7.2
Kutsukake Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza
IMDb: 7.2 1966 90 min
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at ...
6.0
The Shogun Assassins
IMDb: 6.0 1979 148 min
This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu. Release: The Shogun Assassins 1979 JAPANESE 1080p ...
6.6
Samurai Vagabonds
IMDb: 6.6 1960 84 min
On New Year’s Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just ...
7
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
IMDb: 7 1965 121 min
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters ...
7.1
Samurai Banners
IMDb: 7.1 1969 165 min
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. ...
7.2
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
IMDb: 7.2 1962 110 min
The remake of Yoshikawa’s novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji ...
6.9
Three Yakuza
IMDb: 6.9 1965 120 min
This anthology tells three separate stories, all about yakuza (Japan’s gangsters) in the feudal period. In the first, Sentaro, a roaming ...
6.6
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
IMDb: 6.6 1971 75 min
In the retelling of the story of the legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, the story takes the wanderer into a conflict with a chain and ...
7.2
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
IMDb: 7.2 1964 128 min
In the fourth installment, Musashi’s potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental ...
6.8
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
IMDb: 6.8 1963 104 min
In the third installment of Yoshikawa’s novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on ...
3.3
Shikake-nin Baian
IMDb: 3.3 1981 100 min
Recently I was having a discussion with some friends about how “just because it’s foreign, doesn’t mean it’s good.” ...
7.1
The Fall of Ako Castle
IMDb: 7.1 1978 159 min
This is the story of “The Forty-Seven Ronin.” Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano ...
7.6
Wind, Woman and Road
IMDb: 7.6 1958 90 min
A meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity that has deadly consequences. Release: Wind Woman and Road 1958 ...
7.1
The Ambush: Incident at Blood Pass
IMDb: 7.1 1970 117 min
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection ...
7.3
Yakuza of Seki
IMDb: 7.3 1963 89 min
Seki no Yatappe, is an adaptation of a well-known story from the popular author Shin Hasegawa. The touching action packed tale follows a ...
0
The Traveling Ruffian
1958 92 min
Adventures of Mori no Ishimatsu, a famous member of Jirocho gang. Ishimatsu is strong in righteousness weak to mercy, who falls in love at first ...
7.5
Revenge
IMDb: 7.5 1964 104 min
This tragic drama shows a young man fettered by Bushido, the way of the Samurai, who tried to escape the chains of his position, but was being ...
7.0
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
IMDb: 7.0 1966 91 min
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 ...
6.5
Lord Mito
IMDb: 6.5 1957 98 min
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the ...
7.1
Shogun’s Samurai
IMDb: 7.1 1978 130 min
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 ...