Movies by Lists - Samurai and Japanese Period Films (148 [157]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 13 AssassinsA group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord. | 2010 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.6 (64.5K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| 13 Assassins [Jûsan-nin no shikaku]A group of samurai plan to assassinate a sadistic feudal lord. | 1963 | Eiichi Kudô | Adventure, Action | 7.5 (918 votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| 47 Ronin [Chûshingura]After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor. | 1962 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Drama, History | 7.6 (2.2K votes) | 207 | 20240212 |
| 47 Ronin [Shijûshichinin no shikaku] A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord. | 1994 | Kon Ichikawa (*) | Action, Drama, War | 6.4 (566 votes) | 132 | 20240910 |
| Adventures of ZatoichiThe blind swordsman tries to locate a girl's missing father. | 1964 | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.2 (1.3K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| After the Rain [Ame agaru]During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect. | 1999 | Takashi Koizumi | Drama | 7.7 (4.1K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Ambitious, The [Bakumatsu]The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well... | 1970 | Daisuke Itô | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.0 (143 votes) | 120 | 20240803 |
| Ambush [Machibuse]Sent on a secret mission, a ronin must discover who his friends are and who must die. | 1970 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Drama | 7.1 (847 votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Assassination [Ansatsu]In 1863, when Americans warships approach Japan, a enigmatic ronin becomes a important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire. | 1964 | Masahiro Shinoda | Action, Drama | 7.1 (895 votes) | 104 | 20220414 |
| AzumiRaised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart. | 2003 | Ryûhei Kitamura | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | 6.8 (14.7K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Baby Cart at the River StyxTrailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 8.0 (6.1K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Baby Cart in PerilOgami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami's son, and sees his chance for revenge. | 1972 | Buichi Saitô | Action, Thriller | 7.6 (4.4K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsFive warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader. | 1973 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (4.1K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Baby Cart to HadesOgami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Drama | 7.6 (4.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Ballad of Narayama, TheIn a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last days with her family. | 1983 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Drama | 7.9 (8K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Ballad of Narayama, The [Narayama bushikô]A kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old. | 1958 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Drama | 7.9 (3.3K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Black Cat [Yabu no naka no kuroneko]Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai. | 1968 | Kaneto Shindô (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.7 (7.3K votes) | 99 | 20220531 |
| Blind Woman's Curse [Hîchirimen bâkuto - Nôbarydu takahadâ]The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman. | 1970 | Teruo Ishii | Action, Crime, Horror | 6.6 (1.4K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji [Chiyari Fuji]A samurai travels to Edo with his two servants. On their way, they meet many people and encounter great injustice. | 1955 | Tomu Uchida | Adventure, Drama | 7.4 (803 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Boachi Bushido_ Code of the Forgotten Eight [Poruno jidaigeki_ Bôhachi bushidô]A ronin Shino Asu (I die Tomorrow) gets rescued by the Bohachi clan. Their leader Shirobei Daimon, charged by the Shogun with running Edo's brothels enlists him to kill clients of tea-house whores who are stealing his business. | 1973 | Teruo Ishii | Action, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (609 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Chikamatsu MonogatariIshun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, History, Romance, Thriller | 8.1 (4.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Chushingura - 47 Samurai [Chushingura] After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor. | 1962 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Drama, History | 7.6 (2K votes) | 207 | 20211228 |
| Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman [Mekurano Oichi monogatari - Makkana nagaradori]A young blind girl is abandoned by her mother. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling "Ronin". She travels to seek her mother and her revenge. | 1969 | Sadatsugu Matsuda | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (157 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Crucified Lovers, The [Chikamatsu monogatari]Ishun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, History, Romance, Thriller | 8.1 (4.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Eleven Samurai [Jûichinin no samurai]The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbor, Nariatsu. But when the Oshi clan is blamed for the incident, eleven of their best warriors decide to trade their lives for justice. | 1967 | Eiichi Kudô | Adventure, Drama, History | 7.2 (354 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Empire of PassionA married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger. | 1978 | Nagisa Ôshima | Drama, Horror, Romance | 7.0 (4.3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Fall of Ako Castle, The [Akô-jô danzetsu]This is the story of ""The Forty-Seven Ronin."" Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. | 1978 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Adventure, Drama, History | 7.1 (427 votes) | 159 | 20220731 |
