Tomisaburō Wakayama

New York detective Nick Conklin is down on his luck and under investigation by Internal Affairs. He and his friend Charlie witness a brutal murder at the meeting between Mafia and Yakuza chieftains. After arresting a suspect named Sato, they are assigned to escort him to Osaka, where they promptly hand him over to his fellow gangsters, disguised as cops. Determined to pursue the escaped suspect, Nick and Charlie besiege the Osaka police for help....

Includes: Lame d'un pere, l'ame d'un sabre, a 2005 documentary about the making of the series; New interview with Kazuo Koike, writer of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series and screenwriter on all five of the films; New interview with biographer Kazuma Nozawa about Kenji Misumi, director of four of the six films; Silent documentary from 1937 about the making of samurai swords, with an optional new ambient score by Ryan Francis.

Goemon Ishikawa, a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Nobunaga ODA, an evil warlord bent on ruling feudal Japan with an iron fist. Deceit, treachery and entire gangs of enemy ninja lurk around every corner as Goemon travels the countryside to complete his task, win back his honor and save his skin.

Shogun and personal executioner Ogami finds his wife murdered by the Ninja assassins of Lord Yagyu. He escapes certain death with his young son, Daigoro, and gives the boy a choice between a ball and a sword: if he chooses the ball, he will join his mother in heaven ; if he chooses sword, he will be a fellow fugitive seeking vengeance. Part one of a six-part series.

Before Tokogawa leyasu has complete domination over Japan he must destroy the Toyotomi clan. The armies of leyasu and the Toyotomi ninja will decide the fate of the nation in a desperate struggle in the dark to stop leyasu from ruling Japan.

When Zatoichi discovers the lord who has hired him suffers from a madness that, if made public, would bring ruin to his empire and the livelihood of the samurai warriors he employs, the blind masseur becomes a wanted man for the secret he now possesses. Attacked at every turn by the crazed lord's samurais and hired yakuza thugs, Zatoichi manages to escape relatively unscathed. But in a final duel, masseur Ichi must face his old foe, the infamous one-armed...

Trying to survive in the ruins of post-war Japan, Kawada and Tsukada run afoul of the military police after stealing valuable copper wire. Kawada is arrested and sent to prison, but Tsukada uses their gains to start a yakuza gang.

Baby cart in the land of demons: Ogami roams the Japanese countryside with his infant son Diagoro and a crude wooden baby cart as the paid assassins known as "Lone Wolf and Cub!". White Heaven in Hell: Once again, Ogami Itto and his son are about to enter the Crossroads to Hell. But this time, they may not return!

Sword of vengeance: He was Ogami Itto, a man who held himself to the harsh code of Bushido. Their first commission: to save the life of Daimyo and kill the traitors that plot his death. Baby Cart at the River Styx: The Yagyu clan has murdered Ogami Itto's wife, and had him stripped of his position of Official Shogunate Second. Now Ogami and his son Diagoro wander the countryside. Baby cart at the River Styx: In this exploitation-cinema classic, which...

While Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang, serves a prison sentence for a bungled hit, another family member attempts to seize power from the boss, leaving Miyoshi stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.