郊外神社的神殿里，九位年轻武士在秘密开会，城代家老的外甥井坂（加山雄三饰）准备向大目付菊井求助整治内部问题。但外貌邋遢的武士椿三十郎（三船敏郎饰）出现，告诉他们菊井才是背后的黑手。果然，神殿很快被大目付手下团团围住，三十郎出手替年轻人解危，而室户半兵卫（仲代达矢饰）却欣赏三十郎的身手，欢迎他加入。之后，三十郎与九人组去找城代家老，却发现晚了一步已被绑架。他们到了武士寺田家中再谋营救，隔壁就是敌人所在的黑藤府。菊井一边监禁了城代家老，另一边又想着引出年轻武士们出洞，幸得三十郎所救。在精妙计谋下，解救成功。但室户半兵卫却不放过三十郎，较量的胜负就在一瞬间。
外表落魄邋遢的浪人武士三十郎（三船敏郎 饰）来到一个小镇，清兵卫（河津清三郎 饰）和新田丑寅（山茶花究 饰）两家恶霸在那里为争夺地盘，招兵买马经常争斗，弄得民不聊生。三十郎决定从中设计，引诱双方雇佣自己，再加入不同方造成两边拼斗，由此坐收渔利，消灭对方。 但随着丑寅弟弟卯之助（仲代达矢 饰）的加入，情况又发生了不同，他手里握有短枪，占得优势，清兵卫的势力被打败，三十郎甚至也受伤不轻。但是决战在所难免，椿三十郎独对丑寅、亥之吉等众人，身处劣势的他如何能剿灭对方呢？
宽永七年德川幕府第三代将军家光时，当时由于实施中央集权，削弱了许多诸侯大名的权力，曾经叱咤一时的武士阶级很多失业沦为浪人。残酷的现实使得无所事事的浪人经常跑到诸侯家，表示要切腹自杀，而势力被削弱无力招揽更多浪人的诸侯只得用钱打发他们走，于是这成为当时流行的敲诈手段。一天井伊家来了一位名叫千千岩求女的浪人，他也提出相同要求，家臣决定将计就计，让他切腹，结果千千岩求女在极度痛苦中咬舌死去。几个月以后又有一名叫津云半四郎（仲代达矢饰）的老浪人前来要求借井伊家宝地切腹自杀。其原因也是不堪生活的困苦，井伊家老（三国连太郎饰）出面。在切腹之前，津云要求讲下自己这辈子的故事……
60岁的立花源也和28岁的摄影师井田恭二不远千里跋山涉水上门去拜访隐居了三十年的一代影星藤原千代子，为了给她拍摄一生自传的纪录片。款款前来的千代子虽然已界75岁高龄，但仍然优雅美丽，左眼下标志性的小痣也仍然俏皮。立花双手递上一把钥匙，千代子深受震动，称这把钥匙是开启一个秘密的关键，当年她不慎丢失，今日竟还能再回手中。千代子的思绪飞到老远。 1926年9月1日，藤原千代子呱呱坠地，水灵清秀的她16岁就被星探发掘，然而直到遇上一个画家，她救他于乱世中，藏于自家仓库内，他赠她一把钥匙，说这是开启秘密的关键，并承诺再与她重逢时带她去看北海道的雪。然而次日千代子放学归家时画家已经因为逃开追捕逃离远去。千代子自此进入电影圈，只因为画家最后说他会去满洲作战，而第一部电影承诺会去满洲取景。从此千代子的银幕生涯拉开，拍摄了代表日本战国、幕府、大正及昭和等四个不同时期的大时代爱情故事。在每一个故事里，千代子都在奔跑，追寻着自己的真爱。场景与她本身的故事糅合在一起，虚实难分。立花和井田紧随其后身临其境，时而变成故事中人物。在一次地震中，千代子丢失了钥匙，心灰意冷的她嫁给了一直追求她的导演大泷。然而到后来她发现一切是一个精心布下的骗局，千代子认清事实后决意继续找寻自己少女时代的所爱。
已是江户时代后期，时有明石藩江户之家老间宫图书（内野聖陽 饰）在幕府老中土井大炊头（平幹二朗 饰）的宅前自杀，此举引起朝野震动。一切皆由明石藩主齐昭（稲垣吾郎 饰）而起。齐昭系现任将军的异母弟弟，其人嗜血如命、暴虐无常，引起朝廷上下诸多人等的不满，然齐昭已内定成为下任老中。为免苍生遭其荼毒，土井授意岛田新作卫门（役所広司 饰）在齐昭回藩途中予以刺杀。新左卫门召集了仓永左平太（松方弘樹 饰）、三桥军次郎（沢村一樹 饰）、平山九十郎（伊原剛志 饰）等13名刺客，在齐昭的必经之地布下层层埋伏…… 本片翻拍自工藤荣一1963年同名经典名作，新版剧本由著名导演今村昌平之子天愿大介担任，该片荣获2010年日本电影旬报十佳影片第4名。
刚毕业的医学院学生保本（加山雄三 Yuzo Kayama 饰），在父亲的介绍下，来到穷乡僻壤的小石川诊所实习。他的老师是一位被称作红胡子（三船敏郎 Toshiro Mifune 饰）的古怪医师。起初，向往长崎的保本对这个贫民窟厌恶之极，并迁怒于红胡子，觉得自己受骗上当，无用武之地。 红胡子是这里远近闻名的杏林高手，他没有对保本提什么要求，而是默默地行医，不畏权贵，不计酬劳，手下治愈的病人不计其数，其中包括因受虐精神失常的少妇（香川京子 Kyôko Kagawa 饰），因酗酒导致半身麻木的醉汉，因被贩卖至青楼身患性病的雏妓等等。在协助红胡子救死扶伤的过程中，保本逐渐发现了医德的重要，并修正了自己的人生态度……
日本战国时代三雄之首的武田信玄（仲代达矢饰），号称“甲斐之虎”。他的信条是“疾如风，徐如林，侵略如火，不动如山”。当武田信玄包围德川军的野田城，即将直取京都完成霸业时，他被敌人的狙击冷枪打中，重伤濒死。临死前，他留下遗言要部下隐瞒自己死讯三年。先前弟弟武田信廉（山崎努饰）找到的替身（仲代达矢饰），原为窃贼的他面貌和信玄酷似，即日本人所说的“影子武士”，担当起了重任。 就这样，在武田信廉一旁的支持辅助下，影子武士从贼性未改到被武田家的大义之举所感动，尽心尽力履行职责，他令武田家人及敌人坚信他就是信玄本人。然而，三年将至，意外之事发生，影子武士被揭露，他被赶走，而武田家的气数也将尽……
