Hace treinta años, Chiyoko Fujiwara fue la estrella más importante del cine japonés, pero, de repente, desapareció. Uno de sus mayores admiradores, el reportero Genya Tachibana, viaja hasta el apartado refugio de montaña en el que vive para entrevistarla.
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Precioso drama basado en una leyenda del siglo XVI, narra la historia de dos ambiciosos campesinos que abandonan a sus familias en busca de poder, fama y riqueza. Junto a "La vida de O-Haru, mujer galante", la obra maestra de Mizoguchi.
El poderoso Daimyō Takeda Shingen ha alcanzado tanta fama como el lema escrito en sus estandartes de guerra: "Rápido como el viento, sereno como el bosque, fiero como el fuego, inmóvil como la montaña". Mientras yace agonizante por las heridas sufridas en el combate, Shingen ordena a sus guerreros que encuentren un doble o sosias que le sustituya, para mantener su inminente muerte en secreto e impedir que sus enemigos (Oda Nobunaga y Tokugawa Ieyasu) aprovechen la circunstancia para atacar. El kagemusha (la sombra del guerrero) elegido por el Clan Takeda es un pequeño delincuente (Tatsuya Nakadai) que debe hacerse pasar por un gran líder y erigirse en comandante de una gran alianza de 25.000 samuráis.
The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
En el Japón feudal, durante una sangrienta guerra entre clanes, dos campesinos cobardes y codiciosos, soldados de un ejército derrotado, tropiezan con un hombre misterioso que les guía hasta una fortaleza oculta en las montañas.
Al regresar al castillo de su señor, los guerreros samuráis Washizu y Miki son atacados por un espíritu que predice su futuro. Cuando la primera parte de la profecía del espíritu se hace realidad, la intrigante esposa de Washizu, Asaji, lo presiona para que acelere el resto de la profecía del espíritu asesinando a su señor y usurpando su lugar. La reposición del director Akira Kurosawa de "Macbeth" de William Shakespeare en el Japón feudal es una de sus películas más aclamadas.
Durante el periodo de guerra entre estados o Sengoku, un ronin llamado Nanashi, que significa "sin nombre", salva a un niño llamado Kotarou y a su perro Tobimaru en un templo abandonado. Kotarou no tiene familia y es perseguido por una misteriosa organización militar de China, por lo que contrata a Nanashi como guardaespaldas. Nanashi, que ha abandonado su nombre junto a su pasado, ha "sellado" su espada debido a un suceso pasado por el que es atormentado en forma de pesadillas. El encargado de perseguir a Kotarou es un hombre llamado Rarou, que pertenece a la organización de origen chino y que esta bajo las ordenes de un anciano llamado Byakuran, aunque, a diferencia de sus compañeros, Rarou no posee un concepto de "Rey" y solo busca luchar contra el más fuerte.
The story of the special revolves around the Sanada brothers in their youth. Nobuyuki and Yukimura swear to each other to protect the influential Sanada clan. However, thinking of how to best continue the Sanada clan, Yukimura makes a decision, and meets with Mitsunari Ishida and Naoe Kanetsugu at the location he arrived at. On the other hand, his elder brother Nobuyuki must worry about the selfish demands made by the Tokugawa clan.
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
Oda Nobunaga and Nōhime were originally married to mend a hostile relationship between neighbouring regions. Unfortunately, they were like oil and water, making for a somewhat unhappy marriage. When Oda's enemy, Imagawa Yoshimoto, attacks Owari with his vast army, Oda is devastated by the overwhelming gap in military strength. However, Nohime encourages him not to despair, and the pair draw up a tactical plan that will allow them to overcome the odds.
Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.
An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. At the same time an imaginary-number anomaly thought to be caused by interference from the past begins eroding the present.
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally led his army to invade Owari Province territory, now in Aichi Prefecture Nagoya City area, was the leader Nobunaga of this surprising burst of death. After the war, the Imagawa clan who originally dominated the Tokaido region fell away, and the victorious Oda Nobunaga quickly expanded his power in Central Japan and the Kinki region, laying the foundation for his future control of the central government of Japan.
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?
When a powerful new Makamou attacks and defeats Hibiki, Asumu dives into Takeshi’s history and discovers a book that details the ancient Oni and a boy sharing his name. As he reads on, he learns of the tensions between humans and Oni as they struggle to stop the Orochi Makamou, but will he discover the key to defeating the new Orochi in the present?
The story is divided in three portions. The Kamen Rider Wizard portion, Kamen Rider Wizard: The Promised Place, taking place after the finale and defeating Amadum. The Kamen Rider Gaim's portion of the film is titled Kamen Rider Gaim: Sengoku Battle Royale!. A battle royale is being held exclusively for the Armored Riders in Zawame City. In the final portion of the film, titled Sengoku Movie Battle, Kamen Riders Wizard and Beast join Kamen Rider Gaim in the alternate world to stop Kamen Rider Bujin Gaim from acquiring the "ultimate power" he seeks.