| Fearless Avenger [Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi - KawakaThirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbe | 1972 | Kazuo Ikehiro | Action | 6.9 (129 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Fight Zatoichi FightWhen Zatoichi witnesses the murder of a young mother he promises to deliver the baby to the father. Along the way he gains the help of a reluctant criminal. | 1964 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.5 (1.6K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Floating Castle, The [Nobô no shiro] In the year 1590, powerful daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi nears his plan to unify all of Japan, but he comes across a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika must use his army to defend the castle. | 2012 | Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudô | Comedy, Drama, History | 6.4 (622 votes) | 144 | 20240803 |
| Floating Weeds [Ukikusa]The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous. | 1959 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.0 (7.8K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Gambling Samurai, TheChuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the | 1960 | Senkichi Taniguchi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.5 (58 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Gate Of Hell [Jigokumon]A samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting. | 1953 | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Drama, History | 7.2 (3.6K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Gonza the Spearman [Yari no Gonza]The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojo for the honor to perform the tea ceremony to celebrate the birth of an heir to | 1986 | Masahiro Shinoda | Drama | 7.0 (368 votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| GoyokinA guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place. | 1969 | Hideo Gosha | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.6 (2.3K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Great Killing, The [The Great Duel; Dai satsujin]A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the consp... | 1964 | Eiichi Kudô | Action, Drama | 7.4 (341 votes) | 118 | 20220723 |
| Hana [Hana yori mo naho]A troubled young samurai seeks revenge for the death of his father. | 2006 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Comedy, Drama | 6.6 (1.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Hanzo the Razor - Sword of Justice [Goyôkiba]Hanzo Itami is an incorruptible Edo officer who learns that an infamous killer has fled from his island prison. Hanzo begins tracking him down using his unorthodox interrogation techniques. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action | 6.7 (1.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Hanzo the Razor - The Snare [Goyôkiba - Kamisori Hanzô jigoku zeme]During the currency devaluation by the Edo treasury, officer Hanzo deals with a temple priestess who sells her pupils as prostitutes, and a notorious thief who plans to rob the mint. | 1973 | Yasuzô Masumura | Action, Drama | 7.0 (1.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Hara-Kiri - Death of a Samurai [Ichimei]A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord. | 2011 | Takashi Miike (*) | Drama | 7.3 (8.3K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Harakiri [Seppuku]When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity. | 1962 | Masaki Kobayashi | Action, Drama, Mystery | 8.6 (51.1K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Heaven and Earth [Ten to Chi to]In 16th century Japan, two samurai engage in massive battles across the countryside; one attempting to conquer and the other attempting to defend his land while repressing his love for a woman after taking a vow of celibacy. | 1990 | Haruki Kadokawa | Action, Adventure, Drama, War | 6.8 (1K votes) | 125 | 20220414 |
| Hidden Blade, The [Kakushi ken oni no tsume]A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend. | 2004 | Yôji Yamada | Drama, History, Romance | 7.7 (6.6K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Hidden Fortress, TheLured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines. | 1958 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama | 8.1 (37.9K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| HitokiriA destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer. | 1969 | Hideo Gosha | Action, Drama, History | 7.5 (1.1K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| ICHIIchi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains. | 2008 | Fumihiko Sori | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (3.7K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Illusion of Blood [Yotsuya kaidan]A samurai warrior is haunted by the spirit of his first wife. | 1965 | Shirô Toyoda | Fantasy, Horror | 6.6 (267 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| IrezumiA seductive woman gets kidnapped into prostitution. After getting a spider tattoo made on her back, she grows vengeful, leaving several men in her path. | 1966 | Yasuzô Masumura | Drama | 7.1 (964 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Jongara [Tsugaru jongarabushi]Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly de | 1989 | Shintarô Katsu | Action, Drama | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| KagemushaA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place. | 1980 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama, History, War | 8.0 (34.9K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Kakekomi [Kakekomi onna to kakedashi otoko]The lives of women saved by the historical Tokei-ji Buddhist Temple. | 2015 | Masato Harada | Comedy, Drama | 6.8 (421 votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Kill! [Kiru]Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal. | 1968 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (2.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Kuroneko [Yabu no naka no kuroneko]Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai. | 1968 | Kaneto Shindô (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.7 (7.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Kwaidan [Kaidan]A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes. | 1964 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 8.0 (17K votes) | 183 | 20211228 |