故事发生在江户时代末年，雾里（高冈早纪 饰）偶然之中遇见了孤女朝雾（安达佑实 饰），将她带回了妓院，训练其成为了游女。朝雾曾遭到母亲的虐待，身上遍布了樱花状的伤疤，却因祸得福，因为这异于常人之处而备受客人喜爱。 某日，在盛大的祭奠中，朝雾邂逅了名为半次郎（渊上泰史 饰） 的青年，善良老实的半次郎吸引了朝雾的注意，使得她坠入了情网之中。然而，身为妓院头牌，恋爱是被明令禁止的，朝雾因此而遭到了老板娘的斥责。之后，在吉田屋（津田宽治 饰）举办的宴会上，朝雾和半次郎重逢了，吉田屋察觉到了两人流露出的情谊，占有欲极强的他决定拆散他们。
《蜡笔小新》的导演原惠一的最新动画电影《百日红》曝光追加声优，除了此前公布的主人公由人气女星杏配音以外，松重丰、滨田岳、高良健吾等个性派影星强势集结。该片根据杉浦日向子的人气漫画改编，曾执导过《河童之夏》、《蜡笔小新》等人气动画的导演原惠一掌镜。全片以江户时代为舞台，讲述了浮世绘画家葛饰北斋的女儿阿荣与江户百姓们的生活和交流。为主人公阿荣配音的是人气女星杏，这是杏首次挑战动画声优。凭借《孤独的美食家》等热播日剧被观众熟知的松重丰为阿荣的父亲北斋配音。此外，滨田岳、高良健吾、美保纯、清水诗音、筒井道隆、麻生久美子、立川谈春等都将分饰要角。
本片改编自以山田风太郎的同名小说，由讲述为了解开里见家施加的诅咒而被命运吸引的8名年轻剑士们的战斗的《虚》，以及描写用28年时间写了180话的故事的作家泷泽马琴的真实故事的《实》两部分组成。役所广司饰演主人公马琴，内野圣阳饰演他的好友画家葛饰北斋。矶村勇斗马琴的儿子宗伯，黑木华宗伯的妻子·路，马寺岛忍饰演马琴的妻子·百，在《虚》部分掌握八犬士命运的伏姬由土屋出演。
1614年德川家康主宰天下期间，两个长久以来处于敌对的忍者村落——伊贺与甲贺，为了维护和平，二方祖先便订立了约定，互不往来但定期比武决胜负。两个忍者村落的个别继承人胧（仲间由纪惠 饰）与弦之介（小田切让 饰）在偶然不知彼此身分之下相遇认识，进而坠入情网，但悲惨的宿命却正等候着他们两人。德川为了确实掌握政权，于是展开政治密谋，挑起两边村落间的冲突与对立，进而消灭对方的种族。此时胧与弦之介将被迫成为敌人，两人必须背负起家族使命展开决斗……
幕末时期，时局动荡，暗流涌动。甲州武士机龙之助（仲代達矢 饰）剑术绝伦，却拥有一颗邪恶阴暗之心。在一次剑术比赛前夕，对手宇津木文之丞（中谷一郎 饰）的妻子阿滨（新珠三千代 饰）恳求他败给丈夫，甚至不惜委身于他。然而在次日的对决中，龙之助仍然以绝对优势杀死文之丞。在此之后 ，他和被休的阿滨离开甲州，浪迹江湖。两年后，他以杀手身份加入新选组，替幕府斩杀反抗义士。在此期间，文之丞弟弟兵马（加山雄三 饰）也来至江户，并拜入剑豪岛田虎之助（三船敏郎 饰）的门下，等待为兄长报仇的良机。宿命的相逢无可避免……
柳生烈堂（大木实 饰）的三个儿子在追杀拜一刀父子的过程中接连战死，于是派出手里最后的王牌——善于使用手里剑的女儿香织（瞳顺子 饰）。最终仍难逃落败的命运。愤怒的柳生烈堂找到自己庶出的儿子——土蜘蛛兵卫（木村功 饰）。善于使用土遁术的兵卫虽然憎恨生父，但仍接受任务，率领蜘蛛军团扑向拜一刀父子。沿途帮助过父子二人的普通百姓皆死于土蜘蛛手下，迫使拜一刀不敢乞食和投宿，以消耗其体力。待时机成熟，兵卫与拜一刀展开对决。蜘蛛军团的失手令烈堂陷入狂怒，遂调来全部人马与拜一刀父子在雪山展开决战……
德川幕府时代，会津藩马回队武士笹原伊三郎剑术高超，为人则恪守职责，忍辱负重。某日，藩主松平政容将爱妾阿市以大不敬的罪名赶出藩邸，并命其下嫁伊三郎的长子与五郎。迫于对藩主的忠诚，笹原家最终接受了这门婚事。婚后与五郎和阿市相亲相爱，婚姻美满。然事情突然发生变化，阿市于城中生养的儿子成为藩主继承人，为免有失体统，藩主欲将阿市召回。不满藩主的出尔反尔，伊三郎强硬拒绝了来使的无理要求。双方剑拔弩张，伊三郎和与五郎不惜以鲜血维护武士不可侵犯的荣誉……
幕府时代，公仪介错人（为剖腹者斩首的刽子手）拜一刀（若山富三郎 饰）执行上层命令，为年幼的地方领主斩首。归来后梦见妻女被人所杀，心生不祥预感。柳生手下拜访拜一刀，看见堂中为断头者摆放的灵位，遂以谋反罪名密告柳生家族。得悉阴谋的拜一刀手斩来使，带着独子大五郎（富川晶宏 饰）杀出重围。从此浪迹江湖，以赏金杀手为生，人称“带子雄狼”。这一日，拜一刀接到新的任务，小山田藩杉户家老谋划暗杀领主子嗣，得知消息的家老市毛请求拜一刀破坏刺杀计划。拜一刀和大五郎来至峡谷温泉场，等待猎物出现……
宿命的相逢之后，佐佐木小次郎（鶴田浩二 饰）苦练技艺，一心打败宫本武藏（三船敏郎 饰）。这之后，小次郎来至江户谋求官职，期间与同在江户的武藏邂逅，两人约定东门决斗。然决斗前夜，武藏致信请求将决斗延期一年。次日武藏和城太郎（樱井将纪 饰）、熊五郎（田中春男 饰）旅行来至乡下，师徒三人一面锄地耕作，一面教习农民武艺，抵抗土匪。 这期间阿通（八千草薰 饰）和朱实（冈田茉莉子 饰）先后来此寻找武藏，朱实更在匪乱中不幸丧命。一年后，小次郎成为细川家臣，岩流岛将成为他和武藏的命运转折点……
黑锹小角（小林昭二 饰）率领的忍者军团行动失败，柳生鞘香（松尾嘉代 饰）带领其麾下的女子刺客军团继续追踪拜一刀父子的踪迹。阿波藩的蓝玉制造密法被幕府盗走，拜一刀（若山富三郎 饰）受聘刺杀盗走密法之人。一路上拜一刀父子不断受到柳生鞘香女子军团的袭击，但都一一化解。拜一刀登上护送之船，柳生鞘香亦尾随而来，有所察觉的保镖弁天来三兄弟放火烧船后逃走，拜一刀父子连同鞘香逃出生天。弁天来三兄弟逃至沙漠，击溃在此等候的阿波藩刺客，却最终无法避免与拜一刀的生死决战……
