Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu(1967)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.



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.



Crazy Samurai: 400 vs. 1(2020)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 17

This film, taken around the time of "Out and Deluxe," consists of the most famous battle of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. In this 77-minute, one-scene, no-cut action sequence, Miyamoto (...



Mibu gishi den(2002)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.



Izo(2004)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An executed samurai takes an existential journey throughout time, space and eternity in search of bloody vengeance.



Yabu no naka no kuroneko(1968)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai.



Ame agaru(1999)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect.



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.



Bushi no ichibun(2006)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.



Dororo(2007)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A female warrior who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover 48 of his body parts from 48 demons and to avenge her parents death.



Uzumasa raimuraito(2014)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 8

The film centers an aged movie extra who specializes to be killed in samurai movies without ever being lit by the limelight. Using Charlie Chaplin's film Limelight as an underlying theme, ...



Sanbiki no samurai(1964)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing taxes, a wandering ronin and two renegades from the magistrate's guard take up the fight for them.



Aragami(2003)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A raging god of battle and a master samurai duke it out in a series of sword fights in a remote temple.



Chûshingura(1962)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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



Kedamono no ken(1965)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After killing a counselor of his clan, a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun's gold in the mountains.



Hirokin(2012)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A reluctant samurai with a dark past sets off on a mission to fulfill his destiny.



Goyôkin(1969)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.



American Samurai(1992)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An American reporter teams up with a martial arts expert, whose half-brother is a "yakuza"--Japanese mafia--drug dealer to battle swordsmen from around the world n a Turkish arena.



Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke(1965)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi gets caught in a web of political intrigue, deception and espionage during the early 17th century.



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.




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