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Hana is a 2006 Japanese period comedy-drama directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Set among common residents of an Edo tenement, it follows a young samurai who is expected to avenge his father's death but lacks both enthusiasm for violence and certainty about the values behind his mission. The film uses th...
"Incident at Blood Pass" is a 1970 jidaigeki film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and produced by Toho. The film stars Toshiro Mifune as a wandering ronin who arrives at a mountain pass inn and becomes entangled in a criminal conspiracy. It is a period drama set during Japan's feudal era, representative...
Machibuse, also released internationally as Ambush, is a 1970 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Hiroshi Inagaki. The plot follows a wandering swordsman, portrayed by frequent collaborator Toshiro Mifune, who becomes entangled in a deadly standoff at a rural post town. The narra...
A 1966 Japanese chambara film directed by Hideo Gosha, following a wandering swordsman and representing Gosha's gritty, character-driven approach to the jidaigeki genre.
A 1967 Japanese chambara sequel directed by Hideo Gosha, continuing the wandering swordsman's story from the first film with the director's characteristic moral ambiguity.
Directed by Kenji Misumi, this 1963 Japanese film is the first installment in the Sleepy Eyes of Death franchise, starring Raizo Ichikawa as a cynical ronin.
One of the later Daiei Film entries in the Nemuri Kyoshiro series, starring Raizo Ichikawa as the nihilistic half-European ronin who became a major Japanese cinema icon.
Part of the Daiei Film chambara series (1963–1969) starring Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshiro, a half-European nihilist ronin known for his signature Full Moon Cut technique.
Daiei Film entry in the Nemuri Kyoshiro series, with Raizo Ichikawa as the brooding half-Portuguese ronin whose stories were adapted from Renzaburo Shibata's popular novels.
Chambara entry in the Daiei Film Nemuri Kyoshiro series starring Raizo Ichikawa as the half-European ronin, one of twelve films released between 1963 and 1969.
Daiei Film Nemuri Kyoshiro installment starring Raizo Ichikawa as the brooding half-Portuguese swordsman, part of a popular chambara series produced between 1963 and 1969.
One of twelve Daiei Film chambara installments starring Raizo Ichikawa as the cynical half-European swordsman Nemuri Kyoshiro, adapted from Renzaburo Shibata's novels.
Daiei Film production in the long-running Nemuri Kyoshiro series, with Raizo Ichikawa as the nihilistic ronin whose signature Full Moon Cut dispatches enemies in each entry.
Among the final Daiei Film Nemuri Kyoshiro entries, starring Raizo Ichikawa as the iconic half-European ronin in one of his last screen appearances before his 1969 death.
