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Don’t Lose Your Head! (2024)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- Murotsuyoshi, NAGAYAMA Eita, KAWAGUCHI Haruna
Samurai Hustle and Samurai Shifters screenplay writer Dobashi Akihiro adapts his own same-named novel for this samurai period comedy. The much-hated Kira Kozukenosuke is stabbed to death in Edo Castle. With their very survival on the line, the Kira ...
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The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)
- Director
- SATO Shimako
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, SOMETANI Shota, Nao
Over a thousand years ago, during the Heian period of Japanese history, politics in the capital city of Heiankyo, present-day Kyoto, center on the Yin Yang Bureau, whose school trains the yin yang masters who defend the city from curses and other mal...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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September 1923 (2023)
- Director
- MORI Tatsuya
- Cast
- IURA Arata, TANAKA Rena, NAGAYAMA Eita
Drama about mob hysteria based on the 1923 Fukuda Village incident. Directed by Mori Tatsuya, known for the documentaries A and FAKE. The year is 1923. Sawada Tomokazu (Iura Arata) and his wife Shizuko (Tanaka Rena) leave Gyeongseong (Seoul at prese...
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Mountain Woman (2022)
- Director
- FUKUNAGA Takeshi
- Cast
- YAMADA Anna, MORIYAMA Mirai, NAGASE Masatoshi
Drama inspired by folklorist Yanagida Kunio's famous book ‘Tales of Tono'. Directed and scripted by Fukunaga Takeshi, whose Ainu Moshir was highly acclaimed abroad. Tohoku in the late 18th century. Rin (Yamada Anna) lives in a village suffering from...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY (2023)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- KIMURA Takuya, AYASE Haruka
Historical epic commemorating Toei's 70th anniversary. A new perspective on the lives of Sengoku (warring states period) warlord Oda Nobunaga and his wife, Nohime. Directed by Otomo Keishi of the "Rurouni Kenshin" series. Nobunaga (Kimura Takuya) of...
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BUSHIDO (2024)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, KUNIMURA Jun, KIYOHARA Kaya
Director Shiraishi Kazuya (The Blood of Wolves) takes on a historical drama for the first time, teaming up with Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (Midnight Swan) for this revenge drama. Yanagida Kakunoshin (Kusanagi), a ronin who was falsely accused of a crime and ...
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KUBI (2023)
- Director
- KITANO Takeshi
- Cast
- KITANO Takeshi, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, KASE Ryo
Kitano Takeshi spent 30 years planning this Warring States period film, which depicts the "Honno-ji Incident" on an epic scale. The film had its world premiere at the 37th Cannes Film Festival. Oda Nobunaga (Kase Ryo), who is determined to unite the...
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Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)
- Director
- NAKANISHI Kenji
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, MATSUYAMA Kenichi, KITAGAWA Keiko
A film adaptation of the rakugo story, "The Tale of Ino Tadataka: The Road to Taiga", by storyteller Tatekawa Shinosuke. This drama spins a tale of Ino Tadataka, who completed a map of Japan in 1821, which is set in two different periods, the Edo pe...
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SHIMAMORI (2022)
- Director
- IGARASHI Sho
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Masato, MURAKAMI Jun, YOSHIOKA Riho
A human drama, set in Okinawa at the end of World War II, depicting the preciousness of human life. Directed by Igarashi Sho of One Step on a Mine, It's All Over. Together with Shimada Akira (Hagiwara Masato), the last appointed governor of Okinawa ...
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Fragments of The Last Will (2022)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, KITAGAWA Keiko
Drama depicting the 11-year bond between real-life Japanese POW Yamamoto Hatao, his wife and his fellow internees in a Siberian concentration camp (Lageri). Set in Siberia 1945, during a severe winter that is forty degrees below zero. Yamamoto (Nin...
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SHIKKOKUTEN (2022)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- ARAKI Hirofumi
Third production in the Movies x Stage series that utilizes film and theater performances. Script by "Token Ranbu" series director Suemitsu Kenichi. A guy with amnesia (Araki Hirofumi) shows up in Edo. After fate leads him to getting petty criminal ...
