Meiji Period Movies

  • 2012
    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

    7.52012HD

    In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
  • 2014
    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

    7.6252014HD

    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...

    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
  • 2014
    Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

    Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

    Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

    7.7132014HD

    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...

    Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
  • 2002
    Millennium Actress

    Millennium Actress

    Millennium Actress

    7.82002HD

    Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career....

    Millennium Actress
  • 1978
    Empire of Passion

    Empire of Passion

    Empire of Passion

    71978HD

    In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.

    Empire of Passion
  • 1973
    Lady Snowblood

    Lady Snowblood

    Lady Snowblood

    7.5411973HD

    Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother...

    Lady Snowblood
  • 2013
    Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

    72013HD

    An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

    Unforgiven
  • 1999
    Gemini

    Gemini

    Gemini

    6.61999HD

    When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

    Gemini
  • 1974
    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    6.41974HD

    Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who...

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
  • 1969
    Red Lion

    Red Lion

    Red Lion

    6.41969HD

    Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to...

    Red Lion
  • 1980
    Port Arthur

    Port Arthur

    Port Arthur

    7.61980HD

    Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of...

    Port Arthur
  • 2022
    The Broken Commandment

    The Broken Commandment

    The Broken Commandment

    7.42022HD

    At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class...

    The Broken Commandment
  • 1981
    Why Not?

    Why Not?

    Why Not?

    6.41981HD

    The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...

    Why Not?
  • 2014
    Snow on The Blades

    Snow on The Blades

    Snow on The Blades

    6.52014HD

    At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility...

    Snow on The Blades
  • 2015
    Gassoh

    Gassoh

    Gassoh

    7.22015HD

    In the year 1868, three young men join the elite Shogitai division of the Shogunate. The Shogitai fights to the end and opposes the dismantling of...

    Gassoh
  • 2016
    Takarazuka Revue - Rurouni Kenshin - The Romantic Story of a Meiji Swordsman-

    Takarazuka Revue - Rurouni Kenshin - The Romantic Story of a Meiji Swordsman-

    Takarazuka Revue - Rurouni Kenshin - The Romantic Story of a Meiji Swordsman-

    102016HD

    The critically acclaimed all-woman Japanese acting revue Takarazuka brings Rurouni Kenshin to life, creating a new twist on a globally loved story.

    Takarazuka Revue - Rurouni Kenshin - The Romantic Story of a Meiji Swordsman-
  • 1953
    The Wild Geese

    The Wild Geese

    The Wild Geese

    6.31953HD

    A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

    The Wild Geese
  • 1958
    A Wicked Woman

    A Wicked Woman

    A Wicked Woman

    6.51958HD

    In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young...

    A Wicked Woman
  • 1976
    Cruel Bondage Picture Legend

    Cruel Bondage Picture Legend

    Cruel Bondage Picture Legend

    21976HD

    It was a tumultuous time. In the early Meiji period, there was the first photographer in Japan who lived a heroic life. What fascinated him with...

    Cruel Bondage Picture Legend
  • 1965
    Yakuza G-Men

    Yakuza G-Men

    Yakuza G-Men

    01965HD

    34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to find out who robbed a truck full of gold.

    Yakuza G-Men