Period Drama Movies

Japanese film.

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...

In pre-WWI Austria-Hungary, a physician struggles with his decision about which woman will he marry.

Barbara Field, born into poverty with a rare condition that means she is entirely covered in hair. Given the precious gift of an education, she is...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict...

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese film.

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class...

Japanese film.

Japanese film.

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by...

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in...

Japanese film.

As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo...

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike and Satomi Kôe.