Action, Comedy, History
The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman who has fallen on hard times in old Edo. Caught between two warring gangs in an epic battle of cat lovers and dog lovers, he begrudgingly accepts the canine faction's offer to assassinate the opposite leader's beloved pet: an adorable white cat. Yet upon raising his lethal sword, he cannot bring himself to go through with the act, and the cat melts his ronin heart. But before finding peace as a newly minted cat person, the still fearsome Madarame will have to take on both gangs in a classic samurai street brawl.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
You Only Live Twice
Flower and Sword
The Last Samurai
Seven Samurai
Miami Vice
Lost in Translation
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Inuyashiki
Zatoichi
The Samurai of Edo
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
My Life Changed When I Went to a Sex Parlor
Cliff Walkers
Discoveries...Asia Japan: Tokyo & Central Honshu Island
Jirocho Rises in Fame
Assassins
Ichi the Killer
Ramen Baka Ichidai
Kokoda
My Favorite Martian
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You Only Live Twice
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 1967
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IMDB 8 | Jun , 2017
In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi's rule makes life difficult for the people. Monk Senko Ikenobo is a master of flower arrangement. He prays for peace in the world and tries to give hope to the people with flower arrangement. He becomes good friends with Rikyu. Rikyu is a monk and a politician. He has the most profound influence on chanoyu. Rikyu is forced to commit hara-kiri by Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s order. Monk Senko Ikenobo challenges Hideyoshi Toyotomi.The Last Samurai
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 2003
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.Seven Samurai
IMDB 8.5 | Apr , 1954
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IMDB 6 | Jul , 2006
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IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 2003
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IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 1961
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.Inuyashiki
IMDB 7.6 | Apr , 2018
A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.Zatoichi
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2003
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.The Samurai of Edo
IMDB 6 | Oct , 1955
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IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1988
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IMDB 3.5 | Nov , 2013
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IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2021
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IMDB 7 | May , 2008
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 1952
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IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1995
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.Ichi the Killer
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2001
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.Ramen Baka Ichidai
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2004
A young Japanese boy is on a quest to discover the perfect bowl of ramen to feed to his dying grandfather. Short film featured on the R2 DVD of Battlefield Baseball.Kokoda
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 2006
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.My Favorite Martian
IMDB 5.6 | Feb , 1999
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.