Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

Peking, 1908. De driejarige Pu Yi wordt op de Drakentroon geplaatst als 'Heer van Tienduizend Jaren', keizer van bijna de helft van de toenmalige wereldbevolking. Ondanks dat is hij het eenzaamste jongetje van de wereld.

Harumi is een prostituee in de oorlog en moet haar diensten verlenen aan honderden soldaten. Uiteindelijk begint ze gevoelens te krijgen voor de aardige en gevoelige Mikami. Dit leidt echter tot problematische situaties.

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.

Kaji wordt door de Russen gevangen genomen en naar een kamp in Siberië gestuurd. Omdat hij ooit een bewaker is geweest in een gevangenenkamp wordt hij aangemerkt als oorlogsmisdadiger. Kaji probeert te ontsnappen uit de ellende van de Russische Gulag.

In 1919 trekken gepantserde treinen door Rusland, Siberië en Mandchoerije. De trein van admiraal Kolchak wordt met hongerige ogen gevolgd want die vervoert het goud van de contra-revolutionaire regering. In deze schattenjacht krijgen Corto Maltese en Raspoutine te maken met geheime Chinese vennootschappen en een Russische hertogin die al even charmant als pervers blijkt te zijn.

A general goes on a search for a book that reveals the names of revolutionaries in the area, leading to a showdown at a Shaolin temple where he faces off against the revolutionaries.

A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.

During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions as the shaman dance (tiao tchin, meaning "spirit-jumping" or "god's dance"). However, on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, a farmer named Guan Yunde decided to start designing and building traditional Manchu shaman drums. At age 70, he is one of a minority of ethnic Manchu people in China's Jilin province, and one of the few people keeping the Manchu shamanic tradition alive.

An expansive research project that takes us in a flashback to the reconstruction of a lost film production in Manchuria, the doomed epic entitled The Lost Tribes. (M HKA)

The activities of a group of Korean independence fighters in Mongolia, who try to steal a valuable item from the Japanese Army.