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Samurai Fiction (1998)
, 1h51Directed by Hiroyuki Nakano
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomoyasu Hotei, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Mari Natsuki, Taketoshi Naito, Fumiya Fujii
The plot centers on Inukai Heishirō (Mitsuru Fukikoshi), the son of a clan officer. One of his clan's most precious heirlooms, a sword given them by the Shogun, has been stolen by the samurai Kazamatsuri (Tomoyasu Hotei). Against his father's advice, Heishirō insists on retrieving the sword himself. His father sends two ninja after him to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid.
Samurai Princess (2009)
, 1h23Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Aino Kishi, Noriko Kijima, Mihiro Taniguchi
Samurai Princess takes place sometime, somewhere in an alternate universe version of feudal Japan, where people live together with highly developed mechanical dolls called "Mechas". However, excessively developed mechanical dolls start causing harm to human society, leading to ghastly bloodshed happening all over the place. Under the circumstances, Kyoraku, a mad scientist, creates a female ninja mechanical doll. Equipped with eleven types of built-in weapons, the ninja doll is also infused with the souls of eleven of her fallen sisters. She uses their combined power to take down anyone who stands in her way. Virtually indestructible, the ninja is on a quest to save humanity.
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
, 2h2Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Kenji Sawada, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Ken Ogata, Hideo Murota, Hiroyuki Sanada
Following the massacre of many thousands of Christians by soldiers of the Tokugawa Empire after the Shimabara Rebellion, Shiro Amakusa renounces the God who he feels abandoned them, and bargains his soul to the forces of darkness for the power to take his revenge. He gains the power to resurrect the dead, and begins with Hosokawa, the wife of a samurai who mocked her for her chastity and then left her to die during the invasion. Shiro restores her beauty in exchange for her loyalty. Next, they travel to the cave of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, who regrets that he neglected his lovely wife to find more opponents to duel, and that his advanced age prevents him from challenging the one rival he considered worthy to test his technique. He initially resists the pair, but suffers a heart attack and agrees to join them. During this exchange, his cave is visited by Yagyu Jubei, son of a samurai master and a powerful swordsman in his own right. Jubei rushes to Musashi's aid only to find an empty suit of armor. The unholy trio then encounter Inshun, a Buddhist monk who is plagued with terrible fantasies of sex and death. Hosokawa taunts him with the failings of his monastic teachings, and he commits suicide in despair, becoming one of Shiro's undead in the process.
Samurai Saga (1959)
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Films based on plays
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Yōko Tsukasa, Akira Takarada, Keiko Awaji, Kamatari Fujiwara, Akihiko Hirata
Au Japon, Komaki, guerrier exemplaire et poète de grand talent, est doté d'un nez disproportionné, n'ayant d'égal que son grand coeur. Il est fou amoureux d'une jeune femme qui ne voit en lui qu'un ami. Ne désirant que son bonheur, il entreprend alors d'aider un autre à gagner son amour à travers la poésie.
Sanjuro (1962)
, 1h36Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Reiko Dan, Yūzō Kayama, Takashi Shimura
Nine young samurai, including his nephew, believe that the lord chamberlain, Mutsuta, is corrupt after he tore up their petition against organised crime and said maybe he himself was behind the crimes. One of them tells the superintendent of this and he agrees to intervene. As the nine meet secretly at a shrine and discuss their problem, a ronin (Mifune) emerges from another room where he has been resting. The ronin has overheard their plans, and suggests that the superintendent is in fact the real corrupt official. While at first the samurai are insulted by his claims, they soon find themselves surrounded by the superintendent's men, proving that he was correct. The ronin hits a few of the attackers and bluffs their leader into leaving, taking only a small amount of money in reward to buy food because he is starving; however, after realizing that Mutsuta and his family must now be in danger, he decides to help the samurai bring down the corrupt officials.
Magic Boy (1959)
, 1h23Origin Japon
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Katsuo Nakamura, Harue Akagi
Au Japon, un jeune garçon gravit une montagne pour trouver le magicien qui l'aidera à défendre sa famille, menacée par une redoutable sorcière.
