, 1h23 Directed byKenji Misumi OriginJapon GenresDrama, Action ActorsIchikawa Raizō VIII, Kei Satō, Michiko Sugata, Saburo Date, Ryosuke Kagawa Rating70% Un mystère plane sur la naissance de Hanpei. Sa mère Kin, première suivante de Dame Maki, meurt peu après avoir accouché sans qu'on sache qui est le père, et certains n'hésitent pas à prétendre que Hanpei est le fils d'un chien. L'enfant est confié à un petit vassal. Il grandit dans l'adversité, solitaire et moqué sur son origine, avec pour seule amie Osaki, la fille d'un ami de son père adoptif.
Directed byKenji Misumi GenresDrama, Action, Historical ActorsIchikawa Raizō VIII, Shiho Fujimura, Shigeru Amachi, Eijirō Yanagi, Yoshio Inaba, Saburo Date Rating69% The film opens with Shiho Fujimura as a female assassin, seeking to kill her lord's mistress for what she sees as the good of her clan. She succeeds, but is punished for her act, sentenced to death, but it is her husband (Shigeru Amachi) who executes her. Attempting to deal with the guilt of his action, he becomes a monk and sends his son to be fostered by another family. The rest of the film follows the young boy as he grows to become a skilled swordsman (Raizo Ichikawa).
, 1h19 Directed byKenji Misumi, Kazuo Mori OriginJapon GenresDrama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror ThemesFilms about magic and magicians ActorsToru Abe, Tanie Kitabayashi, Shiho Fujimura Rating63% Après avoir pris le contrôle d'un village et de ses habitants, un diabolique seigneur de la guerre décide d'en conquérir un second. Il kidnappe leur chef, Katsushige Nakoshi et impose un ultimatum aux villageois, leur livrer leur champion, Lord Juro en échange de Katsuhige. Mais les villageois et son champion décident de se battre. Après avoir perdu leur combat et leurs espérances, ils ne leur restent plus qu'à prier un sauveur. Majin leur apparaît.
, 1h36 Directed byKenji Misumi OriginJapon GenresDrama, Action, Adventure ThemesSeafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films ActorsShintarō Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Eijirō Yanagi Rating75% The blind masseur Zatoichi is hired by yakuza gang-leader Sukegoro (Eijiro Yanagi) as he thinks that war is inevitable with the rival yakuza Shigezo (Ryuzo Shimada). Zatoichi has a distinguished reputation as a swordsman and Sukegoro thinks he is money well spent. Shigezo responds by hiring a ronin of similar repute, Miki Hirate (Shigeru Amachi). Ichi is a meek and humble man who is commonly underestimated by most men, and looked upon suspiciously. His being a masseur, which was a position of low regard in feudal Japan, merely increases the hostility that is shown towards him. They even try to take advantage of his blindness in a gambling den, but from early on it is clear that Zatoichi draws strength from his disability.