Drama, Action, Adventure
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
Shadow Hunters
Warau Iemon
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
I Am a Hero
Goemon
Suzuki Sensei
Samurai Rebellion
Shadow Over Fuji
An Actor's Revenge
Kids Return
Bright Future
The Lower Depths
Boiling Point
Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
The Dragon Gate
Dolls
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Hanagatami
SIMILAR MOVIES
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1961
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 privileged background.Shadow Hunters
IMDB 8 | Oct , 1983
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayors of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.Warau Iemon
IMDB 6 | Feb , 2004
Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in solitude while being haunted by his violent enigmatic past...Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1955
In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains that the woman was a member of a band of thieves, and because she was let go once, the police officer, Genjuro Mazaki, was demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...I Am a Hero
IMDB 7.4 | Apr , 2016
A man witnesses a fatal traffic accident on his way home from work, and the victim is clearly killed on impact. A moment later, when the corpse stands up and walks away, it could be a hallucination or something far more extraordinary.Goemon
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 2009
Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban (Southern Barbarians), Goemon finds a mysterious box hidden inside a secret grave. A forgotten relic from the past containing untold powers.Suzuki Sensei
IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 2013
Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to have the ideal classroom by using his own "Suzuki method". The new semester begins. His homeroom 2-A class is about to have a student council election and preparations for a school festival. A man then takes a female student hostage...Samurai Rebellion
IMDB 8.2 | May , 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.Shadow Over Fuji
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1957
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Fearing attacks from within and without, the Shogunate planned to build a training castle utilizing the most advanced techniques. Two master castle architects, Sato Kikutaro and Kumai Hakuten, were selected to compete for the honor of building this castle. Lord Mizuno Dewa has even ordered the townspeople to assist both sides with their land surveys and preparations. This leads to fear on the part of farmers that their land will be taken away from them, and sets off a series of events which rock the nation to its very roots. With an all-star cast, this is an important story with relevance to current times. One of Ichikawa Utaemon's finest performances, a true classic!An Actor's Revenge
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 1963
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.Kids Return
IMDB 6.9 | Jul , 1996
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.Bright Future
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 2003
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.The Lower Depths
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1957
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.Boiling Point
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1990
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku
IMDB 8.3 | Dec , 2016
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2006
Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with his fellow anti-imperialist group.The Dragon Gate
IMDB 4.5 | Dec , 1994
Enter The Dragon Gate and prepare for a pulse pounding journey into the nether regions of the mind and soul. When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a sword wielding warrior, Ken, willingly thrusts himself into an alternate dimension to rescue her. The action is fast and furious as our hero battles legions of blood-thirsty assassins. Seduced by an evil temptress, redeemed by the Sword Goddess of the lake. Ken can escape only if he can answer the riddle of 23 questions!Dolls
IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 2002
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 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.Hanagatami
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2017
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.