Director: Kenji Misumi

Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama

"Child and Expertise For Rent" reads the sign on the crude baby cart that Ogami Itto pushes, carrying his infant son, Daigoro, as they wander the Japa... Read more

Director: Buiichi Saito

Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama

His services cost 500 pieces of gold. Once he agrees to take an assignment, he never fails. But now Ogami Itto faces his greatest challenge yet - he h... Read more

Director: Yoshio Inoue

The last in the Hanzo trilogy, this time our hard-as-nails super-stud cop is on the trail of a plot to smuggle gold out of the national treasury. Nat... Read more

6.8/10

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura

Starring: Takao Osawa, Masaya Kato, Kanae Uotani

Two wounded samurai take shelter in an ancient temple, one dies while the other wakes up miraculously healed. His mysterious host explains the temple... Read more

6.4/10

Director: Akihiko Shiota

Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kou Shibasaki, Eita , Mieko Harada, Yoshio Harada, Nakai Kiic...

Based on a manga by anime grandmaster Osamu Tezuka ('Astroboy'), this fantasy actioner features a powerful samurai who makes a deal with 48 demons who... Read more

8/10

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Kenichi Hagiwara, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki

AKA 'Kagemusha - The Shadow Warrior'. Set in 1531, in a Japan torn by civil strife, the film deals with a mighty Japanese warlord and his commoner loo... Read more

8.2/10

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu

A Kurosawa masterpiece, a decade-in-the-making version of 'King Lear' that brilliantly blends Japanese history with Shakespeare's themes. A triumphant... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Yoji Yamada

Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Min Tanaka

One of Japan's most celebrated filmmakers, Yoji Yamada (director of the Oscar-nominated 'Twilight Samurai') has once again created stunning cinema wit... Read more

Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda

Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama

In this, the final film, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, having failed in his previous attempts to eliminate Ogami, deploys his ultimate weapons; his dau... Read more

Director: Kenji Misumi

Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama

Five retainers of the Kuroda clan seek out Ogami to enlist his aid in saving the Clan. But first, they must ensure that he is capable of helping them.... Read more