Period Drama Movies

Japanese film.

A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.

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...

An Irish Romeo and Juliet set in 18th Century during the Penal Laws. Ends with the marriage of a Catholic aristocrat and the daughter of Protestant...

In this politically charged drama, the turbulent times just following Marshal Tito's rejection of ties to Moscow comes to life. Interestingly, even...

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

The true story of Unity Mitford who in the 1930s went to live in Germany and was friends with Adolf Hitler.

A lord explores the lives of common people.

Two ghosts, separated by time, who have roamed the grounds of a historic English mansion, searching for each other are brought together by Ally, a...

1961 Japanese film about the Shinsengumi.

In Nepalese society, "Jaar" refers to a man who has an illicit affair with another man's wife. During the reign of Jung Bahadur Rana...

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike and Satomi Kôe.

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...

A WWII paratrooper gets lost in a forest as the line between reality and memory begins to blur.

1959 Japanese film.

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...

A town doctor’s jealousy over his younger brother’s mysterious inheritance is compounded when they both fall for the same woman.

During the Age Of Wars (Sengoku Era), Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are vying for power and each uses their secret weapons in order to try...

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...