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Depicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai

Musashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro He agrees to fight him in a years time

Musashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan

A war hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spiders Web Castle

A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation The doctors life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesnt destroy others along with him

In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the U S President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it

The mother of a feudal lords only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska, Alaska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most da

An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the masters death

During World War II, an American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain are deserted on a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean There, they must cease their hostility and cooperate if they want to survive, but will they

A biography of one of the only beloved postwar figures of Japans disastrous Pacific War A common sense soldier knows the war is doomed, but gamely goes ahead and does the best with what hes given

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeurs son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent

A down and out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer

A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes

American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard

During a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol

A shrewd 16th Century samurai helps a daimyo expand his realm

Lt Col Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots int

Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo Japanese War

Osami, a soldier of fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king

During the Second World War, Takeichi Matsuo had participated in hiding a huge cache of gold in the Phillippine mountains Years after the war, he is kidnapped by Mitsura and Keigo Gunji, brothers who want Matsuo to lead them to t

Follows a womans fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo Japanese War

Feudal Japan Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins known as the Shinsen Group, devoted to the Tokugawa shogunate and to an elegant code of action and behavior Kondo leads the

When a samurai clan attempting to assassinate a feudal lord begin to suspect a traitor, they start an investigation on a ronin who is helping their cause

A prince, framed for murder and starved for affection from his father, is sent on a quest

Based on a centuries old traditional Japanese fairy tale, a country couple finds a baby girl in some bamboo and raises her as their own daughter Not the same as the original tale, though, in which the girl was a fairy from the mo

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the womans husband dies suddenly

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo Japanese War An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan

A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond