The Vault
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 ★ 7.0Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst t
Rurouni Kenshin
2023 ★ 8.3Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to
Battle Spirits [Re] ZEKKAI NO KU
2026 ★ 0.0In the third year of the Keihō era, in Edo, the land of Hinomoto, a turbulent time later known as the Bakumatsu period: Battles known as Eternal, in which only
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012 ★ 7.5In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing. Rurouni Kensh
Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo
2026 ★ 9.2A live-action adaptation that translates this deep legacy to the screen. Set in Kyoto at the end of the Edo period, the story depicts the intense and passionate
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014 ★ 7.6Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former
The Tree In Sunlight
2000 ★ 7.0A story set in the mid-1800's about a young doctor who has been trained in Western-style medicine and a young samurai who is trying to live up to the old tradit
13 Assassins
2010 ★ 7.3A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014 ★ 7.7Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique. Acti
11 Rebels
2024 ★ 6.9When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army. 11 Rebels is a 2024 Japane
Love and Honor
2006 ★ 7.4A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor. Love and Honor is a 200
Samurai Marathon
2019 ★ 6.0When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independe
Sanjuro
1962 ★ 7.9In 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 Haunted Samurai
2007 ★ 5.0A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu
The Twilight Samurai
2002 ★ 7.8Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take ca
The Lower Depths
1957 ★ 7.1Residents 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
The Sword of Doom
1966 ★ 7.7Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of lif
The Hidden Blade
2004 ★ 7.4Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life w
Samurai Assassin
1965 ★ 7.4Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Na
Tenchu!
1969 ★ 7.0A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage. History A
Shadow Warriors
1980 ★ 8.0Shadow Warriors is a Japanese television jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four seasons in the early 1980s. Chiba played different ninja charact
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021 ★ 7.7Before 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 hu
Segodon
2018 ★ 8.3Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021 ★ 7.7In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge. The film