Kagemusha – varjokenraali kertoo mahtavan Takeda-klaanin romahtamisesta ja tuhosta Japanin sotaisella Sengoku-kaudella 1570-luvulla, samurai-ylimys Takeda Shingenin kohtalon kautta. Elokuvassa Takeda Shingeniä ja tämän kaksoisolentoa (kagemushaa) esittää Kurosawan luottonäyttelijöihin kuulunut Tatsuya Nakadai.

Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack, but chaos erupts when the assassins find Kotaro, and No Name must face his past before a horrible fate is met again.

Mestariohjaajan kuuluisin teos, humanistinen runoelma savenvalajan ja hänen soturiksi haluavan lankonsa perheistä maata ravistelevan sisällissodan keskellä. Elokuva voitti Hopeisen leijonan parhaasta ohjauksesta Venetsian elokuvajuhlilla 1953.

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.

Nainen ja hänen miniänsä selviytyvät onnekkaasti hengissä sisällissodasta 1300-luvulla. Toimeen tullakseen naiset tappavat samuraita ja ryöstävät nämä. Kun naisten naapuri Hachi palaa sodasta, hän aloittaa suhteen nuoremman naisen kanssa. Vanhempi nainen keksii kuitenkin kauhistuttavan keinon, jolla yrittää saada nuoremman naisen jättämään rakastajansa. Hyytävä elokuva kuuluu japanilaisten elokuvien kaanoniin ja on kriitikoiden suosikki ympäri maailman.

Ainutlaatuisessa seikkailussa käydään menneessä ja nykyisyydessä ja totuus ja fiktio sekoittuvat, kun dokumenttielokuvantekijä päättää lähteä etsimään legendaarista näyttelijätärtä Chiyoko Fujiwaraa, joka mystisesti hävisi uransa huipulla. Kun Chiyoko Fujiwara suostuu dokumentaristin pyyntöön haastattelusta, tämä antaa vastalahjana avaimen, jonka Chiyoko luuli olleen kadonneen ikuisiksi ajoiksi. Elokuvantekijä ei voinut kuvitella, että avain avaisi tien Chiyoko Fujiwaran salaisuuksiin, mutta myös omiinsa.

Tämä Macbeth-versio on ensimmäinen ja varmaankin paras Kurosawan japanilaiseen ympäristöön siirtämistä kolmesta Shakespeare-tulkinnasta. Macbethin synkkä taru kertoo karusti ihmisluonnosta, vallanhimosta ja kateudesta. Elokuvan tapahtuma-aika on 1300-1400-luku - Japanin feodaalisotien aika.

Feodaalisessa Japanissa, verisen taistelun aikana, kaksi pelkurimaista ja ahnetta talonpoikaa, jotka ovat hävityn armeijan pelinappuloita, törmäävät salaperäiseen mieheen, joka johdattaa heidät vuorilla sijaitsevaan piilotettuun linnoitukseen.

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.

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.

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.

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?

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.

The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan.

In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in the form of a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika, a frivolous hedonistic fellow and unlikely candidate for the position of rebel general, finds himself in charge of defending the castle. His odds? An army of 500 men to combat Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army of 20,000.