Samurai Movies

Magistrate Ooka and a samurai fight against evil forces.

The film is inspired by Miyamoto Musashi who was one of the most famous Japanese ronin and warrior philosophers. This very alternate and visual...

A narrator relates the Japanese tale of two lovers who defy their families and society to be together. The tale ends happily, until something happens...

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the prince's concubines.

Historical drama about two samurai who fight over everything yet unite together to fight an evil lord.

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...

Set in the Edo period, the film deals with two brothers falling in love with the same girl. Sadly, only 12 minutes of footage survive.

An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of the great elder of the...

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.

Manuel is an extremely shy 12-year-old boy who escapes reality through a samurai obsession. One day, a mysterious cowboy kid crosses his path. This...

After their sacred katana is stolen, two swordsmen with a rocky relationship must team up to defeat a dastardly villain.

A samurai comes to the aid of his uncle in a duel.

In July of 1864, in an incident at the Ikedaya Inn in Kyoto, thirty Shinsengumi suppressed a cell of twenty Choshu revolutionaries, possibly...

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

On the slope of Sengokuhara, a film crew is getting ready to shoot a major scene of a samurai movie.

An old samurai has promised not to kill again and is determined to commit suicide in a river. A young samurai recognizes him from his violent past.

After a gruesome war which decimated much of the Earth's population, a white samurai awakens with no memory of his cruel past. He is sent on a great...

Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a break from his art critic day job to immerse himself in the art, rituals and practices of the Japanese warrior cult. Will...

Masami is a guitarist who dreams of his band “Rhythm Head” winning the Grand Prix at the Japan Music Carnival. History, and the warlords...