Samurai from Nowhere

1964

Japanese

7.2

♡ 4

Action

Adventure

jidaigeki

Seiichirô Uchikawa Director

Kichijirô Ueda as

Ryôta Minowada as

Hiroshi Aoyama as

Yoshirô Aoki as

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!

Zatoichi Challenged

1967

Japanese

7.4

♡ 6

86%

Kenji Misumi Director

Jôtarô Senba as Chokichi

Osami Nabe as Dice Player Hanzo

Kôji Fujiyama as Gokishi

Jûshirô Konoe as Tajuro Akazuka

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save the man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.

Mumon: The Land of Stealth

2017

Japanese

6.6

♡ 18

75%

Yoshihiro Nakamura Director

Yûsuke Iseya as Daizen Heki

Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Jinbee Shimoyama Denden

Denden as Kai Shimoyama

Satomi Ishihara as Okuni

Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power play to defeat the young Nobukatsu Oda struggling to step into his father’s warlord shoes as they expand rule across the country, Mumon jumps into the fray to satisfy his new bride Okuni’s demand that he make good on his promises of wealth. Yet Mumon soon finds what is worth fighting for beyond money or nation.

Samurai Hustle Returns

2016

Japanese

5.5

♡ 9

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Hiromasa Taguchi as

Tsuyoshi Ihara as Danzo Kumogakure

Kyoko Fukada as Osaki

Renji Ishibashi as Terusada Matsudaira

Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He returns to Yunagaya, but finds that his castle is gone.

Gate of Hell

1953

Japanese

7.1

♡ 11

93%

husband wife relationship

Teinosuke Kinugasa Director

Koreya Senda as Gen Kiyomori

Machiko Kyô as Kesa

Michiko Araki as Mano

Kenjirô Uemura as Masanaka

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Ichi

2008

Japanese

6.5

♡ 20

78%

Fumihiko Sori Director

Tôru Tezuka as Katsuya

Katsuya as

Haruka Ayase as Ichi

Shirô Namiki as Kataoka

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately for Ichi, she is also a gifted swordswoman and carries a lethal blade within her walking stick.

Nemuri Kyôshirô: Engetsugiri

1964

Japanese

6.7

♡ 6

Kimiyoshi Yasuda Director

Raizô Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Kenjirô Uemura as Sir Yorii Kanbei

Tarô Marui as Tajuu

Takamaru Sasaki as The Honorable Elder Mizuno Tadakuni

A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is busy knocking off the shogun's lawful heirs to secure the shogunate for her son.

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman

1968

Japanese

6.8

♡ 5

Tokuzô Tanaka Director

Shigako Shimegi as

Takahiro Tamura as Naruse Tatsuma

Raizô Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Miwa Takada as Princess Saya

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 the textbook example of a bad idea - especially when the collateral damage starts to tick him off.

Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Mask of the Princess

1966

Japanese

6.6

♡ 7

Akira Inoue Director

Ryûtarô Gomi as

Eigorô Onoe as

Raizô Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Michiko Ai as Princess Kiku

The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and plots diabolical schemes / ambushes without much success.

Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps

1967

Japanese

6.5

♡ 7

Kazuo Ikehiro Director

Sei Hiraizumi as

Yoshio Inaba as

Raizô Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Nobuo Kaneko as Shurinosuke Asahina

The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is called to see that a gold statuette of the Virgin Mary gets safe passage to Kyoto from the prying hands of a sect of murderous Christian ronin that call themselves the Black Finger Group.

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie

1969

Japanese

6.4

♡ 7

Kazuo Ikehiro Director

Hideko Yoshida as

Shiho Fujimura as

Kayo Matsuo as

Raizô Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit will take him along a twisted trail that involves the Shogun's harem, hidden Christians, and positively pregnant politics!

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan

1965

Japanese

6.5

♡ 7

Kimiyoshi Yasuda Director

Ryûtarô Gomi as

Fujio Suga as Kikumura

Yoshio Inaba as Mizuno

Raizô Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple -- or save -- a mighty Clan, and while the swords of some angry samurai may not cause Kyoshiro much trouble, the deadly wiles of two women may be more difficult to survive!

