Movies (151) tagged by 'Samurai'
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Sucker Punch (2011)
After a young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, she retreats to a fantasy world, where she plots her escape. In her imagination, she and...
13 Assassins (2010)
A remake of the 1963 film and set in 1844 Japan, this story brings together a brave samurai and 13 assassins in order to kill a young evil lord who believes ...
The Last Samurai (2003)
In Japan, Civil War veteran Captain Nathan Algren trains the Emperor's troops to use modern weapons as they prepare to defeat the last of the country's samurai...
Guinea Pig: Flowers of Flesh and Blood (1985)
A woman walking home late at night is attacked by an unknown assailant who knocks her out with chloroform. When she regains consciousness, she finds herself tie...
The Wolverine (2013)
In modern day Japan, Wolverine is out of his depth in an unknown world as he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever ch...
Shogun Assassin (1980)
Shogun decapitator, lone wolf, ronin. Travels with his son, Daigoro, in search of the Shogun that is paranoid of his skills. In the attempts to kill Lone Wolf,...
Lupin III vs Detective Conan (2009)
Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of the fictional gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, is considered the world's greatest thief, known for announcing his inte...
Seven Samurai (1954)
An aging swordsman (Takashi Shimura) enlists six other warriors-for-hire (Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isao Kimura, Daisuke Kato, Seiji Miya...
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.
The Animatrix (2003)
Anthology of nine short anime (Japanese animation) films tied in to the 1999 blockbuster "The Matrix" and its sequels. "Final Flight of the Osiris": The crew of...
The Warrior's Way (2010)
The Warrior's Way, a visually-stunning modern martial arts western starring Korean actor Dong-gun Jang who plays an Asian warrior assassin force...
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Eastern and Western cultures and philosophies intersect in this comic drama from acclaimed director Jim Jarmusch. Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a silent modern...
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Two features. During 1874 a child is born to Sayo, a woman held in prison for murder, her name is Yuki Kashima, or Lady Snowblood. Sayo dies during childbirth...
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
Have you ever faked a restroom trip to check your email? Slept with your laptop? Or become so overwhelmed that you just unplugged ...
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
In the 19th century a woman (Rie Miyazawa) helps a widowed samurai (Hiroyuki Sanada) who must kill a rebellious swordsman.
Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance (1972)
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, ...
Afro Samurai (2007)
Afro Samurai is the story of a Black samurai in a futuristic yet feudal Japan who is on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father. Afro is a warrior...
Yamada : The Samurai of Ayothaya (2010)
The movie is based on a real person, Yamada Nagamasa. In the 16th century, this Japanese warrior settled in the region of Ayuttaya and soon thereafter he bec...
Samurai X: Reflection (2001)
Kenshin and Kaoru are married. Kenshin leaves Kaoru with their son, Kenji, to lead a revolution in China. But both of them suffer from a seemingly incurable dis...
Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fig...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
When a magic scepter accidentally transports April back through time to 17th Century Japan, the boys take-off in hot pursuit, cowabungling their way out of the...
The Sword of Doom (1966)
A child is brought up by his father to be a man of the sword - for whom killing is a pleasure. This man uses his sword as the only family he recognises. Japan...
White on Rice (2009)
"White on Rice" is the comedic story of Jimmy, a misguided 40-year-old divorceé, trying to navigate his way through a new life in America and out of his sister...
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor wh...
The Bushido Blade (1981)
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find...
Onibaba (1965)
As a feudal war rages in 14th-century Japan, those left behind are struggling to survive. The wife and the mother of a soldier make their meager living by prey...
The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
An ancient curse has turned their lives into a nightmare of lust and revenge.
The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010)
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic strickens the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of...
Ghost Stories (1965)
This film contains four distinct, separate stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money, but finds the marriage disastrou...
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2004)
A master swordsman (Takeshi Kitano) battles a formidable ronin (Tadanobu Asano) and a deadly clan terrorizing villagers.
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)
A university professor reads a forbidden scroll and becomes possessed by the twin demons of Thunder and Lightning. The demons want to come to the human world t...
Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962)
A group of idealistic young men, determined to clean up the corruption in their town, are aided by a scruffy, cynical samurai who does not at all fit their conc...
Doll Graveyard (2005)
It's 1905 when 12 year old Sophia plays all by herself in her big, creepy house with only four handmade dolls as friends. When her abusive father has finally h...
Samurai I Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town's wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. After their side loses, they s...
Sword of Desperation (2010)
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzawmon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo T...
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also cha...
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)
A martial arts tournament filmed at the famous Madison Square Garden.
Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009)
A blind man seeks revenge against the psychopath who took away his sight and slaughtered his wife and daughter. Eight years after the massacre, the man has re...
Scabbard Samurai (2010)
Nomi Kanjuro (Takaaki Nomi) is a master less samurai on the run after throwing away his sword for good. He has with him his headstrong 9-year-old daughter Tae (...
The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail (1945)
A fugitive lord and his bodyguards and followers, all disguised as monks, traverse a forest, where they must avoid capture and outsmart the border guards.
