Movies: Jidaigeki

  • 2011
    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    7.22011HD

    A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord....

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
  • 1980
    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha (1980)

    Kagemusha

    7.81980HD

    Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor tak...

    Kagemusha
  • 1973
    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)

    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    6.31973HD

    Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead....

    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
  • 1962
    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro (1962)

    Sanjuro

    7.91962HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out thei...

    Sanjuro
  • 1954
    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers (1954)

    The Crucified Lovers

    7.71954HD

    When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another....

    The Crucified Lovers
  • 1964
    Onibaba

    Onibaba (1964)

    Onibaba

    7.71964HD

    While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins ...

    Onibaba
  • 2025
    Muromachi Burai

    Muromachi Burai (2025)

    Muromachi Burai

    9.32025HD

    Set in war-torn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outlaws led by Hyoe (Oizumi) a scoundrel whose lethal sword skills place him at the tip of the spear in a deadly uprising against the corrupt Shogunate and...

    Muromachi Burai
  • 1967
    Samurai Rebellion

    Samurai Rebellion (1967)

    Samurai Rebellion

    8.21967HD

    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....

    Samurai Rebellion
  • 1973
    Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

    Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)

    Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

    6.71973HD

    A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution....

    Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
  • 2002
    The Twilight Samurai

    The Twilight Samurai (2002)

    The Twilight Samurai

    7.72002HD

    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 beautifu...

    The Twilight Samurai
  • 1964
    Three Outlaw Samurai

    Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

    Three Outlaw Samurai

    7.51964HD

    Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's gua...

    Three Outlaw Samurai
  • 2006
    Love and Honor

    Love and Honor (2006)

    Love and Honor

    7.42006HD

    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....

    Love and Honor
  • 1989
    Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

    Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)

    Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

    6.41989HD

    Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the inn...

    Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
  • 1964
    Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure (1964)

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure

    5.41964HD

    Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off her allowance. T...

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
  • 2019
    Black Fox: Age of the Ninja

    Black Fox: Age of the Ninja (2019)

    Black Fox: Age of the Ninja

    6.72019HD

    The era when Samurai and Ninja existed in Japan. Rikka Isurugi was born and raised in a Ninja clan secluded from society. She soon meets Miya, a girl with a mysterious power, who is found lost in the mountains. As Rikka is concerned that someone is p...

    Black Fox: Age of the Ninja
  • 1966
    The Sword of Doom

    The Sword of Doom (1966)

    The Sword of Doom

    7.71966HD

    Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness....

    The Sword of Doom
  • 1956
    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    7.21956HD

    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 f...

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
  • 2014
    A Courtesan with Flowered Skin

    A Courtesan with Flowered Skin (2014)

    A Courtesan with Flowered Skin

    72014HD

    Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny...

    A Courtesan with Flowered Skin
  • 1994
    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin (1994)

    47 Ronin

    7.51994HD

    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....

    47 Ronin
  • 1967
    Samurai Wolf II

    Samurai Wolf II (1967)

    Samurai Wolf II

    7.21967HD

    Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic an...

    Samurai Wolf II