Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent surrealist masterpiece A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ippeji, 1926). 　　Yoso means "esoteric priest" which implies "sorcerer." For such a rarely screened film, it seems to have attracted an unwieldy number of English titles: The Sorcerer, Ghostly Priest, Bronze Magician, Phantom Priest, & on the subtitled 35 mm print the only fully apropos title, Priest & Empress, not to be confused with another Raizo Ichikawa film called The Priest & the Beauty (Anchin to Kyohima, 1960). 　　Japan of the Nara Era had a sovereign female emperor or Mikado, Koken-Shotoku Tenno, who fell under the sway of a Buddhist priest named Dokyo. His influence over her proved so untoward that Empress Koken-Shotoku gave him titles which implied the imperial line might actually pass to him should the Empress die, despite that the imperial line had been preserved as a single dynasty back into prehistory. 　　The crisis engendered by Dokyo led to the banning of women ever again becoming Mikado, a decision periodically revisited including in our own generation when there stood a strong threat of no authentic male heir. 　　The film takes this historical reality & makes of it a believable though tough & very odd love story. Dokyo, who has indeed been called "the Japanese Rasputin," is here played by Raizo Ichikawa. Though Dokyo clearly uses the affections of the Empress (played by the ethereally beautiful Yukiko Fuji) for personal gain & power, his intense devotion to Shotoku is nevertheless no falsehood. When it comes time for his assassination, it is very much Rasputin-like, as he is damnably difficult to kill. It's portrayed quite horrifically but it remains simultaneously sorrowful because his love of Shotoku was no pose.

当一位年轻僧人接触到“博阿健身房”的健美运动员时，他重新连接到了自己身体的力量，引发了一场彻底的转变。

领主的女儿进入到修道院里进行修行，可是在修道院里卷进了欲望的漩涡，和放浪的贵族合谋害死了老院长，终于被其他的僧尼所揭发……

领主的女儿进入到修道院里进行修行，可是在修道院里卷进了欲望的漩涡，和放浪的贵族合谋害死了老院长，终于被其他的僧尼所揭发……

大明嘉靖王朝，倭寇猖獗，严嵩父子把持朝政，不事抗倭。将领戚继光虽有报国之志，但面对困难的局面有些力不从心。在倭寇的杀戮中，少年月空失去了母亲，大脚僧搭救了月空，把他带到了少林寺。15年后，月空随方丈出席祭海大典，路遇日本女孩一本秀子和剑客风语，活泼的日本女孩秀子爱上了月空。在少林寺，秀子谎称是月空的妻子，引起轩然大波……

大明嘉靖王朝，倭寇猖獗，严嵩父子把持朝政，不事抗倭。将领戚继光虽有报国之志，但面对困难的局面有些力不从心。在倭寇的杀戮中，少年月空失去了母亲，大脚僧搭救了月空，把他带到了少林寺。15年后，月空随方丈出席祭海大典，路遇日本女孩一本秀子和剑客风语，活泼的日本女孩秀子爱上了月空。在少林寺，秀子谎称是月空的妻子，引起轩然大波……

Buddha Wild Monk in the Hut provides an opportunity for a group of Thai and Sri Lankan monks, living around their temple in a country far far from home,to talk about their commitment and way of life in a typically modest Buddhist way. Anna Wilding gives the commentary in this unpretentious but original and illuminating film with a well-judged mixture of seriousness and humor which is in important contrast to the monks words. An enjoyable cinematic experience.A fascinating film" Written by Janet Taylor May 2005

Arhingsaka was born in India to a noble family. Despite his noble birth, his horoscope showed to be born under the sign of thieves, and thus was preordained for a wicked life. On his 16th birthday his father sent him to complete his education and Arhingsaka became the teacher's favorite; the other jealous students told the master that Arhingsaka was flirting with the teachers wife. Deciding to punish his former star pupil, he told Arhingsaka : "You have almost completed your training; there is just one thing left to do. Once you finish your life of suffering will be over, and you will become a Bodhisattva. You must single-handedly kill 1,000 people"

スーパー時代劇第４弾！　男たちに肉体を弄ばれた哀しき女たちの為に、尼僧・妙俊は復讐を始める…。主演は『東雲楼　女の乱』の古柴香織。