Akira Shioji

Terry is a tough, mercenary, master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter... (imdb)

Kiba gets involved in the transport of three criminals being taken to Edo for execution. When the prisoners' escorts are called to assist a group of officials stricken by poisoned water, Kiba accepts payment as a yojimbo to see the criminals to their destination. Kiba has a soft spot for one of the prisoners, a thief named Magobei, because he bears a resemblance to Kiba's late father. (lardbiscuit.com)

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1. During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as her personal slave to torment him, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. 2. When Sutezo is forced to serve the cruel master of a brothel to repay his debts, he becomes friends with the young girl Sato. (imdb)

In her search for a blind child Oryufinds herself in the middle of a gang war.

This weird mixture of period splatter movie and Japanese nunsploitation is about a girl called Omino, a young woman who flees from her master and ends up in a convent full of man-hating, murderous nuns. (bulletsnbabesdvd.com forum)

"Fightin' Tatsu the Rickshaw Man" (...) injects a lighter note into a yakuza tale as fiercely free-spirited Tatsu (Ryohei Uchida) arrives in Osaka in 1898 from Edo with the first rubber-wheeled rickshaw the city has ever seen. Far from happy about his arrival is the Nishikawa yakuza clan, which has a lock on the rickshaw business emanating from the busy main train station (...) (articles.latimes.com)

In 1914, Sakuragi, a famous Karate master, gets hired by a military commander to eliminate spies sent to Japan from Germany and Russia. Sakuragi heads to Yokohama China Town to hunt a spy leader.

An ironic and tragic story about the love adventures of young Natsu and her married sister Oshichi. Love gives them a chance to escape a decaying house. Natsu's cynicism and practicality contrast with Oshichi's naivety and selflessness.