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- DirectorSenkichi TaniguchiStarsToshirô MifuneDaisuke KatôMichiyo AratamaChuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
- DirectorAkinori MatsuoStarsHiroki MatsukataTetsurô SagawaSanae TsuchidaA group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Disguised as ordinary people, they are dedicated to fighting evil till the end.
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsKyôko EnamiShintarô KatsuKatsuhiko KobayashiDuring Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When they next meet they have all joined opposing sides.
- DirectorToshio SugieStarsToshirô MifuneKôji TsurutaYôko TsukasaLord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting and befriending Taro, Rokuro decides to return the money to Taro. But Taro's unscrupulous brother Jiro falsely accuse Taro of the theft, and Taro reactively joins the outlaw band and encourages them to steal from the nobles and give to the poor.
- DirectorSadao NakajimaStarsBunta SugawaraEtsuko IchiharaKunie TanakaMonjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro.
- DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsToshirô MifuneYûjirô IshiharaRuriko AsaokaSent on a secret mission, a ronin must discover who his friends are and who must die.
- DirectorSatsuo YamamotoStarsTatsuya NakadaiAyako WakaoGô KatôRecounts the events that the Mito Tengu Group undertook when they attempted to overthrow the Shogunate during the Bakumatsu Period.
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoAya KokumaiTetsu WatanabeSeveral yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.
- DirectorTadashi SawashimaStarsToshirô MifuneKeiju KobayashiKin'ya KitaôjiFeudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins known as the Shinsen Group, devoted to the Tokugawa shogunate and to an elegant code of action and behavior. Kondo leads the band against the forces of the Emperor in hopes of preventing his restoration to the throne.
- DirectorEiichi KudôStarsEnami AnkoIkariya ChousukeKimiko Ikegami
- DirectorKunio WatanabeStarsKazuo HasegawaRaizô IchikawaShintarô KatsuPirates attack a ship and kills everybody and steal a map of the northern Ezo province. This takes an old man and two samurai on a journey where they encounter tribal people and treachery.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaEiko TakashiroMikiko TsubouchiA wandering yakuza in search for the man responsible for slicing up his father and an amateur samurai searching for the whereabouts of his own father are thrown together on the outskirts of a mob infested seaside village.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsKinnosuke NakamuraKomaki KuriharaKôjirô HongôIn 1570s Japan, charismatic Magoichi leads a force of 3000 Saika expert marksmen. His allegiance to Oda dono would ensure military dominance of the land. However, Magoichi seeks his true love. A fair lady of the Oda clan, with exquisite feet, though face unseen. Magoichi's services are also expensive. And Asakura assassins are lurking.
- DirectorKôki MitaniStarsKôji YakushoYô ÔizumiFumiyo KohinataIn this refashion of the 1582 "Honno-ji Incident", two rival groups resort to all sorts of nonsense as they attempt to appoint a new daimyo.
- DirectorKihachi OkamotoStarsYûzô KayamaYuriko HoshiMakoto SatôA lone masterless warrior with some new friends helps ship 300 rifles to a Japanese warlord during the sengoku period.
- DirectorEiichi KudôStarsTakayuki AkutagawaKôtarô SatomiChôichirô KawarasakiA Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.
- DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsYûzô KayamaChûsha IchikawaToshirô MifuneAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
- DirectorHideo GoshaStarsKen OgataKimiko IkegamiAtsuko AsanoThe loves and tragedies of a geisha in 1933 Japan.
- DirectorHideo GoshaStarsRumi AikiHideyo AmamotoNoboru AndôAfter going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, a gangster gets released early - only to find that his ex-gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, bloodshed is bound to begin anew.
- DirectorHideo GoshaStarsIsao NatsuyagiRyôhei UchidaJunko MiyazonoA charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.
- DirectorHideo GoshaStarsKen OgataYukiyo ToakeYûko NatoriThe story of Iwago, a troubled Japanese man who has grave personal problems and strained relationships with his wife and step children.
- DirectorHideo GoshaStarsTatsuya NakadaiShima IwashitaKôichi SatôDuring the Meiji era, a brutal prison warden terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido.
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsHideki NinomiyaShinji HoriMasahide IizukaIn a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsKôjirô HongôShiho FujimuraTarô MaruiGiant statue exacts revenge upon those who conquer its worshippers.