Samurai Movies

Bored Hatamoto film #19

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Haunted by bad luck, two friends learn to trust in the world again and take their destiny into their own hands.

Villagers are afraid of Samurai Rauni Reposaarelainen, who keeps them on their toes every day. When someone places a bounty on Rauni's head, he goes...

On the slope of Sengokuhara, a film crew is getting ready to shoot a major scene of a samurai movie.

A young samurai in search for a Ronin to challenge him to a duel and prove his worth.

Two stubborn Samurai fight a meaningless battle for a woman's hand. Treachery, murder and lost honour are unleashed in the course of a magic year in...

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely...

In Tensho 9, as Oda Nobunaga nears the unification of Japan, he assigns trusted generals to conquer remaining regions. Meanwhile, a peasant farmer...

Inspector General Kanjuro Sano conspires with the future shogun twin brother. They replace Ieyoshi Tokugawa with his twin, but it becomes a problem...

A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the province of Iga. He studied the art of the sword under...

The traces left by the era of the samurai are still with us today. From this rich history of this ancient warrior culture comes a tale of honor,...

A master swordsman is ordered to go undercover on a mission to find and destroy a cannon factory being used by two samurai clans that try to usurp...

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.

An old samurai has promised not to kill again and is determined to commit suicide in a river. A young samurai recognizes him from his violent past.

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy...

A particular day of a samurai

A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed as a rebel by a corrupt member of the Shogun's...