Kagemusha(1980)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.



Shogun Assassin(1980)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 8

When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.



Kozure Ôkami: Ko wo kashi ude kashi tsukamatsuru(1972)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.



Kozure Ôkami: Oya no kokoro ko no kokoro(1972)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Ogami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami's son, and sees his chance for revenge.



Shura(1971)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After being robbed by a geisha, a ronin warrior carves a bloody path to seek revenge.



Zatôichi abare-himatsuri(1970)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.



Sengoku jieitai(1979)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the ...



Machibuse(1970)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set ...



Bôhachi bushidô: Poruno jidaigeki(1973)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A nihilistic ronin joins the immoral Bohachi clan, which intends to take control over the local prostitution industry.



Okami yo rakujitsu o kire(1974)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Toranosuke Sugi, a brave and loyal Samurai, fights to practice and preserve his master's teachings amid a civil war. With friends on both side will he cave to temptation, or stand on principle and for freedom?



Kozure satsujin ken(1976)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A karate fighter and a samurai join opposing gangs to take them down from the inside.



Death Force(1978)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai.



Akô-jô danzetsu(1978)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701 -- 1702, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the ... See full synopsis »



Kumokiri Nizaemon(1978)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.



Yatsuhaka-mura(1977)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.



Sengoku rokku hayate no onnatachi(1972)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A gang consisting of seven women roams around the country to steal and resell everything that makes money. When the gang leader falls in love with a samurai and agrees to steal guns for him...



Kogarashi Monjirô(1972)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend ...



Murder in the Orient(1974)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During World War II, When the Japanese were fighting in the Philippines, they buried a stash of gold. They decided to abandon the traditional "treasure map", deciding instead to engrave ...



Bohachi bushidô: Sa burai(1974)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A ronin desperado who turns into a criminal is condemned to death sentence. However, he is saved by the notorious Bohachi clan who contemplate to use his sword skills against their rivals. ...



Ezo yakata no ketto(1970)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian count's daughter, the village leader's daughter and a secret treasure add up to the adventure.




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