Asian Movies : Starting with S

1570-1573 years. Kasumi Kanbey - ninja who earns a living for himself and his young son Kojiro by making and selling gunpowder. But there are those who want to get their hands on easy money. Once in the house Kanbeya burst five killers. After losing two, he still manages to kill the wizard. A child ...

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back....

Tokugawa Ieyasu`s dreams have come true - he rules the entire land with his son Hidetada as Shogun in residence in Edo. However, Ieyasu really gives the orders from his castle at Sunpu. In his sickbed, Ieyasu receives word from the priest Tenkai, that he is supremely powerful, but Ieyasu mentio...

The story of a small fishing village in Korea, whose female inhabitants are all too frequently widowed when their seagoing husbands are lost at sea. This story follows one woman's attempts to carry on despite her loss....

Set sometime in feudal Japan when real ninjas actually existed, this black and white film from Japan is a good primer for anyone interested in a bit of history regarding ninjas. Certainly more stealth oriented than Franco Nero in white jammies and more realistic, the portrayal of a ninjas role in so...

On May 8, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This film takes place immediately following Kirigakure Saizou. After Yukimura escapes, Ieyasu orders everyone to be killed. He gets a report after the battle that they are unable to find Yukimura`s body. He offers a big re...

The Qin family is wealthy and Master Qin has three children: Qin Feng Xiao (Ivy Ling Po) and Feng Sheng (Chin Feng) from his late wife, and a third son from his current wife. The second wife is always causing problems between Feng Xiao and Feng Sheng and their father. Feng Sheng leaves home to take ...

The fourth installment of the legendary Japanese film series starring Ichikawa Raizo, Shinobi No Mono 4: Siege opens to find Tokugawa Ieyasu poised to rule all of Japan. Before Ieyasu can cement his reign, however, he will have to destroy the Toyotomi clan once and for all. The Toyotomi clan is curr...

An amateur entomologist searching for insects by the sea is trapped by local villagers into living with a mysterious woman who spends almost all her time preventing her home from being swallowed up by advancing sand dunes. The woman and the trapped man begin a strange and erotic relationship that st...

Intrepid ninja Ishikawa Goemon (Raizo Ichikawa) escapes a gruesome fate and sets out to seek vengeance on the warlord who tried to boil him alive as the legendary Shinobi No Mono saga continues in this action-packed sequel. Ishikawa was staring death square in the eyes when the enigmatic Hattori Han...