Movies: Samurai

A samurai travels to America to seek revenge for the death of his master....

Araki Mataemon was a very strong warrior, and his feud against the samurai Kawai Matagorō is one of the most famous in Japan. Matagoro killed Gendayu, the little brother of Mataemon's brother in law, Watanabe Kazuma. Becoming a murderer out of jealou...

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....

The film is inspired by Miyamoto Musashi who was one of the most famous Japanese ronin and warrior philosophers. This very alternate and visual interpretation of the fate of Miyamoto is brought into a mixture of contemporary Yakuza underworld and a h...

Bored Hatamoto film #3...

The titular "tarantula" is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with her, kill without warrant because they are wealthy & above the law. Kyoshiro the homeless masterless wandering samurai has nothing to lose, & no scruples any...

A retired frog samurai wants nothing more than to be left alone and spend his remaining years in peace on the golf course. But when he unwillingly becomes the protector of a baby turtle he must draw his club for one more round. An animated amphibiou...

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 which summer turns to autumn, autumn to winter, and winter to spring. Neither has any intention of gi...

After being betrayed by his peers and lost both his father and his right arm, legendary craftsman "Jingoro Hidari" is on a journey of revenge with his partner "Sleeping Cat" and his mechanical prosthetic arm. Finally, Jingoro faces one of his adversa...

The first work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Kasumi Ippei is a popular ronin actor, and when he is not on stage he is investigating intricate crimes, in this film ...

Rampant ronin Matashiro Sasai, finds himself embroiled in serious unrest after he rescues a geisha who is being kidnapped by a group of ronin....

On his maiden trip to Japan, a Samurai-obsessed American named Frank is taken to a local, hole-in-the-wall bar by his friend, Hiro. After being rejected by the first local girl he speaks to, Frank feels down on his luck, and to console him, the barte...

The Winter Butterfly is a story about passion and love, depicting Matsunaga a samurai, as a corrupt oppressor rather than a hero. With the emergence of a new system during the Meiji period, many things changed in Japan for the sake of progress. The s...

A farmer walking in the woods is frightened away by a shapeshifting fox, who then disguises himself as a samurai and makes his way to a temple, haunted by a young shapeshifting tanuki whose various attempts to frighten the fox/samurai away fail. The ...

The village samurai has been tasked by the town fame Mr. Feast to track down a thieving ninja, but he soon uncovers the gritty truth......

Manuel is an extremely shy 12-year-old boy who escapes reality through a samurai obsession. One day, a mysterious cowboy kid crosses his path. This begins a fierce rivalry between the two, who gradually discover they have a lot in common....

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

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

In this short, base on the fable by Jean De La Fontaine, we join a Samurai and a Ronin as they settle their dispute like gentlemen in a dramatic duel of swords....

Bushido - the way of the warrior - is a Japanese philosophy with a moral code followed by samurai. But even the strictest concepts of honor can be overridden by jealousy, love and revenge. It is experienced by a child whose eyes see things they shoul...