Period Drama Movies

An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.

1959 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

A 1960s period thriller centring around a gang of ex-airforce servicemen who now run a nefarious smuggling operation.

During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and go to America. M...

Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala language epic, biographical drama film written and directed by professor Sunil Ariyaratne. Th...

Sega's children, born into post-war Chinese rule, can't relate to their father's love for Japanese culture, having grown up under Japanese rule before...

The immature young ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, was extremely shy around women but (according to this film) was constantly bein...

Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people loo...

Set in early 1900s France, a widow renews a former romantic interest until it is discovered that he has had a past fling with one of her new employees...

A depressed Jester sets out across plague-ridden England to rescue the Queen’s nephew and prove he is more than a fool.

Legendary singer Daniel Santos lives in Ocala, Florida, and prepares his biography with Secre, a young journalist. The memory of past glories makes hi...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle...

The Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more time, making the best 60′s B&W ninja movie ever seen...

Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.

Based on real life events, Summer of '67 brings to life the turbulent times of the sixties and the struggles faced by the men and women impacted by th...

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...

This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the young lord Genrokuro grew up bitter about his parents...