Rentarô Mikuni

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is ...

Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from ...

Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

Η ειρήνη που επικρατεί στην Ιαπωνία του 17ου αιώνα προκαλεί την διάλυση των πολεμικών φυλών και ωθεί χιλιάδες σαμουράι στην ανεργία και την φτώχεια. Σύμφωνα με τον κώδικα των σαμουράι, ένα έντιμο τέλος για μια τέτοια κατάσταση είναι η τελετουργική αυτοκτονία (χαρακίρι). Ένας ηλικιωμένος ρόνιν (σαμουράι χωρίς αφέντη) καταφτάνει στο σπίτι ενός τοπικού άρχοντα και ζητά ένα μέρος στην αυλή ...