新免武藏（三船敏郎 饰）与好友本位田又八（三国连太郎 饰）为出人头地，参加了关原之战，但武藏这一方遭遇惨败。两个人逃亡途中迷路，幸得阿甲（水户光子 饰）和朱实（冈田茉莉子 饰）母女相救。武藏拒绝了阿甲的求爱，独身返回故乡美作，又八则抛弃老家的爱人阿通（八千草薰 饰），与阿甲结合。 武藏强闯关卡被官兵通缉，又八的母亲亦因为看不到儿子愤恨不已，武藏成了众矢之的。关键时刻僧人泽庵（尾上九郎又兵卫 饰）搭救武藏，将其吊在树上磨练意志。一代宗师宫本武藏开始经历人生第一个磨难……
根据苏联作家马克西姆·高尔基的同名剧本《在底层》改编拍摄。
盲人按摩师阿市外表平凡，却是一个技艺高超的剑客，虽然他有着这样那样的坏毛病，不过骨子里仍保有善良正直、嫉恶如仇的品行。这一日，周游全国的他来到了下总饭冈，在有过一面之缘的黑帮分子饭冈助五郎（柳永二郎 饰）处所留宿。适值此时，助五郎正与以笹川繁造（島田竜三 饰）为首的团伙对抗，双方剑拔弩张。繁造收留了一名落魄武士平手造酒（天知茂 饰），不过造酒却与同样耿直的阿市交起了朋友。不过分属两个阵营的他们，却不得不面临刀剑相向的残酷局面……本片根据子母沢寛随笔集《ふところ手帖》中的同名短篇故事改编，为“座头市系列”的第一部。
The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.
Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government.
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
Shinsengumi! is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period.
Gabimaru reigns as the strongest and most ruthless assassin in his village. But now finds himself on death row—with only one way out: retrieve the Elixir of Life from a sinister island. Longing for freedom, he accepts the challenge. But with fellow convicts vying for the same prize and demonic beasts lurking, how will Gabimaru survive this harrowing quest?
The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo. Takechiyo lost his father during a war. He grew up lonely and away from his mother. Takechiyo didn't have a clue about what his future would hold. He then has a dramatic meeting with the young Oda Nobunaga.
It is currently the Taiheimeji era, during the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. In this era, breasts mean everything. If you have breasts, you are guaranteed wealth and popularity, but if you lack them, you are rarely considered human. Inside the shogunate, there is a group of warriors that support the government—the Manyuu Clan, which helps raise the future big breasts. Written on a secret scroll possessed by the clan, there are said to be various techniques on how to grow big and beautiful breasts. Chifusa is the heir of the clan. However, she takes the secret scroll and runs away with it, hoping to fight against the cruel world that the Manyuu Clan has created…
Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
Yae no Sakura is a 2013 Japanese television series. It is the 52nd NHK taiga drama. The story focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka Ayase.
In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.
Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to keep up Shoin Yoshida's will. Shoin Yoshida is her older brother and intellectual.
Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes.
Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate duel at Ganryujima.
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, 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 rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.
The year is 1863, with the story being based in Kyoto. We follow a youth named Nio who is an honest and kind soul who's considerate of his family, yet he also has a hidden burning passion for seeking justice. From the time he came across Toshizou Hijikata and Souji Okita, members from a group of hated ronin known as the Miburo, his life then takes a turn to a bluer, and clearer path. Nio, alongside the other men whose hearts burn bravely and true, step forth towards an honest path with their blue wills adorned on their hearts!
The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.
The Shogunate is in its final years, and war is fast approaching. When Yojiro Akizuki, a dark and mysterious mercenary, nears something supernatural with some kind of importance to him, the ornament on the end of his sword hilt waves in its direction, his eyes glow mysteriously, and he is driven to go after it. He comes across a traveling theater group who is out for revenge for the killing of the parents of the group's leader, and whose mysterious playwright likes to secretly help along events of history. Yojiro joins them to lend them his skill against their enemies, while dark conspiracy continues to follow behind him.
In an alternate history where the male population is nearly decimated, eligible men serve as concubines to the woman shogun inside the walls of the Ooku.
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 initial outbreak with a 1:4 male:female ratio, Japan is a completely matriarchal society. Females hold all important political positions, and males are their consorts. Only the most powerful female—head of Tokugawa shogunate—may keep a harem of handsome and unproductive males, known as "Ōoku".
The historical novel series depicts Heizou Hasegawa, who metes justice on wrongdoers and supervises the crackdown on arsonists and robbers in Japan's Edo period (1603-1868).
