7.3
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
IMDb: 7.3 2011 126 min
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 ...
6.8
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
IMDb: 6.8 1972 108 min
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his ...
7.4
Shogun Assassin
IMDb: 7.4 1980 85 min
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The ...
6.3
Shogun’s Ninja
IMDb: 6.3 1980 117 min
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search ...
6.3
47 Ronin
IMDb: 6.3 2013 119 min
Based on the original 1941 movie from Japan, and from ancient Japan’s most enduring tale, the epic 3D fantasy-adventure 47 Ronin is born. ...
0
Fangs of Darkness: Vengeance
1982 91 min
Wakayama Tomisaburo plays the role of Ichibei. His father is denounced from his clan and murdered, his family is hamed, and Ichibei is no longer ...
0
Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu’s Head
1983 91 min
Ichibei teams up with Chief Jindayo of the Goomune (Japan’s gypsies’) in order to steal the shogunate’s solid gold statue of ...
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 ...
7.6
Sword of the Beast
IMDb: 7.6 1965 85 min
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha’s Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of ...
7.7
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
IMDb: 7.7 2004 165 min
Japan blossomed into its Renaissance at approximately the same time as Europe. Unlike the West, it flourished not through conquest and ...
7
Unforgiven
IMDb: 7 2013 135 min
Set in Hokkaido, Japan in the 1880s. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), who is on the side of the Edo shogunate government, kills many people. His name ...
6.6
Demon Spies
IMDb: 6.6 1974 86 min
Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in order to become the Shogunate’s most ...
5.7
Adult
Tokugawa: Woman’s Genealogy
IMDb: 5.7 1968 90 min
A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines. Release: History of the ...
7.4
The 47 Ronin
IMDb: 7.4 1941 223 min
Produced over a two-year period, Kenji Mizoguchi’s version of the oft-filmed Seika Mayama story The 47 Ronin was too big to be confined to ...
5.5
Caffeine
IMDb: 5.5 2007 92 min
A fanciful battle of the sexes ensues when the relationships of the staff and patrons of a quirky London café are unexpectedly turned upside down ...
6.3
Capricious Young Man
IMDb: 6.3 1936 77 min
A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him. Release: Capricious Young ...