Best Samurai movies of 1980s

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

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.

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Shôgen Nitta, Tomisaburô Wakayama,

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.

Actors : Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shiomi,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Princess Shizu's family is wiped out by an family of undead seeking revenge. The eight samurai can save her, but who and where are they?

Actors : Doug McClure, Amy Barrett, Edward Albert, Susan George,
Directors : Kevin Connor,

A young American family moves to a House in Kyoto, Japan. It turns out to be haunted by the ghosts of a woman and her lover, who were killed by the woman's husband, as well as the ghost of the husband, who killed himself afterward.

Actors : Atsuko Asano, Naomi Zaizen, Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa,
Directors : Haruki Kadokawa,

In 16th century Japan, two samurai engage in massive battles across the countryside; one attempting to conquer and the other attempting to defend his land while repressing his love for a woman after taking a vow of celibacy.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Akiko Kana, Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

The villain is called Amakusa SHIRO Tokaisada. He is actually based on a real christian samurai. The movie was one of the inspirations for the game called 'Samurai Shodown' (actual spelling)

Actors : Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata, Masao Kusakari,
Directors : Shôhei Imamura,

Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura.

Actors : Charles Lampkin, Hiroshi Fujioka, John Calvin, Janet Julian,
Directors : J. Larry Carroll,

A deep-frozen 400-year-old samurai is shipped to Los Angeles, where he comes back to life. Dazed and confused, he goes on a rampage. Can the female scientist and her colleague who revived him stop him before it's too late?

Actors : Kaoru Sugita, Renji Ishibashi, Kanako Higuchi, Yoshio Harada,

A group of masterless samurai living in Edo's red light district must fend off a militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.

Actors : Lance Henriksen, James Ryan, John Fujioka, Arabella Holzbog,
Directors : Paul Mayersberg,

The quest for spiritual fulfilment be a Japanese businessman who comes to Africa following the trail of his samurai ancestor. Despite the title this is not a martial arts film.

Actors : Narumi Yasuda, Mikijirô Hira, Haruko Wanibuchi, Masahiro Takashima,
Directors : Kaizô Hayashi,

Jigoku is a samurai outlaw who is on the run with his motley bunch of followers. There's a bounty on his head with a cute female bounty hunter named Yuri The Pistol who's an ace gunslinger ...

Actors : Timothy Patrick Murphy, Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Mike Starr,
Directors : Tsugunobu Kotani,

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.

Actors : Jing Chen, Yamson Domingo, Adam Cheng, Jacky Cheung,

Legendary actor, stuntman, fight choreographer and pioneer of Hong Kong's New Wave Movement, Sammo Hung directs (and appears in) a rousing retelling of Akira Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI. The ...

Actors : Yoshiko Miyazaki, Hideki Takahashi, Isao Natsuyagi,
Directors : Eiichi Kudô,

The ronin, Sako Kanbei has to rescue the beautiful Princess Tsubaki from danger while young samurai of the Numata Clan stand up against their corrupt Chief Retainer and evil clan mistress.