Kyoto, au XIe siècle. Sous le portique d'un vieux temple en ruines, Rashômon, trois hommes s'abritent de la pluie. Les guerres et les famines font rage. Pourtant un jeune moine et un vieux bûcheron sont plus terrifiés encore par le procès auquel ils viennent d'assister. Ils sont si troublés qu'ils vont obliger le troisième voyageur à écouter le récit de ce procès : celui d'un célèbre bandit accusé d'avoir violé une jeune femme et tué son mari, un samouraï. Le drame a eu lieu dans la forêt à l'orée de laquelle est situé le portique de Rashômon. L'histoire est simple : Qui a tué le mari ? Le bandit Tajomaru, la femme, un bûcheron qui passait ou le mari lui-même qui se serait suicidé ? Autant d'hypothèses vraisemblables. Mais les dépositions des témoins devant le tribunal apportent à chaque fois une version différente du drame, et la vérité ne percera qu'après de nouvelles révélations surprenantes...

Une femme et sa belle fille sont violées et tuées par un groupe de samouraïs. Ivres de vengeance, elles renaissent sous la forme d'esprits chats et jurent de tuer tous les samouraïs. Jusqu'au jour où leur victime désignée est le fils de la femme, et donc mari de la jeune femme, revenu de la guerre.

Au XIIe siècle, les guerres de clans font rage au Japon. Le prince Yoshitsune est pourchassé par son frère aîné, jaloux de sa récente victoire sur le clan Heike. Yoshitsune prend la fuite, aidé par six fidèles vassaux déguisés en moines pour tromper leurs poursuivants. Mais avant de quitter le territoire, il leur faut traverser le poste-frontière d’Ataka, minutieusement gardé par les hommes de son frère…

Dans le Japon médiéval, le samouraï Tadamori gagne l'estime de la cour impériale en l'aidant à lutter contre les grands temples de Kyoto. Son fils Kiyomori, qui parvient à déjouer un complot dont il est l'objet, va se révolter contre la cour, qui méprise les hommes de guerre.

Sa mère étant morte alors qu’il était encore jeune, le Genji ne peut prétendre au trône et par conséquent, l’Empereur l’engage à fonder une nouvelle branche impériale. Au fil de l’œuvre, la vie du Genji oscille entre ses amours et ses ambitions politiques, la passion et la solitude. Charmeur et raffiné, il n’aura de cesse de façonner son idéal féminin.

The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...

Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him. Genji is played by a woman actress from the all-female Takarazuka theatre. The two interrelating stories are also interrupted occasionally by fantasimical musical clips from a past Japanese teen-idol, Seiko Matsuda.

-- The Tale of Genji -- Hikaru Genji was born to Kiritsubotei when he was Emperor, as the second imperial Prince. Since childhood, he has harbored feelings of love for Fujitsubo-no-Nyogo, the Empress of Kiritsubotei. -- Melodia -- This performance comprises a number of musical pieces played to passionate as well as beautiful melodies and rhythms that generate excitement. They all are part of passionate and beautiful tunes that brim with love, dreams, hopes, passion, sorrow and an energy that knows no bounds.

Zushio et sa soeur Anju se font kidnapper et sont vendues à un cruel esclavagiste. Seront-elles un jour de nouveau réunies avec leur mère ?

One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridge, Shanao (later Yoshitsune), a young man of small and fragile stature passed by. He wore a nice sword and played the flute.

An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his reconciliation with his brother Yoritomo.

A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action of the first part takes place in the late Heian period, when the Taira clan came to power, and Genji was oppressed. The great dream and ambitions of Genkuro Yoshitsune in his youth are depicted, he joins forces with his older brother Yoritomo to raise an army to defeat the Taira clan, and the second part depicts the fall of the clan, persecution and murder.

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn from parts of the famous Genji monogatari by Lady Murasaki.

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of desire he must never obtain: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.

TV movie based on the novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, which tells about the life of Prince Hikaru Genji, who was nicknamed "Shining" by people for his dazzling noble beauty. In 1991, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of TBS' founding, it was released with a total production value of around 1.2 billion yen and aired in two parts.

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous Gate of Hell (1953).