In the turbulent late Eastern Han Dynasty, ambitious Dong Zhuo controls the court and the commonalty, and heroes from all over the country begin to rise.

Sleepy Eyes of Death: In the Spider's Lair

1968

Japanese

6.5

♡ 5

Kimiyoshi Yasuda Director

Yûsuke Kawazu as Domon Ietake

Mako Midori as Murasaki

Raizô Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Shinobu Araki as Old farmer

The titular "tarantula" is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with her, kill without warrant because they are wealthy & above the law. Kyoshiro the homeless masterless wandering samurai has nothing to lose, & no scruples anyway, so can reproach even the powerful with ease. He is thus, for all that he has broad streaks of villainy all his own, a champion of the people by default.

Samurai Cop

1991

English

4.5

♡ 24

46%

los angeles, california

Romance

samurai

Thriller

Amir Shervan Director

Warren Stevens as Film Editor

Mathew Karedas as Joe Marshall

Melissa Moore as Peggy

Robert Z'Dar as Yamashita

When Japanese organized crime imbeds itself within LA, the police turn to one man to take down the deadly Yakuza — Joe Marshall, aka "The Samurai." With his fearless swagger and rock hard jaw, The Samurai tears a two-fisted hole through the mob and doesn't stop until the job is done.

Scabbard Samurai

2010

Japanese

6.8

♡ 1

63%

Hitoshi Matsumoto Director

Tokio Emoto as Heikichi

Masatô Ibu as Karo

Itsuji Itao as Kuranosuke Ryô

Ryô as Oryu

Kanjuro Nomi is an aging samurai who only has a scabbard. Deserting his lord to wander the land with his daughter Tae, Kanjuro is captured and sentenced to an unusual punishment: he has 30 days to bring a smile to the sad prince who has lost his mother — or else he must die.

Samurai Cat

2014

Japanese

6.3

♡ 10

Takeshi Watanabe Director

Yasukaze Motomiya as

Kanji Tsuda as

Misako Renbutsu as

Kazuki Kitamura as Madarame Kyutaro

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman who has fallen on hard times in old Edo. Caught between two warring gangs in an epic battle of cat lovers and dog lovers, he begrudgingly accepts the canine faction's offer to assassinate the opposite leader's beloved pet: an adorable white cat. Yet upon raising his lethal sword, he cannot bring himself to go through with the act, and the cat melts his ronin heart. But before finding peace as a newly minted cat person, the still fearsome Madarame will have to take on both gangs in a classic samurai street brawl.

Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning

2021

Japanese

7.4

♡ 77

92%

Keishi Ohtomo Director

Sôkô Wada as Hijikata Toshizo

Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura

Kazuki Kitamura as Tatsumi

Kasumi Arimura as Tomoe Yukishiro

Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.

Daredevil in the Castle

1961

Japanese

6.3

♡ 3

Hiroshi Inagaki Director

Yôsuke Natsuki as Chomonshu Kimura

Tadao Nakamaru as Hyogo

Toshirô Mifune as Mohei

Isuzu Yamada as Yodogami

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.

Goemon

2009

Japanese

6.6

♡ 8

72%

Kazuaki Kiriya Director

Susumu Terajima as Hanzo Hattori

Masatô Ibu as Ieyasu Tokugawa

Takeru Satoh as Saizo - youth Gori

Gori as Sasuke Sarutobi

Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban (Southern Barbarians), Goemon finds a mysterious box hidden inside a secret grave. A forgotten relic from the past containing untold powers.

Heaven and Earth

1990

Japanese

6.8

♡ 5

Haruki Kadokawa Director

Masatô Ibu as Akida

Stuart Whitman as Narrator

Masahiko Tsugawa as Takeda Shingen

Hironobu Nomura as Taro Yoshinobu

Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?

