Mikijiro Hira

When a series of murders targets the city’s peddlers and monks, a samurai investigates the killings with the help of a unique clue.

A staggering work of existential science fiction, THE FACE OF ANOTHER dissects identity with the sure hand of a surgeon. Okuyama (YOJIMBO’s Tatsuya Nakadai), after being burned and disfigured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist’s radical experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger. As Okuyama is thus further alienated from the world around him, he finds himself giving in to his darker temptations. With unforgettable imagery, Teshigahara’s film explores both the limits and freedom in acquiring a new persona, and questions the notion of individuality itself.

Former detective Nezu no Hamakichi becomes a toy merchant while his ex-boss's wife joins the Yakuza for money, leading to a tragic and deadly feud.

A wave of murders hits Edo during autumn targeting people linked to an old case. A samurai investigates and learns that someone he loves is involved.

When six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. The two survivors and a samurai try to uncover the hidden motive behind the murders.

An ex-soldier turned detective investigates the murder of three vagrants with the help of his friends, discovering a link to a timber seller’s grudge.

An Edo samurai’s daily routine of getting drunk is disrupted when he is tasked with investigating a string of murders targeting nobles in Kyoto.

The blind swordsman wanders into a town to celebrate the New Year. There, he befriends a young woman whose father has gone missing; as he tries to help her find him, he becomes entangled in a web of corruption and a series of tragic twists of fate. Returning director Kimiyoshi Yasuda and screenwriter Shozaburo Asai masterfully weave together a variety of narrative threads and tonal registers, all while playfully tweaking the conventions and motifs of the series.