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
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
47 Ronin
Memories of Matsuko
Love Exposure
Crazy Samurai Musashi
Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a Beauty at Midnight
Asako I & II
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
Nana
Hana & Alice
Daimajin
Lady Maiko
Snow on The Blades
Zen
The Bored Samurai
River's Edge
A Samurai’s Lie: Beloved Wife
Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
SIMILAR MOVIES
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 1954
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1956
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.Ninja, A Band of Assassins
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1962
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.47 Ronin
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1994
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.Memories of Matsuko
IMDB 7.8 | May , 2006
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.Love Exposure
IMDB 7.9 | Jan , 2009
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.Crazy Samurai Musashi
IMDB 6 | Aug , 2020
In 1604, Miyamoto Musashi attacked the Yoshioka family at their dojo and defeated master Seijūrō and his younger brother Denshichirō in two duels. To save their reputation, the Yoshioka family decides to fight back with all 100 family members and hire an additional 300 samurai. Now Musashi sets out to defeat all 400 enemies in his most famous battle.Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a Beauty at Midnight
IMDB 10 | Apr , 1957
A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman.Asako I & II
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2018
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1962
Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.Nana
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2005
Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.Hana & Alice
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2004
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.Daimajin
IMDB 6.4 | Apr , 1966
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.Lady Maiko
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2014
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.Snow on The Blades
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2014
At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?Zen
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2009
In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).The Bored Samurai
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1983
Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead with flashy clothes and a handsome face, and is proficient in all the military arts and called Bored Hatamoto. Mikijiro Hira acts as such a hero in history. Mondonosuke is secretly ordered to look into the suspicious movement in Nagoya castle by the Ometsuke, and he found out about the misconduct and sole it. This is a period movie about the hero!River's Edge
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 2018
High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.A Samurai’s Lie: Beloved Wife
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1981
Isozoemon (Go Kato) was a ronin (masterless samurai) and broke, who lived in a Choya (cheap apartment) in Okazakijoka town with his sick wife, Sugie (Ai Kanzaki). He was also a good swordsman who had taught swordsmanship in Akita a long time ago. He takes such good care of his wife that he is called a wife-loving man. He got involved in a conflict for succession because he pretended to become an officer to please her wife.Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1955
A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlefields of the Sengoku era, who possessed character and courage, and who became a great commander and ruler, while some called him a great dictator. A film adaptation of the novel by Sohachi Yamaoka.