| Lady SnowbloodA strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family. | 1973 | Toshiya Fujita | Action, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (13.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Lady Snowblood 2 - Love Song of VengeanceTo avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed, the vengeful swordswoman Lady Snowblood is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents. | 1974 | Toshiya Fujita | Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (3.6K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Last Samurai, The [Okami yo rakujitsu o kire]Toranosuke Sugi, a brave and loyal Samurai, fights to practice and preserve his master's teachings amid a civil war. With friends on both side will he cave to temptation, or stand on principle and for freedom? | 1974 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Drama | 7.4 (349 votes) | 159 | 20211228 |
| Legend Of The Eight SamuraiPrincess Shizu's family is wiped out by an family of undead seeking revenge. The eight samurai can save her, but who and where are they? | 1983 | Kinji Fukasaku | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 6.5 (1.2K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Life of Oharu, The [Saikaku Ichidai Onna]Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society. | 1952 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 8.1 (6.8K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Love and Honour [Bushi no ichibun]A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor. | 2006 | Yôji Yamada | Drama, History, Romance | 7.7 (3.8K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| New Tale of ZatoichiWishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home. | 1963 | Tokuzô Tanaka | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.4 (2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Ninja WarsA fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja | 1982 | Kôsei Saitô | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 5.7 (547 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Ninja, a Band of Assassins [Shinobi no mono]Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo), a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Oda Nobunaga, an evil warlord bent on ruling feudal Japan with an iron fist. Deceit, treachery, and entire gangs of enemy n | 1962 | Satsuo Yamamoto | Action, Drama | 6.9 (864 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| OnibabaTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask. | 1964 | Kaneto Shindô (*) | Drama, Horror | 8.0 (18.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Onmyoji - The Yin Yang Master [Onmyoji]When samurai Hiromasa comes to Seimei, Kyoto's court Onmyoji (a fortune teller in commune with the spirits), to warn of a plot against the government, the two discover that the court's formidable magician, Doson, is indeed planning a | 2001 | Yôjirô Takita | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 6.3 (1.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Owls' Castle [Fukuro no shiro]As the great military commander Nobunaga Oda was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins, killing every man, woman and child he found in the village. Years later, one of the surviv | 1999 | Masahiro Shinoda | Action, Drama | 6.0 (520 votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Portrait of Hell [Jigokuhen]A rebellious Korean artist tests the limits of his sadistic patron, an omnipotent feudal Japanese lord. Yoshihide demands a commission to paint screens of the Hell which he sees the egotistical lord's peasants suffer. Such a public d | 1969 | Shirô Toyoda | Drama | 7.1 (343 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| RanIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him. | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, War | 8.2 (121.7K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| RashomonThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter. | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.2 (163.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Red Lion [Akage]Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt officials and businessmen. | 1969 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Comedy | 6.9 (726 votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Revenge [Adauchi]After killing a high-ranking officer in an illegal duel, a low-ranking samurai is declared insane and challenged to a fixed duel by the vengeful clan to which his dead opponent belonged to. | 1964 | Tadashi Imai | Action, Drama | 7.5 (308 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| RikyuLegendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions. | 1989 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Drama, History | 7.1 (715 votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| River Fuefuki, The [Fuefukigawa]A young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan. | 1960 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Drama, History, War | 7.0 (337 votes) | 117 | 20221228 |
| Rônin-gaiA group of masterless samurai living in Edo's red light district must fend off a militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes. | 1990 | Kazuo Kuroki, Masahiro Makino | Action, Drama | 6.7 (524 votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Rurouni KenshinA former assassin who has resolved to never kill again has his vow sorely tested. | 2012 | Keishi Ohtomo | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | 7.4 (25.8K votes) | 134 | 20220423 |
| Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto InfernoKenshin Himura goes up against pure evil Makoto Shishio who is attempting to overthrow the Meiji government. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as Kenshin Himura takes up the sword that he vowed to never draw again. | 2014 | Keishi Ohtomo | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 7.5 (16.3K votes) | 138 | 20220423 |
