Japan

A drama set around 1854, US Naval Commodore Matthew Perry opens up Japan to trade with the West

In 1850s US President Pierce sends to Japan the first U.S. Consul-General

Rocky road for a love relationship set against carnival atmosphere in 1867 and 1868 for the approach of the Meiji Restoration

American civil war veteran hired to teach the Emperor's troops how to defeat the last of the samurai, late 19th century

Kiyokawa Hachiro & initial phase of Shinsengumi, the Shogun's corp of ex-ronin fighting anarchy in the Imperial capital Kyoto

Shinsengumi man falls in love with a girlishly attractive young man which causes great instability in a local militia

A poor samurai joins the Shinsengumi under economic duress in last days of the shogunate

One of the famous assassins of the Bakumatsu era

The Bakumatsu and the involvement of men on different sides in the fighting

Japanese period film shows how the clan system used and betrayed the samurai

Matsudaira Katamori (1836-1893), a samurai & the Military Commissioner of Kyoto who fought against the Meiji Government armies

Lower samurai helped by the merchants, end the Tokugawa government and make way for the Mejii government

Set in the late Tokugawa era, dealing with the dissatisfied lower samurai who brought an end to the era, a clan makes a samurai kill his friend

Problems between husband and wife when the samurai poison taster is actually poisoned; about the lower samurai