Chikara Motoyama

Juzo Kimura is a wandering Ronin with a past. 15 years later, after winding up in Edo, he becomes a sword teacher to support his wife and daughter. But he has a dark side to him; at night, he becomes an assassin for hire. The fates of men living double lives cross in the shadows of Edo.

Set in Kyoto in the last days of the Edo Period, the bloody conflict continues between local feudal domains, which aim to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the Shogun's police and city patrol. Tajuro Kiyokawa, once the master of the sword but now a depraved samurai who left his domain putting aside his past ambition, barely makes ends meet. Toyo, a woman who runs a tavern next door, feels affection for Tajuro who guards her place against nasty customers, but he never realizes Toyo's feelings.

Frappé d'immortalité, Manji la fine lame accepte de devenir le garde du corps d'une jeune fille et promet de venger sa famille assassinée.

Un soir, la princesse Sakura est attaquée par un homme dont le visage est caché mais dont le tatouage est apparent. À cause de cette nuit-là, la princesse Sakura tombe amoureuse de l'homme. Afin de le trouver, elle abandonne tout et obtient le même tatouage identique. C'est alors qu'elle travaille comme prostituée. Gonsuke est l'homme qui a attaqué la princesse Sakura mais il a également volé un rouleau et, à cause de cela, il est poursuivi par des assassins...

Set in the mid-19th century, this period action film centers on 11 prisoners who are ordered to defend a fortress from the government’s army so their past crimes will be forgiven.

Low-caste former samurai Hanayama Daikichi and his gambler friend Hanji of Yaizu, come to a once peaceful post town of Kofu. A town now filled with gamblers, prostitutes, and unscrupulous opportunists, all drawn by the smell of blood and the scent of newly-mined gold. Daikichi brings a little girl whose father has been butchered by yakuza assassins, hoping to find her family. Intrigue and violence follow the group as they must ward off a deadly female spy and a mysterious ronin with a violent past. Tension mounts as all these forces come together to unravel a secret which will unleash a wave of violence that could destroy them all.