All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Toshiro Mifune

A wealthy executive named Kingo Gondo is in a struggle to gain control of a company called National Shoes. Just as he is about to put his plan into action, he receives a phone call from someone claiming to have kidnapped his son, Jun. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom, but the call is dismissed as a prank when Jun comes in from playing outside.

The story opens with the account of a woodcutter who has found a man’s body in the woods. The woodcutter reports that man died of a single sword stroke to the chest, and that the trampled leaves around the body showed there had been a violent struggle, but otherwise lacked any significant evidence as to what actually happened. The film is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice through different versions of the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife.

The story unfolds with a ronin, played by Toshiro Mifune, arriving in a small town where rival crime lords are locked in a struggle for dominance. Both leaders attempt to enlist the services of the skilled newcomer as their bodyguard (yojimbo in Japanese).

The story unfolds with a ronin, played by Toshiro Mifune, arriving in a small town where rival crime lords are locked in a struggle for dominance. Both leaders attempt to enlist the services of the skilled newcomer as their bodyguard (yojimbo in Japanese).

Generals Miki and Washizu are samurai commanders and friends under Lord Tsuzuki, a local lord, who reigns in the castle of the Spider’s Web Forest. She then foretells that Washizu eventually will become Lord of Spider’s Web Castle, and finally she tells Miki that his son will become lord of the castle.

John Blackthorne, an English ship pilot, finds himself in a predicament when his vessel crashes on the Japanese coast in the early 17th century. Forced to navigate the complex political landscape, he becomes entangled in a power struggle between Toranaga and Ishido, the two most influential figures in Japan at the time. As they vie for the coveted title of Shogun, Blackthorne becomes a key player in a war that will determine the ultimate wielder of power.

John Blackthorne, an English ship pilot, finds himself in a predicament when his vessel crashes on the Japanese coast in the early 17th century. Forced to navigate the complex political landscape, he becomes entangled in a power struggle between Toranaga and Ishido, the two most influential figures in Japan at the time. As they vie for the coveted title of Shogun, Blackthorne becomes a key player in a war that will determine the ultimate wielder of power.