Best Samurai movies

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Ohzora, Mariko Okada, Junko Ikeuchi,
Directors : Shirô Toyoda,

A samurai warrior is haunted by the spirit of his first wife.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Shin'ichi Chiba, Masaomi Kondô, Kinnosuke Nakamura,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

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 »

Actors : Harvey Chao, Jacqueline Humbert, Frances Leeming,
Directors : George Manupelli,

A 400 year old samurai encounters a modern feminist couple in the woods

Actors : Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô, Nobuko Otowa, Ryô Tamura,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he ...

Actors : Yutaka Takeuchi, Adam LaVorgna, Okiko Saito, Kaho Minami,
Directors : Craig Shimahara,

Kane Madison is an architect working in Los Angeles while his doppelganger-like spirit, an eighteenth century Ronin, wanders a parallel netherworld of masked demons and Japanese swordsmen. ...

Actors : Mari Tanaka, Keiko Tsuzuki, Keiko Aikawa, Yuri Yamashina,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

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...

Actors : Hiromi Hanazono, Chikage Awashima, Ryôsuke Kagawa, Kensaku Hara,
Directors : Tomu Uchida,

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his final days.

Actors : Jill Kelly, Conrad Brooks, Scott Shaw, Joe Estevez,

The Earth is being swept by a toad plague. Enter, the lone Samurai, Max Hell (Scott Shaw), the Earth's last hope to save the planet from the mad clutches of Mickey O'Malley (Joe Estevez).

Actors : Kôjirô Hongô, Kazuo Hasegawa, Shintarô Katsu, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Tokuzô Tanaka,

A team of samurai warriors team up to defeat a shape-changing, supernatural creature.

Actors : Kyôhei Shibata, Takaaki Enoki, Tôru Nakamura, Yôko Minamino,
Directors : Shin'ichirô Sawai,

Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he learned that English language is one way more ...

Actors : Utaemon Ichikawa, Minoru Chiaki, Kusuo Abe, Tatsuya Ishiguro,
Directors : Yasushi Sasaki,

When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing so, he uncovers a wider scheme.

Actors : Tamao Nakamura, Kôjirô Hongô, Fujiko Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

The story follows the life of Ryunosuke Tsukue, an amoral samurai and a master swordsman with an unorthodox style.

Actors : Douglas Robert Jackson, Kimberly Bolin, Scott Shaw, Kenneth H. Kim,
Directors : Scott Shaw,

SAMURAI JOHNNY FRANKENSTEIN is a modern Film-Noir, Martial Art based, Action-Adventure, vividly filmed in Hollywood, California.

Actors : Mitsuko Baishô, Rentarô Mikuni, Shôgo Shimada, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kengo Furusawa,

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.

Actors : Gorô Ibuki, Bunta Sugawara, Masaharu Arikawa, Takayuki Akutagawa,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

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 ...

Actors : Yûko Asano, Kiichi Nakai, Takaaki Enoki, Tsuyoshi Ujiki,
Directors : Kon Ichikawa,

When an amnesiac woman walks into the household of a young samurai no one knows what to make of the mysterious newcomer. However, with her serene beauty and hard working etiquette both the ...

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Saburô Date, Reiko Kasahara, Teruo Ishiyama,
Directors : Kimiyoshi Yasuda,

A blind masseur sleeps with the wife of a samurai, who catches them in the act and kills them. The murdered couple return as vengeful ghosts. This film is a remake of a 1957 film. It was the final picture made by Daiei Studios.

Actors : Hallie Beaune, Stacy Branden, Tracy Branden, Kimberly Arland,
Directors : Adrian DeLude,

After her master is killed, a rogue FBI agent goes under cover into a world of violence, motorcycles, and deceit to discover the truth behind her samurai master's death. Not only does she ...

Actors : Sentarô Fushimi, Yoshiko Fujishiro, Yumiko Mihara, Jûshirô Konoe,
Directors : Tai Katô,

Tamiya, an egomaniacal samurai, determines to reunite with his wife Oiwa, who's left him after a murder scandal. When her sister Osode is tricked into prostitution by a masseuse, Tamiya is ...

Actors : Shun'ya Wazaki, Tetsuko Kobayashi, Asahi Kurizuka,
Directors : Hirokazu Ichimura,

Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo is a samurai eager to test his skills and sword ...