When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing taxes, a wandering ronin and two renegades from the magistrate's guard take up the fight for them.
After killing a counselor of his clan, a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun's gold in the mountains.
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.
A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, a gangster gets released early - only to find that his ex-gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, bloodshed is bound to begin anew.
Fresh out of prison, a broken man reluctantly takes a job to kill three men, but changes his mind when some gangsters target the same men. He then tries to find out why the men are being targeted in the first place.
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange ...
Kiba is caught in the intrigue between a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical, betrayed swordsman, a manipulative lady and an arrogant dojo master.
A retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan ...
A yakuza melodrama, covering decades in the lives of Boss Onimasa, his adopted daughter Matsue, and his biological daughter Hanako.
The loves and tragedies of a geisha in 1933 Japan.
A man who is jailed for murdering his family after he confessed, escapes. His only chance at freedom is his new love interest that tries to shield him from the authorities.
While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse's gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival ...
After their executions are faked by the authorities, three criminals are forced to become assassins under the Shogun's command
A woman follows in her late father's footsteps and becomes a gambler, only to meet her father's murderer at a game.
During the Meiji era, a brutal prison warden terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido.
The story of Iwago, a troubled Japanese man who has grave personal problems and strained relationships with his wife and step children.