Gemini

1999

Japanese

6.7

♡ 11

100%

Shin'ya Tsukamoto Director

Shôko Nakahara as

Renji Ishibashi as Beggar Monk

Tadanobu Asano as Revenger with Sword

Masahiro Motoki as Yukio Daitokuji / Sutekichi

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

Shinobi no mono: Shin kirigakure Saizô

1966

Japanese

6.7

♡ 8

Kazuo Mori Director

Jôtarô Senba as

Takahiro Tamura as Daijuro Fuma

Raizô Ichikawa as Saizo Kumogakure

Yûko Kusunoki as Yayoi

[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to avenge the death of Lord Sanada Yukimura. But first he must contend with Ieyasu’s own ninja group led by the powerful Fuma Daijuro, who has a score to settle with the men of Iga that dates back 280 years to the war between the Genji and the Heike at the Battle of Dan-no-Ura. Tremendous fighting and great plot twists highlight this exceptional look into the lives of the mysterious ninja of Japan.

Blind Swordswoman: Hellish Skin

1969

Japanese

6.8

♡ 1

Sadatsugu Matsuda Director

Jûshirô Konoe as Hanbei

Kikko Matsuoka as Oen

Yôko Matsuyama as Oichi

Tadao Nakamaru as Tanbei Magari

Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She must face numerous other challenges before confronting her greatest rival. While longing to live and love like other women, she realizes that she can never have a normal life, her sword which she holds on to like a security blanket will always come between her and such a life...

Shinsho: shinobi no mono

1966

Japanese

6.7

♡ 6

Kazuo Ikehiro Director

Kenjirô Ishiyama as

Michiyo Yasuda as Akane

Raizô Ichikawa as Kojiro Kasumi

Ryûzô Shimada as Tadakatsu Honda

[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Three men attack a gunpowder maker in a farmhouse, the first chopping off his arm with his sickle-&-chain weapon, the second blinding him with sword, the third giving the killing blow. His son Kojiro Kosume escapes the attackers as everything he has known up to then explodes into conflagration. He grows up & enters the start of the Tokugawa Era, intent on avenging his father.

Shinobi no mono: Iga-yashiki

1965

Japanese

6.4

♡ 6

Kazuo Mori Director

Ryûzô Shimada as

Seishirô Hara as Hotta

Mizuho Suzuki as Masayuki Yui

Raizô Ichikawa as Saizo Kumogakure

[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, Kirigakure Saisuke, who after seeing his father die at the Battle Of Shimabara, grows up to be an expert ninja. Before he dies, “Mist” Saizo tells his children Saisuke, and Yuri that they are not really brother and sister. She, in fact, is the daughter of the late lord Sanada Yukimura, and must be saved from the shogun’s forces. In the chess match of spy versus spy, can Saisuke defeat the shogun’s chief strategist, Matsudaira Izunokami at his own game? Showing many exciting ninja tactics, it is not to be missed.

Red Lion

1969

Japanese

6.9

♡ 5

76%

government corruption

imperial japan

jidaigeki

sword fight

Kihachi Okamoto Director

Toshirô Mifune as Gonzo

Nobuko Otowa as Oharu

Kawai Okada as Osode

Takahiro Tamura as Sozo Sagara

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

1969

Japanese

6.9

♡ 11

Tadashi Sawashima Director

Toshirô Mifune as Isami Kondo

Rentarô Mikuni as Kamo Serizawa

Takahiro Tamura as Koshitaro Ito

Yumiko Nogawa as Oume

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.

Iwane: Sword of Serenity

2019

Japanese

6.4

♡ 5

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Pierre Taki as Bunroku Shishido

Sôkô Wada as Gennojyo Higashi

Tôri Matsuzaka as Iwane Sawaki

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Matsuyoshi

Iwane Sakazaki returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from childhood. He decides to leave his domain, parting with his fiancée Nao, and becomes a vagrant masterless samurai with nothing more to lose. Iwane drifts to Edo, filleting eels during the day and working as a bodyguard at night for Imazuya, a reputable money exchanger. He gradually wins the trust of the people around him because of his mellow nature, the chivalrous way he treats everyone with courtesy, and his skills of swords. One day, he learns that Imazuya is being targeted in a conspiracy to sabotage a new monetary system implemented by the government, and Iwane decides to protect the people who have given him support.

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Samurai from Nowhere

Zatoichi Challenged

Mumon: The Land of Stealth

Samurai Hustle Returns

Gate of Hell

Ichi

Nemuri Kyôshirô: Engetsugiri

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman

Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Mask of the Princess

Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan

Gemini

Shinobi no mono: Shin kirigakure Saizô

Blind Swordswoman: Hellish Skin

Shinsho: shinobi no mono

Shinobi no mono: Iga-yashiki

Red Lion

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Iwane: Sword of Serenity