| Rurouni Kenshin The Legend EndsShishio has set sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the Meiji government and return Japan to chaos, carrying Kaoru with him. In order to stop him in time, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique. | 2014 | Keishi Ohtomo | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 7.5 (12.7K votes) | 134 | 20220423 |
| Samaritan ZatoichiZatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead man's sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help. | 1968 | Kenji Misumi | Drama, Action, Adventure | 7.3 (1.1K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Samurai AssassinFebruary 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor i | 1965 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Adventure, Drama, History | 7.4 (2.3K votes) | 122 | 20220414 |
| Samurai Banners [Fûrin kazan]A shrewd 16th Century samurai helps a daimyo expand his realm. | 1969 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | 7.1 (740 votes) | 165 | 20211228 |
| Samurai Fiction [SF - Episode One]A noble young samurai searches for a thief who has stolen a precious treasure and killed one of his clansmen and meets an older samurai who tries to deter him from the violence of revenge. | 1998 | Hiroyuki Nakano | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 7.2 (2.7K votes) | 111 | 20220723 |
| Samurai I - Musashi MiyamotoDepicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai. | 1954 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.5 (8.4K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Samurai I Loved, The [Semishigure]A young swordsman is forced into a tough situation. He must resolve a potential power struggle that involves his adolescent crush Fuku. | 2005 | Mitsuo Kurotsuchi | Drama, Romance | 7.1 (296 votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Samurai II - Duel at Ichijoji Temple [Zoku Miyamoto MusasMusashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel. | 1955 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (6.1K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Samurai III - Duel at Ganryu Island [Miyamoto Musashi kanMusashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He agrees to fight him in a year's time. | 1956 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Samurai Rebellion [Jôi-uchi Hairyô tsuma shimatsu]The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back. | 1967 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama | 8.4 (12.3K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Samurai Reincarnation [Makai tenshô]The villain is called Amakusa Shiro Tokaisada. He is actually based on a real christian samurai. The movie was one of the inspirations for the game called 'Samurai Shodown' (actual spelling) | 1981 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Fantasy, Horror | 6.5 (892 votes) | 122 | 20220315 |
| Samurai Saga [Aru kengo no shogai]Japanese version of 'Cyrano de Bergerac', a poet/swordsman with a huge nose who loves a woman who loves another. Ignoring his true feelings, he helps them get together. | 1959 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Drama | 6.9 (388 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Samurai Spy [Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke]The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi gets caught in a web of political intrigue, deception and espionage during the early 17th century. | 1965 | Masahiro Shinoda | Action, Drama | 7.0 (1.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Samurai Wolf [Kiba Ôkaminosuke]A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs. | 1966 | Hideo Gosha | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.0 (607 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Samurai Wolf II [Kiba Ôkaminosuke_ jigoku giri]Kiba is caught in the intrigue between a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical, betrayed swordsman, a manipulative lady and an arrogant dojo master. | 1967 | Hideo Gosha | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.9 (464 votes) | 72 | 20240205 |
| SanjuroA crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent. | 1962 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (37.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Sansho the BailiffIn medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 8.4 (16K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Scabbard Samurai [Saya-zamurai]A captured masterless samurai has 30 days to make a grieving boy prince smile, or he must commit seppuku. | 2010 | Hitoshi Matsumoto | Comedy, Drama | 6.8 (1.2K votes) | 103 | 20240201 |
| Secret of the Urn, The [Tange Sazen - Hien iaigiri]Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hi | 1966 | Hideo Gosha | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.9 (336 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Seven SamuraiA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama | 8.6 (334.9K votes) | 207 | 20211228 |
| Shadow Hunters [Kage gari]In the late Tokugawa period, the Edo government is using Spies from Iga Province to cause the downfall of innocent provincial Daimyo. The Shogun needs to claim the assets of fallen clans in order to boost the failing economies of Edo | 1972 | Toshio Masuda | Action, Adventure, Crime | 6.4 (126 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| SHINOBI- Heart Under BladeStar-crossed lovers must fight on opposing sides in a battle that will determine the next Shogun. | 2005 | Ten Shimoyama | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 6.9 (12.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Shinobi No Mono 2 - Vengeance [Zoku shinobi no mono]Confident that he has destroyed the Iga Ninja, the evil Oda Nobunaga continues his quest to conquer Japan. Meanwhile, Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo) has settled down with his wife and child, and wishes only to live in peace -- a... | 1963 | Satsuo Yamamoto | Action, Drama | 7.0 (345 votes) | 93 | 20220723 |
| Shinobi No Mono 4 - Siege [Shinobi no mono - Kirigakure Saizo]Tokugawa Ieyasu is the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only ones who can... | 1964 | Tokuzô Tanaka | Drama | 6.7 (222 votes) | 87 | 20220723 |
