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Criterion Channel
86
8.0
/8321/
76
/138/
76
/189/
4.2
/12854/
100
/14/
89
/66/

The Life of Oharu (1952)
In 17th century Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.3
/15472/
81
/267/
82
/259/
4.3
/21783/
100
/9/
93
/171/
90
/9/

Samurai Rebellion (1967)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.5
/71327/
75
/2540/
73
/1222/
3.9
/56367/
95
/129/
88
/1792/
84
/33/
cc age 18+

13 Assassins (2010)
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
8.0
/196226/
80
/7406/
80
/4559/
4.1
/521453/
78
/7/
8.2
/330602/
cc age 8+

Castle in the Sky (1986)
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
76
7.3
/11938/
74
/392/
69
/178/
3.7
/14688/
82
/11/
92
/146/

Shogun Assassin (1980)
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
poster
Netflix
75
7.4
/31016/
75
/2000/
75
/882/
3.5
/21874/
85
/231/

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.7
/20466/
69
/1508/
67
/607/
3.5
/23506/
87
/98/
71
/77/
72
/26/

Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
poster
Netflix
77
63
7.4
/12281/
74
/953/
76
/522/
3.6
/11432/
93
/7/

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
63
7.5
/3311/
72
/64/
74
/71/
3.8
/3496/
89
/44/

Sword of the Beast (1965)
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
poster
76
56
7.3
/4528/
75
/237/
75
/154/
3.7
/8967/
83
/4/

Flying Colors (2015)
A high school girl, Sayaka Kudō was the bottom of the class. After a year, she improved her deviation value from 30 to 70, then passed Keio University that is considered one of the most difficult to enter in Japan.
poster
72
54
7.2
/2834/
68
/39/
66
/58/
3.6
/1497/
85
/252/

Samurai Fiction (1998)
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
39
6.2
/1383/
67
/89/
60
/54/
3.2
/1500/
70
/10/
69
/5/

Samurai Marathon (2019)
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
poster
47
38
4.7
/2257/
57
/606/
64
/222/
2.1
/1585/
25
/9/
cc age 15+

Blade of the 47 Ronin (2022)
A new class of warriors emerges among the Samurai clans to keep a sought-after sword from falling into the wrong hands.
poster
53
34
5.8
/2373/
61
/56/
59
/42/
3.0
/741/
40
/5/
43
/29/

The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.
poster
67
31
7.0
/708/
67
/31/
65
/22/
3.6
/727/
64
/79/

A Boy and His Samurai (2010)
A samurai from the Edo Period time travels to present day Japan where he meets a divorcee and her son. Soon, he discovers a passion for making pastries.
poster
64
27
6.8
/802/
64
/40/
66
/32/
3.6
/1285/
53
/4/

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)
A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.
poster
63
25
6.3
/1023/
68
/54/
69
/43/
3.3
/589/
53
/4/

Sekigahara (2017)
The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
poster
63
23
6.0
/873/
55
/32/
58
/17/
3.0
/715/
83
/17/

Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945)
Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States' new enemy: Japan.
poster
57
23
5.5
/823/
53
/38/
57
/31/
3.1
/770/

Oxen Split Torturing (1976)
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with a young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori. The second follows Sutezo who, forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, befriends a young girl. Together, they both escape and struggle to get by on scams and petty theft.
poster
Plex
60
20
6.1
/824/
58
/37/
61
/22/
3.3
/489/
57
/11/

Shogun's Ninja (1980)
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
17
6.6
/470/
66
/14/
59
/19/
3.5
/623/
92
/5/

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
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.
poster
70
17
7.5
/431/
56
/11/
78
/18/
3.6
/378/

The Last Samurai (1974)
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
poster
66
17
6.2
/504/
69
/25/
65
/22/
3.4
/270/

Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016)
Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
poster
49
17
4.2
/579/
50
/37/
46
/35/
3.0
/424/

Horny House of Horror (2010)
Nakazu, Uno and Toshida…three drunk buddies on their way home from a baseball game who decide it would be a great idea to visit Shogun, a notorious brothel in a nondescript area of suburban Japan. New to the world of “love hotels”, Nakazu is uneasy as he steps into this strange place, wracked with guilt over his new fiancée. As his two friends select women and disappear into the doors of the love hotel, Nakazu hears the tortured screams and begins a bloody battle with the women of the HORNY HOUSE OF HORROR!
poster
58
16
5.1
/11/
75
/2/
48
/4/
6.0
/1270/

Hijikata Toshizo: The White Trail (2004)
Historical samurai OVA about the deputy leader of the Shinsengumi, who fought on the side of the Shogun prior to the Meiji Restoration.
poster
Criterion Channel
58
12
6.1
/279/
45
/5/
61
/14/
3.4
/424/

