Enishi, il cognato di Kenshin, vuole ancora vendicare la morte di sua sorella avvenuta 15 anni prima per mano del samurai vagabondo che però ha già fatto ammenda per il terribile atto. Ma Enishi è pronto a tutto ed è accecato dalla vendetta anche a sacrificare la propria umanità!
Ogami svolge due importanti incarichi nei quali si scontrerà contro Sayaka Yagyu, le sue donne guerriere e i ninja di Izunu Kurokuwa e contro i tre signori della morte, i fratelli Kuruma. Bellissimo lo scontro finale sulle dune.
Ogami viene incaricato di uccidere la pericolosa Oyuki, una temibile guerriera che uccide e disonora i samurai del paese. Durante il viaggio alla sua ricerca, il lupo solitario e il suo cucciolo incontreranno Gumbei Yagyu e si confronteranno con il padre di Oyuki, in un intenso dialogo dove i due padri si interrogano sul loro triste destino.
Il signore del potente clan Kuroda mette in pericolo l'onore e il prestigio del suo clan per interessi personali, i suoi sottoposti ingaggiano il lupo solitario per smascherare l'intrigo. Memorabili i cavalieri mascherati Kuroda e l'incontro con il bonzo Wajo Jikei.
Zatoichi, massaggiatore cieco molto abile nell'uso della katana, viene invitato dal ricco Sukegoro al suo villaggio. Qui rimane invischiato in una guerra tra clan rivali.
Il lupo solitario vive in questo viaggio tre eventi legati al suo passato: una ragazza che ha perso la sua famiglia, una famiglia che ha perso il suo nome e un samurai che cerca la vera via del guerriero. Il finale è l'apoteosi della massima espressione di un film di samurai. Leggendario.
Ogami decide di tornare a Edo per riscattarsi e uccidere Retsudo Yagyu, ma dovrà vedersela con Kaori Yagyu e affrontare la vera paura contro gli Tsuchigumo di Hyoei. Nello scontro finale il lupo solitario batte tutti i record di carneficine della storia del Chambara.
L'inizio della saga: durante il viaggio verso le terme Komori, dove deve svolgere una delicata missione, Ogami ricorda gli eventi precedenti della sua vita che lo hanno portato a perdere tutto e diventare il lupo solitario. Da segnalare gli epici duelli contro Bizen e Kurando Jagyu.
Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
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?
A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.
Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo is a samurai eager to test his skills and sword and make his first kill. The dojo he belongs to practices the Tennen Rishin style and teaches this to farmers. Not considered real samurai by other dojo's, they receive a request for a duel by a rival dojo practicing the Kogen Itto style. Sohaku Rokusha, a teacher there, challenges them and fights with Hijikata Toshizo. The outcome of the fight creates a deadly animosity between them that lasts through the ages.
[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, Kirigakure Saisuke, who after seeing his father die at the Battle Of Shimabara, grows up to be an expert ninja. Before he dies, “Mist” Saizo tells his children Saisuke, and Yuri that they are not really brother and sister. She, in fact, is the daughter of the late lord Sanada Yukimura, and must be saved from the shogun’s forces. In the chess match of spy versus spy, can Saisuke defeat the shogun’s chief strategist, Matsudaira Izunokami at his own game? Showing many exciting ninja tactics, it is not to be missed.
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack...