| Shogun Assassin 2Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Drama | 7.6 (4.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Shogun Assassin 3Ogami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami's son, and sees his chance for revenge. | 1972 | Buichi Saitô | Action, Thriller | 7.6 (4.4K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Sleepy Eyes of Death 01 - The Chinese Jade [Nemuri Kyoshiro - Sappôchô]Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who thinks he has killed his smuggling partner, fe | 1963 | Tokuzô Tanaka | Action, Drama | 6.5 (278 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Snow on the Blades [Zakurozaka no adauchi]Shimura Kingo fails his duty to protect the life of the Shogun's chief minister, and spends his life tracking down the assassins. However, all but one of the assassins die before Kingo can reach them. Still, Kingo presses on. | 2014 | Setsurô Wakamatsu | Action, Drama, History | 6.7 (276 votes) | 119 | 20240803 |
| Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder[Hissatsu! Buraun-kan no kaibutsutachi]The "Hissatsu!" band of assassins gets involved in an old mansion with a secret weapon. | 1985 | Joe Hirose | Action, Drama | 6.3 (25 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Sword Devil [Ken ki]A man of questionable birth peacefully raises flowers, but after he masters a special sword-fighting technique, his life takes a dark turn. | 1965 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Drama | 7.0 (303 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Sword of DesperationA talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime | 2010 | Hideyuki Hirayama | Action, History | 7.2 (740 votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Sword of Doom, The [Dai-bosatsu tôge]Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely. | 1966 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Drama | 8.0 (10.7K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Sword of the Beast [Kedamono no ken]After killing a counselor of his clan, a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun's gold in the mountains. | 1965 | Hideo Gosha | Action, Drama | 7.5 (2.8K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Sword of VengenceThe story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure | 7.8 (7.8K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Taboo [Gohatto]The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad. | 1999 | Nagisa Ôshima | Drama, History, Thriller | 6.9 (7.5K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Tale of Zatoichi Continues, TheThe blind masseur and swordsman, Zatoichi, learns of a powerful political figure's secret and is quickly tailed by a group of killers. | 1962 | Kazuo Mori | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.2 (2.4K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Tale of Zatoichi, TheThe adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman. | 1962 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.6 (5.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Three Outlaw SamuraiWhen poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help. | 1964 | Hideo Gosha | Action, Drama | 7.7 (3.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Throne of BloodA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle. | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama, History | 8.1 (50.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Trail of Blood [Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi - Kiba wa hikisaita]Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father | 1972 | Kazuo Ikehiro | Action, Drama | 6.7 (165 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Twilight Samurai, The [Tasogare Seibei]As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart. | 2002 | Yôji Yamada | Drama, History, Romance | 8.1 (23.5K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Ugetsu [Ugetsu monogatari]A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, Fantasy, War | 8.2 (22.8K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Unforgiven [Yurusarezaru mono]Japanese-Korean filmmaker Sang-il Lee (Villain) has decided to reinterpret Eastwood's Oscar®-winning Unforgiven as a Japanese period film. | 2013 | Sang-il Lee | Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller | 7.0 (2.5K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Wandering Ginza Butterfly [Ginchô wataridori]Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for. | 1972 | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Action, Drama | 6.8 (279 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| When the Last Sword is DrawnA samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family. | 2002 | Yôjirô Takita | Drama | 7.5 (5K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| White Heaven in HellIn the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out. | 1974 | Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History | 7.4 (3.8K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Yagyu Clan Conspiracy [The Shogun's Samurai; Yagyû ichizoku no inbô]Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu an... | 1978 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.1 (1.6K votes) | 130 | 20221116 |
| YojimboA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. | 1961 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.2 (119.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| ZatoichiThe blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda. | 2003 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (49K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| ZatoichiThe adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman. | 1962 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.6 (5.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi - The LastA blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle. | 2010 | Junji Sakamoto | Action, Drama | 5.2 (366 votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi and the Chess ExpertA samurai with a high skill in chess makes friends with Zatoichi, who finds that things become peculiar in his presence. | 1965 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.4 (1.4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi and the Chest of GoldZatoichi is mistaken for a thief. To clear his name he must find and defeat the real villain. | 1964 | Kazuo Ikehiro | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.4 (1.6K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi and the Doomed ManThe blind masseur and swordsman, Zatoichi, searches for proof an imprisoned man's innocence. | 1965 | Kazuo Mori | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.0 (1.