The 47 Ronin

1941

Japanese

7.2

♡ 13

81%

Kenji Mizoguchi Director

Seizaburô Kawazu as Ecchûmori Hosokawa

Mieko Takamine as Omino, Isogai's fiancee

Utaemon Ichikawa as Tsunatoyo Tokugawa

Mitsuko Miura as Yôsen'in, Asano's wife

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.

Versus

2000

Japanese

♡ 14

75%

Ryûhei Kitamura Director

Tak Sakaguchi as Prisoner KSC2-303

Chieko Misaka as The Girl

Reika Kirishima as (uncredited)

Kenji Matsuda as Yakuza Leader with butterfly knife

A group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead.

Killing

2018

Japanese

6.5

♡ 5

100%

Shin'ya Tsukamoto Director

Shûji Ôtsuki as Kahei

Sôsuke Ikematsu as Mokunoshin

Masahiro Kobayashi as Villager Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Yu

In Edo period Japan, a lone ronin lives in a village helping the farmers tend to their land. One day, a group of outlaw swordsmen enter the village.

Gintama Live Action the Movie

2017

Japanese

6.1

♡ 46

Yûichi Fukuda Director

Shun Oguri as Gintoki Sakata Nanao

Nanao as Matako Kijima

Ryô Yoshizawa as Sougo Okita

Ken Yasuda as Tetsuya Murata

In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can.

Zatoichi's Vengeance

1966

Japanese

7.2

♡ 5

Tokuzô Tanaka Director

Kei Satô as Boss Gonzo

Shigeru Amachi as Genpachiro Kuroda

Kôichi Mizuhara as Joshuya

Mitsuko Yoshikawa as Mother

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.

The Last Ronin

2010

Japanese

7.3

♡ 5

Shigemichi Sugita Director

Kôichi Satô as Kichiemon Terasaka

Jun Fubuki as Kiwa Kayano

Masatô Ibu as Nagayasu Shindô

Kôji Yamamoto as Shûichirô Chaya

16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses the country on a mission. His purpose is to find the families of the fallen samurais and spread the truth of the ronin uprising.

Bright: Samurai Soul

2021

Japanese

5.5

♡ 6

40%

Kyohei Ishiguro Director

Yuki Nomura as Izou

Mamoru Miyano as Roshu

Kenjirô Tsuda as Tomoku

Keone Young as Tsukuyomi

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.

The Master Samurai

2018

Japanese

6.2

♡ 8

Kazushi Watanabe Director

Yukijirô Hotaru as

Hayato Ichihara as

Shûgo Oshinari as

Toshiya Nagasawa as

Hanpeita Takeichi, a samurai, finds that he has travelled through time to modern-day Japan. He's taken in by an old man who runs a cram school, and begins to work as a teacher there.

Afro Samurai: Resurrection

2009

English

7.1

♡ 11

72%

Fuminori Kizaki Director

Samuel L. Jackson as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja

Mark Hamill as Bin / Oden Shop Master

Lucy Liu as Sio

Grey Griffin as Tomoe / Ogin

Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back into the game by a beautiful and deadly woman from his past. The sparks of violence dropped along Afro’s bloody path now burn out of control – and nowhere are the flames of hatred more intense than in the eyes of Sio.

Iceman

2014

Cn

♡ 48

17%

impersonating a police officer

Wing-Cheong Law Director Tony Ho

Tony Ho as

Simon Yam as

Donnie Yen as

Alice Chan as

An imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later, they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.

Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki

1964

Japanese

6.5

♡ 7

Hiroshi Inagaki Director

Yôsuke Natsuki as Kiyonosuke

Toshirô Mifune as Lord Akashi

Yoshio Inaba as Ronin

Kumi Mizuno as The Witch

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as

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Sleepy Eyes of Death: In the Spider's Lair

Samurai Cop

Scabbard Samurai

Samurai Cat

Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning

Daredevil in the Castle

Goemon

Heaven and Earth

The 47 Ronin

Versus

Killing

Gintama Live Action the Movie

Zatoichi's Vengeance

The Last Ronin

Bright: Samurai Soul

The Master Samurai

Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Iceman

Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki