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Mar 25, 2024 · There are a shockingly high number of great samurai movies out there, with the best of the best naturally coming from Japan. What the Western does for cowboys, the samurai film does for the...
Apr 26, 2024 · Here are the 50 best samurai movies of all time: Pre-Muromachi | Before the 14th Century A.D. The samurai weren’t just warriors in colorful armor, but a whole societal class that arose to ...
May 5, 2024 · Over 400 filmgoers have voted on the 75+ Best Samurai Movies Of All Time. Current Top 3: Seven Samurai, Samurai Rebellion, Yojimbo
- Seven Samurai
- Samurai Trilogy
- Throne of Blood
- Yojimbo
- Harakiri
- Sanjuro
- The Tale of Zatoichi
- Chūshingura
- Three Outlaw Samurai
- The Sword of Doom
Director:Akira Kurosawa While certainly not the first samurai story committed to film, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai nonetheless set a standard, pretty much from the moment it was released. Kurosawa had famously extended production costs, along with the timeline Toho Studios had wanted him to adhere to. It worked out, as the film would go on to be...
Director:Hiroshi Inagaki Is it cheating to allow for the inclusion of a trilogy on this best samurai movies list? I suppose so, since it’s fairly difficult to watch just one of these. That means setting aside 300+ minutes for director Hiroshi Inagaki’s masterpiece depiction of the legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto. I will grant you that’s a lot of...
Director:Akira Kurosawa Throne of Blood is quite possibly the finest marriage of Shakespeare with feudal Japan. It is yet another extraordinary collaboration between Toshiro Mifune, playing essentially Macbeth, and Akira Kurosawa, who was no stranger to using outside influences to tell decidedly Japanese stories. Throne of Blood is perhaps best app...
Director:Akira Kurosawa The truth of the matter is that there isn’t a bad Kurosawa/Mifune collaboration in the bunch. It is even more impressive when you consider the variety in the stories they told together. Yojimbo is considerably more lighthearted than anything else they ever did. It is still packed with suspense, as well as some of the most en...
Director:Masaki Kobayashi A deeply effecting mediation on hypocrisy, the madness of a code, and similar subjects, Harakiri is one of the most emotionally devastating entries on this list. While this high drama by director Masaki Kobayashi has some memorable fight scenes, particularly close to the end, this is more of a human story than anything els...
Director:Akira Kurosawa Just one year after the success of Yojimbo, Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa teamed up again to take the character into a darker territory. The result is Mifune playing the character with a little less aloofness, in a story in which Sanjuro assists a group of young men who are trying to obliterate corruption from their clan...
Director: Kenji Misumi The first in a long series of successful films from Dalei Studios, The Tale of Zatoichi accomplishes two things. It is a wonderful introduction to Zatoichi, played here (and for the course of this film series) by the immensely talented Shintaro Katsu. It is easy to fall in love with Zatoichi’s loner ideals, and with the fact ...
Director:Hiroshi Inagaki Of the many cinematic versions of the famous 47 Ronin story, the Hiroshi Inagaki-directed Chūshingura is perhaps my favorite. Running 207 minutes, this is another entry on the list that will demand a lot of your time. Samurai narratives lend themselves well to epic film storytelling. Chūshingura is a clear example of that. ...
Director:Hideo Gosha A prequel film for a popular TV series, Hideo Gosha made a ferocious feature film debut that has since come to be regarded as one of the most enjoyable and accessible samurai movies of all time. Three Outlaw Samurai benefits from great characters, particularly the three titular outlaws. At the same time, the movie also keeps th...
Director:Kihachi Okamoto Directed by the fascinating Kihachi Okamoto, The Sword of Doom is one of the great showcases for Tatsuya Nakadai, who is no stranger to list of great samurai movies at this point. A samurai of questionable morals, Ryunosuke Tsukue is compelling but insufferable, when we first meet him. This is just the beginning of a redemp...
- When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002) When The Last Sword Is Drawn is a fascinating Samurai story that is more drama than it is action. Told from a non-linear perspective (mostly in flashbacks), the story reveals a long-lasting enmity between Koichi Sato and his fellow samurai, Kiichi Nakai.
- The Last Samurai. The Last Samurai is one of the most underrated movies of Tom Cruise. The plot, cinematography, and amazing acting skills can make this movie an honorable competitor to the actor's Mission Impossible film series.
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) Directed by Keishi Ohtomo Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning is another reason to keep watching Samurai movies. This Japanese action movie is based on a manga series of the same name and the final sequel to the movie series Rurouni Kenshin.
- The Hidden Blade (2004) The Hidden Blade tells a moving love story interrupted by duty, honor, and a strict code of tradition. Katagiri, a young brave, low-ranking samurai falls in love with his household servant Kie, however, a series of events drive them apart as Katagiri is called to carry the semi-impossible task of finding and killing Yaichiro, his old friend whose swordsmanship is mercilessly brilliant.
Nov 29, 2023 · The samurai genre in Japanese cinema has given rise to incredible films that explore society and cultural landscapes. Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai is arguably one of the greatest films ever produced and has had a major influence on Western cinema. Other notable samurai films include Throne of Blood, Yojimbo, Harakiri, and Lone Wolf and Cub ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Whether it's thrilling action films, heartbreaking dramas, or even love stories, filmmakers have followed these mythic characters for almost a century. While the golden era of samurai movies...
