Directed by Sadao Yamanaka • 1937 • Japan

A poor, masterless Samurai who depends on the paper balloons his wife makes to feed his family becomes tempted by a criminal opportunity.

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki • 1959 • Japan
Starring Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa

Following the triumphs of THE SAMURAI TRILOGY and RICKSHAW MAN, celebrated jidai-geki master Hiroshi Inagaki and legendary star Toshiro Mifune reteamed for this superlative adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s evergreen p...

ZATOICHI #22
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda • 1971 • Japan

It's East meets East when one of Japan’s action idols crosses paths with an iconic kung-fu hero from Hong Kong. While traveling the countryside, Zatoichi comes across Wang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu), a Chinese swordsman protecting a brutally orp...

ZATOICHI #17
Directed by Kenji Misumi • 1967 • Japan

A dying woman begs Zatoichi to reunite her son with the father he has never met, but when the blind masseur searches for the man, he discovers that he has been forced by a local yakuza boss to pay off his gambling debts in an unusual way: by p...