Heart String Marionette (2012)
A tale about a kid, a samurai mime, and a stripper who all try to defeat a warlord and an evil clown who have successfully turned a countryside into a never end...
Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance (2015)
It's 25 years later, and Detective Frank Washington is forced to team up with his long estranged partner Joe Marshall to solve a series of assassinations.
Bushi no ichibun (2006)
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.
Mope (2019)
The tragic true story of best friends Steve Driver and Tom Dong, two low end porn actors who sought fame but gained infamy.
Der Samurai (2014)
A wolf strives through the woods around an isolated German village. Jakob the young local police officer is onto him, but scents something more in the darkness....
Illusion of Blood (1965)
A samurai warrior is haunted by the spirit of his first wife.
When the Last Sword is Drawn (2003)
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is f...
Sengoku jieitai (1979)
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were...
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in sear...
After The Rain (2004)
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 a...
The Hidden Blade (2004)
During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo and Samon as he leaves their clan's fiefdom on ...
Fatal Past (1993)
A mobster's mistress and her bodyguard share a forbidden love and discover they may be doomed by an ominous past life.
Buffalo Bushido (2009)
A man returns home from exile unknowingly seeking the truth.
Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke (1965)
The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi tracks the spy Nojiri, while a mysterious figure named Sakon leads a band of men on their own quest for the wily Nojiri. S...
Werewolf Warrior (2004)
A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
Hank, a loveable dog with a head full of dreams about becoming a samurai, sets off in search of his destiny.
The Challenge (1982)
A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.
Dreams and Shadows (2009)
Billy is a teenage outcast in search of his life's true meaning. Day by day, he slaves away at the local burger joint, only to return home to a paraplegic fathe...
Fist of Vengeance (1974)
Two features. During 1874 a child is born to Sayo, a woman held in prison for murder, her name is Yuki Kashima, or Lady Snowblood. Sayo dies during childbirth...
Blade of the 47 Ronin (2022)
Ancient Japanese Ronin warriors set 300 years after 47 Ronin, in a modern-day world where Samurai clans exist in complete secrecy.
Lone Wolf and Cub Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Ogami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami's son, and sees his chance for revenge.
Shoot First Ask Questions Later (1975)
In 19th century the Japanese Emperor sends a gift pony to the US President. The pony is stolen and ransomed by Indians. Sheriff Gideon aided by an inept Japanes...
Expect No Mercy (1995)
Federal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this high-tech fac...
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Musashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel.
Kakekomi (2015)
Set in the Edo period during a time when the divorce rate was actually 2x higher than the present day. A thrift ordinance has been announced by the government a...
Makai tensho (2003)
37,000 Peasants perished in the Shimbara Revolt: among them, the leader of that uprising, Shiro Amakusa. Amakusa is resurrected from hell bent on revenging the ...
Samurai Warrior Queens (2015)
The drama documentary tells the real life story of Samurai woman Takeko Nakano who in 1868 fights for her clans' independence in a final battle that marks the e...
Blood Beat (1983)
A woman who lives in deer-hunting country in rural Wisconsin is possessed by the spirit of a Japanese samurai warrior.
Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016)
This adaptation to a popular manga is the story of a contemporary teenager travelling back in time to the Sengoku period of the sixteenth century. There he meet...
Zatoichi Breaks Jail (1967)
Zatoichi arrives in a town where a gambling house is kidnapping its poor, debt-ridden patrons. A rival establishment moves to pay those debts and free the peasa...
Sekigahara (2017)
A depiction of Japan's 17th Century Battle of Sekigahara where the Army of the East takes up arms against the Army of the West.
Zatôichi kesshô-tabi (1964)
When 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.
Lupin III Hemingway Papers (1990)
Lupin is off to find the document papers of Ernest Hemingway while 2 individual armies are after the same thing.
Revenge of the Samurai Cop (2017)
A cop comes out of hiding to avenge the death of his wife. Co-stars Tommy Wiseau of The Room and The Disaster Artist.
The Hunted (1995)
Paul is on a business trips to Nagoya, as a computer-chip executive from New York, when he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman. Later, he finds himself in th...
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
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 'Samu...
Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.
The Last Samurai (1988)
The quest for spiritual fulfilment be a Japanese businessman who comes to Africa following the trail of his samurai ancestor. Despite the title this is not a ma...
Sword of the Dead (2018)
SWORD OF THE DEAD is a proof of concept short film that follows a Ronin who upon returning home from exile finds the island he once knew plagued by a dark curse...
Hana (2006)
In 1702, set against the backdrop of a long-delayed and insatiable revenge, a reserved samurai, Aoki Sozaemon, leaves his hometown in Matsumoto to come to bustl...
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.
Ghost Warrior (1984)
A deep-frozen 400-year-old samurai is shipped to Los Angeles, where he comes back to life.
The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
Ugetsu monogatari (1953)
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
Heaven and Earth (1990)
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...
Top Knot Detective (2017)
This is the story of how a failed Japanese samurai series, became an instant cult classic.