Death Shadows (1986)
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his abandoned daughter, Ocho, who has now become a mistress of Denzo, a smuggler. After Yazuke’s death, Ocho is also recruited as a “shadows executioner”, with the task of completing her father’s mission.
poster
59
10
6.2
/485/
69
/16/
58
/16/
3.3
/250/
43
/2/

The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010)
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
poster
58
9
6.4
/228/
55
/25/
56
/11/
2.9
/298/

Pokémon Apokélypse (2010)
Set in the near future, Pokemon battles have been outlawed and forced underground where they resemble dog fights. Crime Syndicate, Team Rocket threatens Misty and Professor Oak forcing Ash to throw a match. After doing so, Ash changes his mind and all out Pokewar between Ash and Team Rocket begins.
poster
57
5
5.7
/123/
70
/2/
63
/3/
38
/10/

The Castle of Crossed Destinies (2012)
In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun. Based on the 4th-6th volumes in the manga series "Ooku" by Fumi Yoshinaga.
poster
?
6.1
/105/
58
/5/
52
/4/

Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses (1972)
The Tokugawa new Shogun is not interested in women. A nobleman with the help of a lady thief replaces the Shogun with a double, while he learns about love. But the double finds pleasure not only in women, but in his new status.
poster
85
?
8.7
/77/
90
/1/
90
/1/
3.7
/270/

Pacific Overtures (1976)
In 1853 Japan, the story follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.
poster
57
?
6.3
/121/
51
/6/
58
/5/

The Ceiling at Utsunomiya (1956)
Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga.
poster
56
?
6.0
/128/
60
/3/
47
/7/

The Shogunate's Harem (1986)
A new shogun is appointed to the throne when his brother dies. He find out that the former Shogun one of the women from his brothers harem became pregnant, but she escaped. The new Shogun would loose the throne if the child is a boy. Genshiro is doctor who, among other things, performs abortions, and is sheltering his love, another women who escaped from the harem. The new Shogun threatens to arrest the girl unless Genshiro hunts down the woman and aborts her child. Genshiro learns that the woman releases a "musky scent from her special area" when in ecstasy. Both Genshiro and his friend set out to find all the women of the former harem and have sex with them, by force if necessary.
poster
43
?
5.4
/464/
30
/2/
46
/11/

Journey of Honor (1991)
The son of a besieged Shogun in war-torn 17th century Japan travels to Spain to buy weaponry from the king.
poster
The Roku Channel
48
?
5.1
/474/
47
/8/
47
/11/

Samurai Resurrection (2003)
Shiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of overthrowing the shogunate for killing his companions. To do this , he resurrects an army of living dead swordsmen. Between him and his goal, only Yagyu Jubei stands...
poster
65
?
6.7
/290/
64
/9/
66
/14/

Snow on The Blades (2014)
At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?
poster
57
?
6.7
/160/
41
/5/
65
/8/

Rise Against the Sword (1966)
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 attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.
poster
67
?
5.8
/150/
80
/3/
64
/5/

The Lightning Tree (2010)
Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.
poster
57
?
6.5
/182/
58
/5/
50
/8/

The Shogun Assassins (1979)
This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.
poster
65
?
5.9
/113/
78
/6/
60
/4/
3.1
/209/

13 Golden Nuns (1977)
Set near the turn of the 18th-century in China, thirteen women train to become nuns after they are ravaged by bandits. A mastery of kung fu is required before the women finish their training and after they leave the temple the nuns head out for chop-socky 3-D action.
poster
?
5.9
/53/
25
/2/
36
/4/

The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)
Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be recruited as one of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna's (Kantaro Suga) concubines. While attempting to win her back, Zenjiro becomes involved in increasingly murderous palace intrigues.
poster
56
?
5.9
/341/
61
/9/
50
/12/

The Silent Stranger (1968)
The Stranger comes across some bad guys trying to kill a Japanese emissary for a very important scroll. Before the emissary dies, he asks The Stranger to return the scroll to Japan. Once there he finds himself stuck in the middle of two rival clans and decides to play them off one against each other to free the town.
poster
49
?
5.3
/476/
42
/4/
54
/11/

The Bushido Blade (1981)
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.
poster
62
?
6.2
/311/
68
/5/
57
/6/

Samurai Shifters (2019)
Shunnosuke Katagiri is a samurai and a bookworm. He receives a mission to help a daimyo move. With the assistance of Genemon Takamura and Oran, Shunnosuke Katagiri carries out his mission.
poster
?
7.4
/29/
55
/7/

Ninja's Mark (1968)
When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even discovering their leader, a beautiful young girl named Kagiroi. Guessing that she is the daughter of some ousted daimyo anxious to get back into favor, he is about to unmask her when he is taken prisoner...


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