Kō Nishimura

Hanzo discovers a conspiracy by high ranking officials to use the shogunate's money for loans to the impoverished and forcing them into debt.

Charismatic ronin Kiba is entangled in a complex web of intrigue involving a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical swordsman and an arrogant dojo master.

Zatoichi arrives in a town where a gambling house is kidnapping its poor, debt-ridden patrons. A rival establishment moves to pay those debts and free the peasants, but this second house’s seemingly altruistic boss is actually laying the groundwork for a ruthless money-grabbing scheme. The sixteenth Zatoichi film is the first effort from its star’s own Katsu Productions, and it is one of the series’ most daring, with its complex characters, subversive social themes, and moral outrage.

Hanzo faces off against a notorious thief as well as a temple priestess who sells her pupils into prostitution.

Hired by a yakuza boss to eliminate an accused debtor, Zatoichi fulfills his task, only to witness the victim’s sister paying the owed amount minutes later. When the crime lord tries to possess the woman along with the cash, the blind swordsman wrestles with the injustice he has caused, and vows to protect the young lady at all costs.

Hanzo "The Razor" Itami, incorruptible protector of the common man, must track down an infamous killer who has escaped from prison.

Captivated by a courtesan's beauty, samurai Shinzaburo agrees to marriage. But he doesn't realize that the object of his infatuation is a ghost.

The world's most wanted master thief, Lupin III is dead! Despite a coroner's report, Interpol Inspector Zenigata is skeptical and discovers that Lupin is actually alive and well and stealing! But who had set up Lupin's death and why? For now, questions are set aside, as Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon immediately embark to Egypt to pilfer a stone artifact from a pyramid, with Zenigata in hot pursuit.

Cowritten by star Shintaro Katsu, this adventure pits Zatoichi against one of his most diabolical foes: a blind yakuza boss whose reign of terror and exploitation has made him nearly mythic. Guest starring the legendary Tatsuya Nakadai as a ronin haunted by a traumatic past, and featuring an unforgettable nude swordfight in a bathhouse, this twenty-first entry in the series is a fan favorite.