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Gift of Fire (2021)
- Director
- KUROSAKI Hiroshi
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, ARIMURA Kasumi, MIURA Haruma
Based on the historical events of the end of the Pacific War, this coming-of-age ensemble drama tells the story of three young adults who lived their lives to the fullest while being at the mercy of the times. It is the summer of 1945. Under secret ...
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Zenin seppuku (2021)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- KUBOZUKA Yosuke, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, IMOU Haruka
Toyoda Toshiaki, who has constantly been releasing works including Wolf's Calling and The Day of Destruction, directs this twenty-six-minute period film on which he also serves as planner and producer. Kubozuka Yousuke, known for his roles in Silence...
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Godai - The Wunderkind (2020)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- MIURA Haruma, MIURA Shohei, NISHIKAWA Takanori
Godai Tomoatsu, a samurai who prospered between the end of the Edo Era and the early Meiji Era, is depicted in this ensemble youth drama. The original story is brought to life by the 125 Years Memory duo of screenwriter Komatsu Eriko, and director Ta...
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Independence of Japan (2020)
- Director
- ITO Shunya
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, MIYAZAWA Rie, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
Set after the war in occupied Japan, this drama depicts Yoshida Shigeru and Shirasu Jiro, who were an equally matched opponent for the Allied Forces General Headquarters (GHQ) as it rushed to immediately restore Japan's autonomy. The film is written ...
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SHINIGAMI AND THE DEATH HANDLER (2020)
- Director
- SHIBAZAKI Takayuki
- Cast
- SUZUKI Hiroki, YASUI Kentaro, SAKIYAMA Tsubasa
Second production in the Toei Movie x Stage project that connects the big screen with theater. The last of the death handlers investigates serial killings in Edo for this innovative historical drama. Original story and script by Suto Yasushi of Detec...
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INU-OH (2021)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- Avu-chan (Queen Bee), MORIYAMA Mirai
Yuasa Masaaki directs this musical animated film adaptation of the novel "THE TALE OF THE HEIKE: THE INU-OH CHAPTERS" which is based on the true story of Noh master Inu-oh who performed between the Nanboku-cho Period and Muromachi Era. Manga artist M...
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THE PASS: LAST DAYS OF THE SAMURAI (2020)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Takashi
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, MATSU Takako, NAKADAI Tatsuya
First film adaptation of Shiba Ryotaro's famed work "Touge" about the heroic Kawai Tsugunosuke, known as the "last samurai." Direction and screenplay by Koizumi Takashi, who worked as assistant director on numerous Kurosawa Akira films. In 1867 as t...
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HOKUSAI (2020)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, TANAKA Min, NAGAYAMA Eita
Life in the Edo Period was oppressive under the shogunate. The artist Katsushika Hokusai practiced his craft during this time and is the focus of this biographical drama directed by Hashimoto Hajime of the Detective in the Bar series. The film depic...
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TALKING THE PICTURES (2019)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, KUROSHIMA Yuina
The first comedy in five years since Lady Maiko by Suo Masayuki whose Shall we Dance? was remade by Hollywood. It deals with the uniquely Japanese art of "Katsudo Benshi" or "movie narrator" during the Japanese silent film era. Shuntaro (Narita Ryo)...
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BARAGAKI UNBROKEN SAMURAI (2020)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, SHIBASAKI Ko, SUZUKI Ryohei
Epic period drama based on Shiba Ryotaro's historical novel, helmed and scripted by Harada Masato of Sekigahara and KAKEKOMI. Vividly depicts Shinsengumi vice commander Hijikata Toshizo's life spanning the final days of the Edo period into the Meiji ...
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ITOSATO A Kyoto Coutesan at the End of Samurai Era (2018)
- Director
- KASHIMA Mikiya
- Cast
- FUJINO Ryoko, MIZOBATA Junpei, MATSUI Rena
A geisha's tragic love story is told in this period film which was an official selection of the 38th Hawaii International Film Festival. The film is written and directed by Kashima Mikiya, a veteran of many period television series. Fujino Ryoko, who...
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Seven girls (2018)
- Director
- David MIYAHARA
- Cast
- SAKAZAKI Ai, HORIKAWA Hatena, ADACHI Kaho
2018 marked the 20th anniversary of the theatre troupe Zenpo Koenfun. This drama is a film adaptation with the original stage cast of their popular work which was first performed in 2004 and has had over four repeat performances since. In the directo...