AK (1985)
A documentary that shows the production of Ran and discusses the film techniques of Kurosawa himself.
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Zatoichi is mistaken for a thief. To clear his name he must find and defeat the real villain.
The New Tale Of Zatoichi (1963)
Wishing 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...
Geisha Assassin (2008)
This story is set during the Edo ages in Japan. On a rainy night, Kotono confronts the samurais who have killed her father. The samurai attack her one by one, b...
Zatoichi Jigoku tabi (1965)
A samurai with a high skill in chess makes friends with Zatoichi, who finds that things become peculiar in his presence.
Dai tozoku (1963)
Sukezaemon, a pirate, is shipwrecked in a strange corner of the world. With his companion, a wizard named Sennin, Sukezaemon becomes entangled in a plot by the ...
Chushingura (1962)
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Bright: Samurai Soul (2021)
Izo, a Ronin, and Raiden, an orc, work to bring a young elf girl and the wand she carries to the land of the elves in the north.
Zatoichi kyojo tabi (1963)
A 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...
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
After an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. Zatoichi, having been honor boun...
Razor 3 Who's Got the Gold (1974)
After extracting information by raping a ghost, Hanzo uncovers a plot among high officials to steal the shogunate's gold and loan it out to the poor.
Sanada Yukimura no bouryaku (1979)
Generel Sanada, seeking retribution for the murder of his father and a lost battle, both conceived by the Shogun, devises a series of brilliant plans to thwart ...
The Wolves (1971)
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, a gangster gets released early - only to find that his ex-gang has merged with the Kannos. But wit...
The Dry Blade (2012)
In 1873, Emperor Meiji abolished the rights of the samurai in favor of a modern, westernized military. With intentions to launch a bloody crusade against the go...
Shin heike monogatari (1955)
Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But because the hig...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan (1965)
Tsurumatsu, a young boy, is supposed to be a new Lord but he's not really interested, he would rather be a carpenter. So he gets kidnapped and it's up to Nemuri...
Rupan sansei Rupan ansatsu shirei (1993)
Lupin takes on a gang of arms dealers, but must deal with a new complication: Inspector Zenigata is taken off the Lupin case and replaced with a new officer who...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps (1967)
This film of the sleepy-eyed ronin series has the hero talked into escorting a precious religious artifact to Kyoto, Japan. A sect of Christian swordsmen are ly...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Mask of the Princess (1966)
Princess Kiku, Shogun's daughter, wants revenge on Nemuri Kyoshiro for embarrassing her.
Samurai (1979)
Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles a crazed multi-millionaire who is planning to destroy the c...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Villainy (1966)
The hero avenges a band of samurai whose master was unceremoniously assassinated for seeking justice and better conditions for the citizens. The city shall burn...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman (1968)
Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is a bad idea.
The 47 Ronin (1941)
The legendary Forty-seven ronin plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano be...
Rurouni Kenshin: The Movie (1997)
The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Takimi Shigure watched his friends and family get...
Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
The lives of two slum neighbors, one of a happy-go-lucky gambler and the other of a poor ronin, converge when the two get involved with the affairs of a powerfu...
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
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...
Five Men of Edo (1951)
During the 17th Century bands of hatamoto, samurai vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate, were causing havoc in the new capital city of Edo. Opposing them was Banzu...
Orochi (1925)
The story of a decent samurai who is widely considered a scum and a criminal. His bad luck and numerous misunderstandings drag him down the social ladder straig...
Samurai Frog Golf (2022)
A retired frog samurai wants to spend his remaining years in peace on the golf course. But when he becomes the protector of a baby turtle he must draw his club ...
Samurai Assassin (1965)
February 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 ...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie (1969)
Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming th...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: In the Spider's Lair (1968)
Our anti-hero discovers locals who are oppressed, held captive against their will. For the swordsman to succeed, he first must wade through traps and assassins,...
Samurai from Nowhere (1964)
The adventures of a ronin, a samurai without a feudal lord, trying to achieve safety in a neighbouring domain.
Satomi hakken-den (1983)
Princess 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?
Doggie March (1963)
It tells the story of Rock, a puppy whose mother is killed by a tiger and a fox. To fulfill his revenge, will achieve together a large number of animals.
Nemuri Kyôshirô: Engetsugiri (1964)
The shogun's illegitimate son decapitates a peasant which draws in nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheadin...
Neko zamurai: Minami no shima e iku (2015)
After a successful series and a film about a grumpy samurai Kyutaro and his cat companion, the adventure continues. This time Kyutaro and his cat travel to the ...
The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture (1994)
One hundred years after their deaths, six legendary holy warriors are reborn to seek justice against the former comrade who betrayed them into the hands of an e...
Oshidori utagassen (1939)
Oharu is in love with a ronin who lives next door. A mistake puts Oharu's father deeply in debt to the local lord and he is confronted with having to sell ...
Moeyo Ken (2021)
Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji R...
Bôrei kaibyô yashiki (1958)
The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of ...
Fûrin kazan (1969)
A shrewd 16th Century samurai helps a daimyo expand his realm.
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