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Samurai ↗ Ninja ☂ East ⦿ Assasin ☠

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  • Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)

    1. Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

    19731h 21m
    6.8 (751)
    A ronin Shino Asu (I die Tomorrow) gets rescued by the Bohachi clan. Their leader Shirobei Daimon, charged by the Shogun with running Edo's brothels enlists him to kill clients of tea-house whores who are stealing his business.
    DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsTetsurô TanbaGorô IbukiTatsuo Endô
  • Tomisaburô Wakayama and Akihiro Tomikawa in Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

    2. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    19721h 24mNot Rated
    7.7 (9.4K)
    The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.
    DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaFumio WatanabeGô Katô
  • Samurai Spy (1965)

    3. Samurai Spy

    19651h 39mNot Rated
    7.0 (1.9K)
    The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi gets caught in a web of political intrigue, deception and espionage during the early 17th century.
    DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsHiroshi AoyamaJun HamamuraOsamu Hitomi
  • Samurai Wolf (1966)

    4. Samurai Wolf

    19661h 15m
    7.1 (927)
    A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.
    DirectorHideo GoshaStarsIsao NatsuyagiRyôhei UchidaJunko Miyazono
  • Samurai Wolf II (1967)

    5. Samurai Wolf II

    19671h 12m
    6.9 (600)
    Kiba is caught in the intrigue between a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical, betrayed swordsman, a manipulative lady and an arrogant dojo master.
    DirectorHideo GoshaStarsIsao NatsuyagiIchirô NakataniBin Amatsu
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

    6. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

    19721h 21mNot Rated
    7.9 (7.2K)
    Trailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death.
    DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaKayo MatsuoMinoru Ôki
  • Tange Sazen: Hien iaigiri (1966)

    7. Tange Sazen: Hien iaigiri

    19661h 31mNot Rated
    6.9 (384)
    Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hidden significance to his clan. But Tange Sazen has his own reasons for seeking the urn.
    DirectorHideo GoshaStarsKinnosuke NakamuraTetsurô TanbaKeiko Awaji
  • Tatsuya Nakadai in Hunter in the Dark (1979)

    8. Hunter in the Dark

    19792h 17mNot Rated
    7.0 (613)
    An aging Yakuza boss in the the late 18th century runs a thriving lantern and silk dying business. However, he is also a Hunter in the Dark, an shady underworld figure who unravels a mystery about a rival clan. His wife tries to protect what he wants to throw away. His new bodyguard has a missing memory. The truth lies within the code of the Yakuza, where honor and sacrifice are rewarded with a warriors death.
    DirectorHideo GoshaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTetsurô TanbaYoshio Harada
  • Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

    9. Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

    19701h 36mNot Rated
    7.3 (1.7K)
    Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.
    DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuReiko ÔharaPîtâ
  • The Third Ninja (1964)

    10. The Third Ninja

    19641h 36m
    7.1 (34)
    Kai Provence, 1572, the Warring States period, Takeda Shingen wants Oda Nobunaga's head. Nobunaga's Iga spies want the head of Takeda's most notorious spy, Chidoken.
    DirectorToshikazu KônoStarsKôtarô SatomiKôji NanbaraTôru Abe
  • Toshirô Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)

    11. Yojimbo

    19611h 50mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.2 (139K)
    A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya Nakadai
  • Mikijirô Hira, Isamu Nagato, and Tetsurô Tanba in Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

    12. Three Outlaw Samurai

    19641h 34mNot Rated
    7.6 (4.2K)
    When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.
    DirectorHideo GoshaStarsTetsurô TanbaIsamu NagatoMikijirô Hira
  • Hitokiri (1969)

    13. Hitokiri

    19692h 20m
    7.4 (1.3K)
    A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.
    DirectorHideo GoshaStarsShintarô KatsuTatsuya NakadaiYukio Mishima
  • Harakiri (1962)

    14. Harakiri

    19622h 13mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.6 (81K)
    When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
    DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira IshihamaShima Iwashita
  • The Wolves (1971)

    15. The Wolves

    19712h 11m
    7.2 (659)
    After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, a gangster gets released early - only to find that his ex-gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, bloodshed is bound to begin anew.
    DirectorHideo GoshaStarsRumi AikiHideyo AmamotoNoboru Andô
  • Shinobi no shu (1970)

    16. Shinobi no shu

    19701h 19m
    7.4 (65)
    A band of shinobi are tasked with infiltrating the Iron Castle to kidnap the Lady within, without injuring her.
    DirectorKazuo MoriStarsKôjirô HongôTôru MinegishiHiroki Matsukata
  • Meiko Kaji in Lady Snowblood (1973)

    17. Lady Snowblood

    19731h 37mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.6 (18K)
    A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
    DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiToshio KurosawaMasaaki Daimon
  • The Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)

    18. The Steel Edge of Revenge

    19692h 4mPG
    7.6 (2.8K)
    A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to prevent a massacre from taking place.
    DirectorHideo GoshaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTetsurô TanbaYôko Tsukasa
  • Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, and Tatsuya Nakadai in The Sword of Doom (1966)

    19. The Sword of Doom

    19662hNot Rated
    7.9 (13K)
    Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.
    DirectorKihachi OkamotoStarsTatsuya NakadaiMichiyo AratamaYûzô Kayama
  • Ken ki (1965)

    20. Ken ki

    19651h 23m
    7.1 (475)
    A man of questionable birth peacefully raises flowers, but after he masters a special sword-fighting technique, his life takes a dark turn.
    DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaMichiko SugataKei Satô
  • Toshirô Mifune in Samurai Rebellion (1967)

    21. Samurai Rebellion

    19672h 8mNot Rated90Metascore
    8.3 (15K)
    The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
    DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsToshirô MifuneYôko TsukasaGô Katô
  • Sword of the Beast (1965)

    22. Sword of the Beast

    19651h 25mNot Rated
    7.5 (3.2K)
    After killing a counselor of his clan, a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun's gold in the mountains.
    DirectorHideo GoshaStarsMikijirô HiraGô KatôShima Iwashita
  • Kwaidan (1964)

    23. Kwaidan

    19643h 3mNot Rated
    7.9 (22K)
    A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
    DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsRentarô MikuniMichiyo AratamaMisako Watanabe
  • Gonza the Spearman (1986)

    24. Gonza the Spearman

    19862h 6m
    7.0 (460)
    The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojo for the honor to perform the tea ceremony to celebrate the birth of an heir to the lord of their clan. To see the sacred tea scrolls Gonza promises to marry the daughter of the family which possesses them, even though he is unofficially engaged to another. When studying the scrolls with Osai, the mother of the house, Bannajo sneaks into the house and steals their obis and runs through the town proclaiming the two as adulterers.
    DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsHiromi GôShima IwashitaShôhei Hino
  • Female Ninja Magic (1964)

    25. Female Ninja Magic

    19641h 27m
    6.3 (34)
    In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position. Fearing Toyotomi's blood descendants would end, he impregnates one Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi in hopes of continuing the bloodline.
    DirectorSadao NakajimaStarsMari YoshimuraYumiko NogawaShigeru Tsuyuguchi

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