Merciless Blade
大菩薩峠
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
大菩薩峠
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.


Rated 6.0 on TMDB
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.

Rated 6.8 on TMDB
The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

Rated 6.6 on TMDB
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

Rated 7.0 on TMDB
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

Rated 7.3 on TMDB
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

Rated 5.9 on TMDB
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.


