Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo (Mist Saizo) returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to avenge the death of Lord Sanada Yukimura….
Letter from the Mountain
As the film begins, Takao (Akira Terao) and Michiko (Kanako Higuchi) have already pulled up their Tokyo roots and moved to a village that is Takao’s ancestral home. They visit…
The Tattered Wings
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she’s seen with her intense, no-nonsense childhood sweetheart.
Thus Another Day
A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their…
Empire of Passion
A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had…
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of…