The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

2020

Japanese

5.9

♡ 8

Takashi Koizumi Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as

Kuranosuke Sasaki as

Tatsuya Nakadai as Makino Tadayuki

Takako Matsu as Suga

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence from the restraints of vassalship. Despite his progressive views and his desire for his estate to remain neutral during the Boshin Civil War, he was bound by loyalty and duty to the clan and was compelled to choose sides.

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

1970

Japanese

7.0

♡ 6

72%

Kihachi Okamoto Director

Fujio Tokita as Blacksmith Tomeyoshi

Hideo Sunazuka as Fake Masseur

Toshirô Mifune as Sassa the yojimbo

Ayako Wakao as Umeno

With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasses Yojimbo who withdraws from a pact with Ichi to stir up trouble between father and son and their gangs. As the two sides fight, Ichi finds the gold and sets up a final set of confrontations.

47 Ronin

1994

Japanese

6.4

♡ 9

Action

based on novel or book

Kon Ichikawa Director

Misa Shimizu as Hori

Rie Miyazawa as Karu

Hitomi Kuroki as Kiyo

Ken Takakura as Kuranosuke Ôishi

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.

Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken

2018

Japanese

6.4

♡ 37

live action adaptation of manga

Yûichi Fukuda Director

Yûya Yagira as Hijikata Tôshirô

Ryô Yoshizawa as Okita Sôgo

Shun Oguri as Sakata Gintoki

Ryô Katsuji as Tokugawa Shigeshige

The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.

Touken Ranbu: The Movie

2018

Japanese

6.2

♡ 2

Saiji Yakumo Director

Masami Horiuchi as

Kôji Yamamoto as Oda Nobunaga

Norito Yashima as Toyotomi Hideoyshi

Yoshihiko Aramaki as Yamanbagiri Kunihiro

A sage travels to the past and collects a set of eight legendary swords, which bring to life a gang of talented but dysfunctional young warriors. The warriors know that Nobunaga Oda was supposed to die at the Honno-ji incident in 1582, but in this timeline he didn’t. To revert back to the original history, the warriors must travel back in time to assassinate Nobunaga Oda.

Samurai Reincarnation

1981

Japanese

6.5

♡ 9

68%

Kinji Fukasaku Director

Shin'ichi Chiba as Jubei Yagyu

Hiroyuki Sanada as Kirimaru Iga

Yûko Asuka as Koga Kunoichi

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Lord Tajima no Kami Munenori Yagyu

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.

Fuunji Oda Nobunaga

1959

Japanese

6.9

♡ 1

Toshikazu Kôno Director

Eijirô Yanagi as

Ryûnosuke Tsukigata as

Eitarô Shindô as

Katsuo Nakamura as

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy military governor with land holdings in Owari province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582. Telling the story of his rise to prominence as he leads an army of 4,000 men against the 40,000 troops of Lord Imagawa Yoshimoto to prevent the arrogant daimyo from crushing the Oda clan and taking control of the entire nation. From a newly restored anamorpic widescreen print, this is the ultimate warlord movie.

Hana

2006

Japanese

6.6

♡ 12

55%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Susumu Terajima as Kichiemon Terasaka

Rie Miyazawa as Osae

Ryô Kase as Sodekichi

Sei Hiraizumi as Zenzo

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.

Chushingura

1962

Japanese

7.5

♡ 6

Hiroshi Inagaki Director

Hiroshi Tachikawa as Aminori Uesugi

Toshirô Mifune as Genba Tawaraboshi

Akira Takarada as Gunbei Takada

Setsuko Hara as Riku

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

The Hidden Blade

2004

Japanese

7.6

♡ 12

84%

Action

based on novel or book

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Jun Maeda as

Ken Ogata as Chief Retainer Hori

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Samon Shimada

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.

Black Cat Mansion

1958

Japanese

6.5

♡ 2

Nobuo Nakagawa Director

Toshio Hosokawa as Dr. Tetsuichiro Kuzumi

Den Kunikata as Hachiro'uta

Ryûzaburô Nakamura as Kokingo

Yuriko Ejima as Yoriko Kuzumi

The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.

Sword of the Stranger

2007

Japanese

7.7

♡ 26

91%

human animal relationship

samurai

swordplay

swordsman

Masahiro Andô Director

Cathy Weseluck as Itadori's Wife

Alistair Abell as Jurota

Andrew Kavadas as Shui-Chen

Masaki Aizawa as Yue-Shen

Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack, but chaos erupts when the assassins find Kotaro, and No Name must face his past before a horrible fate is met again.

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold

1964

Japanese

7.3

♡ 9

83%

Kazuo Ikehiro Director

Hiroshi Hayashi as

Shinjirô Asano as

Kenjirô Uemura as Gundayu Matsui

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Jushiro

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name.

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

1970

Japanese

7.3

♡ 9

79%

Kenji Misumi Director

Masayuki Mori as Dark Lord Yamikubo

Osami Nabe as Mistress Auctioneer

Kunie Tanaka as Packhorse Driver

Tatsuya Nakadai as Ronin

The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

1965

Japanese

7.3

♡ 6

Kenji Misumi Director

Fujio Suga as Injury prone Banyu yakuza

Tarô Marui as Roppei

Kaneko Iwasaki as Tane

Tatsuo Endô as Yakuza boss of Ejimaya

Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

1964

Japanese

7.2

♡ 7

78%

Kazuo Ikehiro Director

Ryûtarô Gomi as

Ryôsuke Kagawa as Boss Bunkichi

Tatsuo Endô as Boss Yasugoro of Takeya

Yutaka Nakamura as Mekichi

Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

1965

Japanese

6.9

♡ 5

72%

Kazuo Mori Director

Kenjirô Ishiyama as Boss Jubei Araiso

Kôichi Mizuhara as Shimazo Kitase

Ryûzô Shimada as Yakuza boss

Eiko Taki as Yone

Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.

Zatoichi's Revenge

1965

Japanese

7.3

♡ 7

Akira Inoue Director

Norihei Miki as Denroku the Weasel

San'emon Arashi as Hikonoichi

Takeshi Katô as Koheita Kadokura

Kôji Fujiyama as Ronin

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.

Zatoichi in Desperation

1972

Japanese

6.8

♡ 4

72%

Shintarô Katsu Director

Hideji Ôtaki as Sukegoro Iioka

Jôji Takagi as Tokiwa Kamijo

Katsuo Nakamura as Ushimatsu

Shintarô Katsu as Zatoichi

After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.

New Tale of Zatoichi

1963

Japanese

7.3

♡ 15

Tokuzô Tanaka Director

Seizaburô Kawazu as Banno

Tatsuo Endô as Inn keeper

Chitose Maki as Tame's wife

Fujio Suga as Yasuhiko

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.

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The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

47 Ronin

Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken

Touken Ranbu: The Movie

Samurai Reincarnation

Fuunji Oda Nobunaga

Hana

Chushingura

The Hidden Blade

Black Cat Mansion

Sword of the Stranger

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

Zatoichi's Revenge

Zatoichi in Desperation

New Tale of Zatoichi