Sword for Hire (1952)
, 2h15Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Rentarō Mikuni, Yoshio Kosugi, Eijirō Tōno
Japon, automne 1573. Le Château d'Odani du clan Azai est assiégé par l'armée d'Oda Nobunaga. Trois soldats du camp assiégé connaissent des fortunes diverses. Sasa Hayatenosuke ne peut se résoudre à faillir à son devoir malgré les suppliques de Kano, la femme qu'il aime. Hayatenosuke promet de tout faire pour survivre à l'affrontement à venir et confie Kano à Tachibana Jurota un soldat un peu couard qui ne veut pas mourir au combat et tous deux s’enfuient du château la nuit précédent la bataille décisive. Le lendemain l'armée du clan Azai est défaite, Kagami Yakeiji est fait prisonnier mais parvient à tuer son geôlier et à s'enfuir. Sasa Hayatenosuke est quant à lui blessé au combat. Il est recueilli et soigné par Oryo, qui avec son père est à la tête d'une bande de pillards qui dépouille les soldats tués au combat.
Warring Clans (1963)
, 1h38Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Pirate films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Yūzō Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Kumi Mizuno, Makoto Satō, Hideyo Amamoto
, 2h8Directed by Tomu Uchida
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Samurai films
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Isao Kimura, Eijirō Tōno, Wakaba Irie, Chieko Naniwa, Rentarō Mikuni
Quatrième volet de la série de films consacrés au légendaire samouraï Miyamoto Musashi réalisés par Tomu Uchida
47 Ronin (1994)
, 2h12Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Rie Miyazawa, Kōji Ishizaka, Kōichi Iwaki, Ruriko Asaoka
The story of the Forty-seven Ronin has been depicted in many ways, with each version focusing the emphasis on different parts of the story—the rivalry of Lords Asano and Kira, Asano's assault on Kira, Asano's sentence of seppuku immediately afterward, and the revenge attack 21 months later against Kira by the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers. Oishi Kuranosuke, Asano's chamberlain and the head of the 47 samurai, is often the primary character, and his actions are often held up as the epitome of bushido, the honor code of the samurai.
, 2h2Directed by Tadashi Sawashima
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Rentarō Mikuni, Yōko Tsukasa, Yuriko Hoshi
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...
Red Sun (1971)
, 1h49Directed by Terence Young, Bernard Farrel
Origin France
Genres Action, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, Toshiro Mifune, Capucine, Anthony Dawson
Link Stuart (Bronson) is a ruthless outlaw, and co-leader along with Gauche (Delon) of a gang of bandits. Link and Gauche lead their gang on a successful train robbery, and discover that one of its cars carries a Japanese ambassador, who is bringing a ceremonial katana (sword) as a gift for President Ulysses S. Grant. Gauche takes the sword, and kills one of the two samurai guards, while members of his gang attempt to murder Link by throwing dynamite into the train car he occupies, then leaving him for dead.
Sword of the Stranger (2007)
, 1h42Origin Japon
Genres Action, Adventure, Historical, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomoya Nagase, Kōichi Yamadera, Naoto Takenaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Atsushi Ii, Unshō Ishizuka
Set during the Sengoku-era in Japan, a young boy named Kotarou flees from mysterious pursuers with his dog, Tobimaru, and a monk, Shouan. Shouan tells the boy to seek help from Zekkai at the Mangaku temple in Akaike, handing him a gem in case he needs money. With that, Kotarou takes off as the temple he was staying at burns to the ground.
Taboo (1999)
, 1h40Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ryūhei Matsuda, Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinji Takeda, Susumu Terajima
At the start of the movie, the young and handsome Kanō Sōzaburō (Ryuhei Matsuda) is admitted to the Shinsengumi, an elite samurai group led by Kondō Isami (Yoichi Sai) that seeks to defend the Tokugawa shogunate against reformist forces. He is a very skilled swordsman, but it is his appearance that makes many of the others in the (strictly male) group, both students and superiors, attracted to him, creating tension within the group of people vying for Kanō's affections.
Heaven and Earth (1990)
, 1h44Directed by Haruki Kadokawa
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦), Atsuko Asano, Hironobu Nomura, Masatō Ibu, Kyōko Kishida, Hideo Murota
Set in feudal Japan, the daimyo Kagetora (Enoki) must protect his lands and his people from the ambitions of the warlord Takeda (Tsugawa).