In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
Uma Thurman és una assassina que, el dia del seu casament, és atacada pels membres de la banda del seu cap, Bill (David Carradine). Assoleix sobreviure a l'atac, encara que queda en coma. Cinc anys després desperta amb un tros de metall al cap i un gran desig de venjança al seu cor.
Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.
La pel·lícula és una adaptació de la famosa "Llegenda dels 47 ronin", que ja ha estat adaptada a la pantalla en diverses ocasions i que és considerada al Japó com una llegenda nacional, i posa de manifest el codi d'honor samurai per excel·lència: el Bushido. Ens trobem al segle XVII, al Japó feudal. Kai (Keanu Reeves, 'The Matrix') és un pària que s'uneix al líder dels 47 Ronin, 47 guerrers sense amo que van haver de convertir-se en outsiders després que el seu senyor fos obligat a cometre sepukku (suïcidi a l'estil samurai), Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada, 'L'ocàs del samurai'). Junts lluitaran per venjar-se del traïdor que va matar el seu senyor i els va condemnar al desterrament. Per restablir l'honor a la seva terra natal, els guerrers es llancen a una recerca plena de dures proves capaces de destruir qualsevol.
La història té lloc la ciutat portuària de Hakodate. Al tast visual, en Heiji Hattori i la Kazuha Toyama es miren fixament amb les galtes enrojolades. A sobre hi ha el rival mortal d'en Heiji, en Kid el lladre, que té una història amb en Conan, somrient sense por.
Al Japó, els clans ninja Kouga i Iga, estaven enfrontats des de feia més de 400 anys. Transcorria l'era Keichou, el 1614, quan el Shogun Ieyasu, que llavors tenia 73 anys, va decidir que ja era hora de triar al seu successor. Ieyasu dubtava entre els seus néts: Yakechiyo, que era el més gran però estúpid, i Kunichiyo, més jove però intel·ligent. Per solucionar aquest dilema, Ieyasu va decidir enfrontar als clans de Kouga i Iga en una lluita. En cas que el clan Kouga resultés vencedor, Kunichiyo seria el nou Shogun. En el cas contrari, el Shogun seria Takechiyo. Els dos clans enfrontats havien gaudit de diversos anys de pau des que Hattori Hanzou els obligués a arribar a una treva. Anys en els quals Gennosuke, de Kouga, i Oboro, d'Iga es van enamorar. Ara, la batalla entre Kouga i Iga és a punt de començar, i els vint ninjas designats aniran caient un darrere l'altre.
In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor of Japan. On board the same train are two robbers, Link and Gauche, ready to make their move…
Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
Gabriela, ja des de petita, estava fascinada per tot allò que era prohibit i que terroritzava als altres. Ara mostra desitjos no només d'entendre la mort, sinó també de sentir la seva presència, notar la seva essència i experimentar el seu horror. Però la fascinació de Gabriela es tornarà una obsessió quan segueixi la pista de l'assassí en sèrie "Sang Blava", al que la policia encara no ha aconseguit detenir. Gabriela intentarà per tots els mitjans trobar la manera d'estar a prop del seu crim més recent... Violenta extensió d'un curtmetratge realitzat pel mateix director. Quentin Tarantino va veure curt el seu treball del 1991 i va finançar el rodatge del llargmetratge.
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
The story of a farmer forced into conscription, who has been looking to get out of the army ever since. His great chance arrives when he stumbles upon a wounded general from an enemy state, and he kidnaps him, intending to claim credit for the capture, which includes five acres of land, and most importantly, honorable discharge from the army.
James Iglehart is Doug Russell, an American who steals a shipment of gold in the Philippines with two Vietnam War buddies, who cut his throat and throw him overboard. Russell washes ashore an island inhabited by two Japanese soldiers stranded there since World War II. They nurse him back to health and he is taught martial arts and the art of the samurai. Back in the States, his treacherous pals, Marelli and Maghee, use their loot and viciousness to muscle their way into Los Angels mafia turf.
When a young man finds himself alone in a club after hours, he pretends he's in a martial arts movie only to be interrupted by his crush, leaving him embarrassed. But has the power of his imagination brought something dark to life?
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.
There's a war going on in ancient Kyoto. A war fought in shadows, between the forces of the Shogunate's armed enforcers, the Shinsengumi, and the vampire-like Ronin warriors known as the Rasetsu or Furies. And trapped in the middle is a young woman disguised as a man. Seeking her missing father, Chizuru Yukimura comes to Kyoto only to find her fate forever intertwined with the destinies of Shinsengumi Vice commander Toshizo Hijikata and his elite force of swordsmen. Because Chizuru's father has created a secret elixir that enhances the user's strength, speed and healing, and the furies will do anything and kill anyone in order to control that power!
This is the story of Kaori Kawabuchi, a samurai sword performer, singer and motion capture actor. An inspiring woman keeping alive ancient traditions and spirituality in modern Japan.