As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

本片描写了从二·二六事件到日本走向战败期间，日本内阁官员之间，陆军与海军之间的斗争故事。

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

关原之战不仅是日本战国史上最大的激战，也是日本史上中世和近世的分水岭。庆长五年（1600年）九月十五日，以德川家康为总大将的东军，以毛利辉元（实际上是石田三成）为总大将的西军集结到现在的岐阜县不破郡关原町一带，大决战爆发。真正的战斗不过持续了一天，结果却是翻天覆地的。石田三成等西军将领或遭斩首、或被没收、削减领地，胜利者德川家康三年后就任征夷大将军，建立了江户幕府。此后二百余年，幕府政权一度稳如磐石。战斗并不止于关原一带。从东北到九州，大小领主各怀心思，作着不同的判断与斗争。背叛、杀戮、父子兄弟相斗，整个人间被卷入漩涡之中，不复旧时形状。 这套剧集是日本TBS电视台在1981年为30周年台庆而制作的，改编自司马辽太郎的小说，投资6亿日元，幕前明星云集，布景极尽豪华，在1月2日、3日、4日连续播完全部三集，创下收视纪录。总之，对喜欢历史、战争题材的朋友来说，这是一套不容错过的剧集。 附：剧集角色清单 西军： 加藤刚（石田三成）、三船敏郎（岛左近）、高桥幸治（大谷刑部）、三浦友和（宇喜多秀家）、细川俊之（直江兼续）、大友柳太朗（岛津义弘）、川津祐介（小西行长）、矢崎滋（丹羽长重）、玉川伊佐男（真田昌幸）、国广富之（小早川秀秋）、金田竜之介（毛利辉元）、平田昭彦（増田长盛）、久米明（平冈石见）、胜部演之（吉川広家）、神山繁（安国寺惠琼）、三泽慎吾（上杉景胜）、高田大三（岛津丰久）、草稚幸二郎（舞兵库）、南条弘二（真田幸村）、庄司永建（前田玄以）、常田富士夫（弥一） 东军： 森繁久弥（徳川家康）、三国连太郎（本多正信）、丹波哲朗（福岛正则）、千秋实（山内一丰）、藤冈弘（加藤清正）、竹胁无我（细川忠兴）、菅野忠彦（黒田长政）、高松英雄（本多忠胜）、芦田伸介（岛居元忠）、長谷川哲夫（前田利长）、中岛久之（徳川秀忠）、井上孝雄（井伊直政）、稻叶义男（浅野长政）、石桥雅史（加藤嘉明）、角野卓三（堀尾忠氏）、横森久（伊奈図书头）、西田健（真田信幸）、浜田晃（源蔵） 其他： 宇野重吉（丰臣秀吉）、杉村春子（北政所）、辰巳柳太朗（前田利家）、笠智众（国友寿斋）、三田佳子（淀殿）、泽村贞子（芳春院）、松坂庆子（初芽）、京塚昌子（阿茶的局）、木的実ナナ（出雲的阿国）、大滝秀治（北庵法印）、三浦洋一（名古屋山三）、藤原兼足（日野屋）、古手川祐子（お夏）、北村和夫（神谷宗湛）、今福正雄（与次郎大夫）、下元勉（善说）、田中健（原マルチノ）、栗原小巻（细川ガラシャ）、泽田雅美（村越茂助の妻）、三崎千恵子（孝蔵主）、贺原夏子（大蔵卿局）

1967 film by Kihachi Okamoto