Action, Drama
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Samurai Markets
The Godless City
Daredevil in the Castle
Jirocho Rises in Fame
Miss Hokusai
Women in Cages
Shogun's Samurai
Millennium Actress
Samurai Fiction
Kagemusha
Magistrate of Dice
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Epic Crash
Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Sanjuro
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
Yojimbo
Kenkagarasu
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Samurai Markets
IMDB 0 | Mar , 1960
The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.The Godless City
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1958
One of the earliest exploitation films from South Africa, directed and produced by independent film maker Pierre D. Botha. This is a classic example of a ‘restless youth’ film. The action takes place in Johannesburg (The Godless city of the title) and focuses on the youth sub culture of the ‘Ducktails’ (“a white youth gang subculture which emerged within post Second World War South Africa. Rebellious, hedonistic, apolitical and showing little respect for the law, education or work”).Daredevil in the Castle
IMDB 7.4 | Jan , 1961
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.Jirocho Rises in Fame
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1952
The rise of the famed gambler.Miss Hokusai
IMDB 6.7 | May , 2015
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.Women in Cages
IMDB 5.2 | Oct , 1971
Carol Jeffries is a naive American woman staying in the Philippines. She is given ten years in prison after being set up by her drug-dealer boyfriend, Rudy. She endures the harsh conditions, sadistic head matron and attempts on her life, then convinces her cell-mates to try to escape with her through the jungle, in spite of the knowledge that ruthless trackers will be sent out after them.Shogun's Samurai
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1978
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.Millennium Actress
IMDB 7.8 | Sep , 2002
Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.Samurai Fiction
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 1998
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.Kagemusha
IMDB 7.8 | Apr , 1980
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.Magistrate of Dice
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1961
Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as he is called to the aid of a beautiful young woman who asks to be abducted on the eve of her wedding so that she would not have to marry a country bumpkin. Instead she plans to go to Edo, where life can be cheap and common criminals run rampant. Can Magistrate Toyama, a gambler himself, see through the plot and keep her safe from harm. Don’t miss this spectacular showpiece of samurai era action led by superstar Kataoka Chiezo in one of his signature roles. When he bares his tattooed right shoulder, all hell breaks loose!Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1962
Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.Epic Crash
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1958
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes power and tyranny with his will and spirit.Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1958
A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
IMDB 6 | Jun , 1985
When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto to act as a stalking horse. Hoping the thieves will kill Tanaka and the Ninja Spies will kill the thieves. But what the Shogunate doesn't realise is that Tanaka's even more incompetent assistant Mondo is in fact the leader of a gang of revengers for hire, there motto is "Sure Death" (or your money cheerfully refunded). Mondo doesn't know that everyone knows about the secret, but they all think he does. Poor Mondo, he not only has to deal with crazed Shogunate extremists, oddball ninjas, crooks who work for the Emperor and bicycle riding foreign death squads. He also have to deal with a wife and a crazy mother-in-law!Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 2021
Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.Sanjuro
IMDB 7.9 | Jan , 1962
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
IMDB 7.1 | May , 2019
In the midst of an industrial revolution, the people of Hinomoto fight hordes of undead creatures, known as Kabane, using powerful armored trains. Half a year after the events of the original TV series, the heroes of the Iron Fortress attempt to take back Unato Castle.Yojimbo
IMDB 8.1 | Apr , 1961
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.Kenkagarasu
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1954
Historical drama about two samurai who fight over everything yet unite together to fight an evil lord.