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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

8.6

Before Himura Kenshin met Kaoru, he was a fearsome assassin known as Hitokiri Battousai. "Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning" tells the story of a young Kenshin who became the number one assassin for the Ishin Shishi (which…

JIN

8.3

The story follows a brain surgeon named Minakata Jin, who has spent the last two years in anguish as his fiancee lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he faints at the hospital and awakens…

JIN Season 2

8.3

It has been two years since Minakata Jin went back in time to the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. One day, Sakamoto Ryoma arrives from Kyoto to seek Jin's help. Ryoma says Katsu Kaishu's mentor, Sakuma Shozan,…

Taboo

6.7

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around…

Ooku

7.4

In the year 1716, a mysterious epidemic strikes men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan.…

Ooku: The Inner Chamber

7.5

In the Edo era during the reign of the third shogun, a mysterious smallpox epidemic affects males only, causing the number of males to plummet to one-fourth of the population. The roles of males and females are reversed.…

Atsu Hime

7.8

The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest…

Kimi to Yukite Saku: Shinsengumi Seishunroku

7.8

"Shinsengumi'' is a story about the fictional young Shinsengumi soldiers Fukakusa Kyujuro and Kamagiri Daisaku. After his father is killed, Kyujuro joins the Shinsengumi to improve his sword skills and avenge his death.…

Neko Zamurai

7.6

Kyutaro is a swordsman who was feared by people at one time. Now, he is poor and lives alone quietly. Kyutaro doesn't know how to earn money without using his sword. By chance, Sakichi happens to see Kyutaro's swordsmanship…

Tempest

7.2

Set in the Ryukyu Kingdom during the latter days of the Tokugawa shogunate, a woman, who wants to complete her studies despite her gender restrictions, takes advantage of the disappearance of her stepbrother and disguises…

The Lightning Tree

7.2

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms).…

Byakkotai

7.3

A re-make of the 1986 hit, which scored 80-percent in the Aizu district of Fukushima prefecture. "Byakkotai" seems to be a story by which the content of the drama visits Byakkotai Memorial Hall by a modern young person…

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

7.5

Set during the 17th century when the samurai class struggled to find work. Poverty-stricken samurai Hanshiro enters the House of Ii, run by Kageyu, and requests to commit seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) in their…

Neko Zamurai 1

7.3

Kyutaro was once a fearsome samurai but has fallen on hard times and tries to keep a low profile. When a man named Sakichi sees an example of Kyutaro’s swordsmanship, he hires the samurai to kill a white cat named…

Ooku

7.8

In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant jobs, therefore changing the social structure. Now, 80 years after the…

Neko Zamurai Season 2

7.7

Iwane: Sword of Serenity

7.3

Iwane Sakazaki has two childhood friends: Kinpei Kobayashi and Shinnosuke Kawade. They received training at the same dojo. Kinpei Kobayashi's younger sister Mai is married to Shinnosuke Kawade. Also, Iwane Sakazaki will…

The Castle of Crossed Destinies

7.0

In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun.

Tsuma wa Kunoichi

7.5

It is the late Edo period. Futaboshi Hikoma, the Hirado domain’s astronomer, is a rather eccentric person whose only interests are the stars and the sea. A beautiful bride Orie comes to him, and Hikoma vows to himself…

Kakekomi

7.4

The story is set in the late Edo period when the divorce rate was two times higher than the present. In feudal Japanese society, men could easily divorce their wives whereas wives had great difficulty exercising the…