匆匆向东京赶去。再度上路的剑心率先遭到御庭番众的首领四乃森苍紫（伊势谷友介 饰）的阻击，他一路披荆斩棘，将迎来与宿命的对手志志雄最终的对决……
经历了动荡的明治维新，日本迎来新的时代。在明治政府第十个年头，不祥的气息弥漫东京。恶德实业家武田观柳（香川照之 饰）操纵女医师高荷惠（苍井优 饰）研制新型鸦片，公开招揽落魄武夫，大肆收购周边土地，有条不紊地实现他的狼子野心。在此期间，以刽子手拔刀斋之名滥杀无辜的鹈堂刃卫（吉川晃司 饰）引起了前新選组头目斋藤一（江口洋介 饰）的注意，也迫令隐姓埋名多年的拔刀斋本尊绯村剑心（佐藤健 饰）登场。寄居在神谷道场的绯村渐渐融入神谷薫（武井咲 饰）和周边庶民的平和生活之中。然而武田欲壑难平，为了保护善良的人，剑心不得不拔出逆刃刀和相乐佐之助（青木崇高 饰）勇闯虎穴。本片根据漫画家和月伸宏的经典原作改编。
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.
Set in the mid-Edo period, this drama follows Sachi, who works as an apprentice at the Osaka Tenma kimono merchant Isuzuya and strives to carve a way to success despite the challenges she faces.
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
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.
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.
Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller 'The Tale of Genji,' transcending a thousand years during the Heian period. She weaves the story of Hikaru Genji, fueled by her love for Fujiwara no Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku), with her hidden passion and incomparable imagination. It is a tale of a woman who lived with unchanging love in an ever-changing world. (From TV JAPAN)
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.
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."
July 1590, Odawara. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army had surrounded the Odawara Castle for over 3 months, hoping to conquer this last obstacle to his dream of the country's unification. Standing at the gate of the castle, a lone man facing the menacing guards shouted out: "Do not throw your lives away. Treasure living!". Not long after, the castle gates opened and the reigning lord surrendered. The name of that man is Kuroda Kanbee. An excellent military strategist, he worked hand-in-hand with Hideyoshi to unify the country.
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.
Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a samurai. Together with his stepfather, he wiped out piracy along Japan's western coast, becoming a full-fledged warrior samurai. In an age when samurai were looked down on as members of the lower class, Kiyomori was skillful at winning the hearts and minds of the people. By rounding up surrendered pirates and achieving other successes, Kiyomori eventually became the de facto ruler of 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.
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.
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.
The story is set in Edo's Fukagawa district, where the heroine, Oichi, dreams of becoming a doctor and assists her father, a physician named Shōan. Oichi possesses a special ability: she can hear the "voices" and see the "figures" of those who have passed away with unresolved regrets. With a cheerful and positive outlook, Oichi, together with a local police chief, delves into the darkness of human nature, solving mysteries along the way. While the story offers the thrill of a period mystery with unexpected culprits, it is also a coming-of-age tale of Oichi as she struggles and ultimately carves out her own path using her unique powers.
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.
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.
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.
