A series of bizarre events takes place during the Tang Dynasty. Monk Kukai and Poet Bai Letian join forces to examine the mysterious death of Lady Yang, the concubine of…

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle…

A pioneer of a man convinces his family to take advantage of news of a road soon to be built through an area of the country that can be had…

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.

This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of…