Samurai Movies

A horse-riding samurai fights villains.

Japan blossomed into its Renaissance at approximately the same time as Europe. Unlike the West, it flourished not through conquest and exploration,...

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here,...

Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political...

During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the finest swordsman in the land by defeating the Yagyu...

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...

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

The tale of Taira Kiyomori who started as a young inexperienced warrior who led the Heike into the battle against the brutal pirates on Setouchi.

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed floor plans to them. He suffers an injury to his leg...

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

A film about the struggle of an officer from Edo, Toyama Saemon, with a lightning-fast gang of thieves.

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.

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

All is not well in an a small fishing village not far from Edo. Mysterious goings-on are happening at Echigoya’s Red Crane Mansion, and when...

Bored Hatamoto movie #15

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and...

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

Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord...

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