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Abarenbo Shogun

1978 ★ 8.0

Set in the 18th century, the show follows the Shogun Yoshimune, who likes to disguise himself as a low-ranking samurai and go into his capital of Edo to see the

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Hissatsu Series

1972 ★ 0.0

The Hissatsu series is a long-running prime-time popular television Jidaigeki series about assassins in Japan. Hissatsu Shikakenin is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's

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The Tale of Zatoichi

1962 ★ 7.3

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller g

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Shadow Warriors

1980 ★ 8.0

Shadow Warriors is a Japanese television jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four seasons in the early 1980s. Chiba played different ninja charact

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BLACKFOX: Age of the Ninja

2019 ★ 6.6

The era when Samurai and Ninja existed in Japan. Rikka Isurugi was born and raised in a Ninja clan secluded from society. She soon meets Miya, a girl with a mys

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Come Back! Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Special Act

2010 ★ 4.8

The film begins with the Shinkengers defeating the Ayakashi Demebakuto. As he assumes his second life, he captures the Shinkengers in mirrors as he sends them i

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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

1962 ★ 7.0

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love. The

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Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

2023 ★ 7.8

The main character, Baian Fujieda, is a dark hero who has two faces: one as a skilled acupuncturist who saves lives, and the other as a criminal who buries evil

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Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1

2023 ★ 7.6

Baian Fujieda, an assassin for hire, got an unusual job from his usual fixer to end up with an unexpected twist of destiny from the past. Baian the Assassin, M.

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Samurai Detective Onihei: Two Righteous Swords

2025 ★ 8.8

Kishii Samanosuke reunites with Heizo, battling deadly foes to protect a hunted girl and face master thief Koazu no Gentan. Topic: Film "Samurai Detective Onihe

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The Great Killing

1964 ★ 7.3

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A

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Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

1964 ★ 6.5

[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This film takes place immediately following 'Ninja 4: Mist Saizo, L

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Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

1993 ★ 7.5

A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and re

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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold

1964 ★ 6.9

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transi

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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

1955 ★ 7.2

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

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The Lower Depths

1957 ★ 7.1

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

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Gate of Hell

1953 ★ 7.1

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes di

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Zatoichi the Fugitive

1963 ★ 6.9

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of t

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Chikamatsu Monogatari

1954 ★ 7.8

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves trul

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The Yagyu Conspiracy

1978 ★ 7.7

It takes place at the time of the Shogunate rule with Shogun Hidetada and who will succeed Hidetada. A struggle for power between the family and the daimyos. Hi

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Henshin Ninja Arashi

1972 ★ 9.7

Set in the Edo Period of Japan, the series follows a young ninja named Hayate, who is the son of a man who developed a special technique called the "Transformat

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Eleven Samurai

1967 ★ 7.5

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi cl

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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

1965 ★ 7.3

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appeara

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Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

1964 ★ 7.0

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his grea

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