Samurai Trilogy (Yoji Yamada) watch order

There are 3 Samurai Trilogy (Yoji Yamada) films, about 6.4 hours in total. The first was released in 2002, the latest in 2006. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.

A series of Samurai films from director Yoji Yamada

1. 1

   The Twilight Samurai (2002)

   2 Nov 2002 · 129 min

   Seibei 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 care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code

2. 2

   The Hidden Blade (2004)

   30 Oct 2004 · 132 min

   Set 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 when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.

3. 3

   Love and Honor (2006)

   1 Dec 2006 · 121 min

   A 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.

Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.