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi And The FugitivesZatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official. | 1968 | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Drama, Action, Adventure | 7.3 (1.1K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi at LargeOn the road, Zatoichi meets a dying pregnant woman and delivers the child moments before she passes. Honor bound, he sets out to find the next-of-kin who he discovers have their own problems. | 1972 | Kazuo Mori | Drama, Action, Adventure | 7.0 (949 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi at the Blood FestZatoichi returns to his home village for the first time in over ten years to find much has changed and that corruption abounds. | 1973 | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Action, Drama | 7.1 (934 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi ChallengedAfter an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against the law. | 1967 | Kenji Misumi | Drama, Adventure, Action | 7.5 (1.3K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi Darkness Is His AllyOlder, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly de | 1989 | Shintarô Katsu | Action, Drama | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi In DesperationAfter accidentally causing an old lady's death, Zatoichi seeks out her daughter to atone for the tragedy, consequently getting into all sorts of trouble. | 1972 | Shintarô Katsu | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.9 (979 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi Meets The One Armed SwordsmanTwo of Japan and China's greatest heroic swordsman find themselves caught in a plot to protect a young child. But will national distrust and simple misunderstanding keep the two kindred spirits apart? | 1971 | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.2 (1.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman [Shin zatô Ichi YaTwo of Japan and China's greatest heroic swordsman find themselves caught in a plot to protect a young child. But will national distrust and simple misunderstanding keep the two kindred spirits apart? | 1971 | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.2 (1.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi Meets YojimboZatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same si | 1970 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.1 (2.5K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi On the RoadZatoichi promises to deliver a maiden safely home but finds two dangerous gangs have a mysterious interest in the young girl. | 1963 | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi The Festival Of FireZatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower. | 1970 | Kenji Misumi | Drama, Adventure, Action | 7.4 (1.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi The FugitiveA yakuza gang targets the blind masseur Zatoichi after he defeats their group in a wrestling match. Meanwhile a long lost love of Zatoichi's returns to his life. | 1963 | Tokuzô Tanaka | Drama, Adventure, Action | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi The OutlawIn a town where debt-ridden peasants are being ruthlessly exploited, Zatoichi is forced to take sides between a cruel yakuza boss and his seemingly altruistic rival. | 1967 | Satsuo Yamamoto | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.1 (1.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichis Cane SwordZatoichi, while fighting off the usual group of gangsters, meets the apprentice of the swordsman who created his blade, who relays bad news about the sword. | 1967 | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.5 (1.2K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichis Flashing SwordAfter being wounded in a fight, Zatoichi is nursed to health by a young woman and her father. Now indebted to the family, he works to protect their ferry business from local thugs. | 1964 | Kazuo Ikehiro | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.3 (1.5K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichis PilgrimageZatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss. | 1966 | Kazuo Ikehiro | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.2 (1K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichis RevengeAfter Zatoichi learns of his sensei's murder he uncovers a horrible conspiracy involving the local government and crime family. | 1965 | Akira Inoue | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.4 (1.3K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichis VengeancePromising to make a delivery for a dying man, the blind swordsman Zatoichi comes across the usual crime gangs but also meets a blind monk who brings into question his use of violence. | 1966 | Tokuzô Tanaka | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.3 (1.1K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Makai tenshô: The Armageddon | 1999 | Kazumasa Shirai | Action, Fantasy | 5.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Winter Butterfly | 2010 | Marcus Tozini | Drama, Romance | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Bushi no kondate | 2013 | Yûzô Asahara | Drama, History | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kunoichi | 2011 | Seiji Chiba | Action | 4.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Muay Thai Warrior | 2010 | Nopporn Wartin, Nopporn Watin | Action, Drama, History | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Katen no shiro | 2009 | Mitsutoshi Tanaka | Drama, History | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Chô kôsoku! Sankin kôtai | 2014 | Katsuhide Motoki | Action, Comedy, History | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Shinobidô | 2012 | Toshiyuki Morioka | Action, Drama, Romance | 5.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ogawa no hotori | 2011 | Tetsuo Shinohara | Drama | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |