The Blazing Temple

In an attempt to eliminate all possible nationalist fractions, the Ching Emperor orders the destruction of the Shaolin Temple - considered the focus of anti-Manchurian resistance. As the temple burns, the surviving…

Story in the Temple Red Lily

Karl Liao Chiang Lin's historically set martial arts action film The Story in Temple Red Lily tells the tale of how, during the Sung Dynasty, the Shaolin Temple came under the control of those who wished to take over…

Hi no Kuni ni

5.0

The 18th NHK Asadora. Starring Keiko Suzuka about a woman who strives to become a landscape gardener.

Strange Story of Crematory

The Phoenix

7.3

In the days long before Japan was a unified country, the powerful Queen Himiko of the Yamatai Clan seeks immortality. To obtain this, she must drink the blood of the phoenix, a bird of legend that scorches the earth…

Kayo Suspense Gekijo: Kieta Tanker

~~ Adapted from the novel “Kieta Tanker” (消えたタンカー) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

Mission to Kill

Hi no Sakamichi

~~ Adapted from the novel "Hi no Sakamichi" (火の坂道) by Kobayashi Kyuzo (小林久三).

The Burning of Imperial Palace

8.0

Dramatization of events from the Second Opium War which culminated in the looting and destruction of imperial estate "Yuan Ming Yuan", AKA the Old Summer Palace by invading English and French troops. [themoviedb]

Kayo Suspense Gekijo: Kazoku no Sentaku

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past. (Source: TMDb) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Shikashi Satsujin wa..." (しかし殺人は…)…