Yoshio Inaba

Japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack.

The Stray Cat Rock series stars Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Blind Woman’s Curse) who with these five films began her reign as the badass action queen of the era. In these five tales of rebellious youth she stars alongside the gorgeous Bunjaku Han (Love Letter) and Tatsuya Fuji (In the Realm of the Senses).

A seismologist warns that a massive earthquake will strike Tokyo, but no one believes him. All hell breaks loose when his prediction comes true.

A doctor’s son is sent to Edo to verify the illness of the next lord. Along the way, he helps a young woman being pursued by suspicious officers.