The Hidden Blade unfolds in Edo-era Japan, where a skilled but reserved samurai must balance his loyalty to a clan with the demands of family and...

Ran is Akira Kurosawa's operatic tragedy set in feudal Japan, inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear. Through stark landscapes, intense color, and...

The Twilight Samurai follows Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking, widowed samurai who earns a meager living as a clerk while caring for his daughters and...

Harakiri is a stark 1962 jidaigeki by Masaki Kobayashi that dismantles the romanticism of samurai honor. Hanshiro Tsugumo, a destitute ronin, enters...

Zatoichi reimagines the legendary blind swordsman in Takeshi Kitano’s stylish, brutal, and unexpectedly humane revival. Zatoichi wanders into a...

Set during the late Edo era, When the Last Sword is Drawn follows a stoic samurai whose life is shattered by tragedy, sending him down a path of...

Sanjuro is Akira Kurosawa’s brisk 1962 samurai drama and a sequel to Yojimbo. Toshiro Mifune stars as the wily ronin Sanjuro, who drifts into a...

Sanjuro (1962), directed by Akira Kurosawa, brings Toshiro Mifune back as the wily ronin who arrives in a besieged town where young samurai seek to...

Throne of Blood, Akira Kurosawa’s stark adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, relocates the tragedy to feudal Japan. General Washizu, spurred by...

Throne of Blood (1957) is Akira Kurosawa's stark adaptation of Macbeth set in feudal Japan. Warlord Washizu, spurred by ambition and a calculating...

Set in feudal Edo-era Japan, The Hidden Blade follows a young ronin whose loyalty to clan and love clash as he carries a concealed blade that becomes...

Rashomon is a landmark 1950 Japanese drama directed by Akira Kurosawa that probes the nature of truth through the conflicting testimonies surrounding...

Set in the late Edo period, Goyokin follows a stoic samurai hired to guard a valuable gold shipment for the Shogunate. When a conspiratorial faction...

Yojimbo centers on a wily ronin who enters a corrupt frontier town ruled by two rival gangs. He feigns neutrality and then plays the factions against...

Harakiri: Death of a Samurai is Takashi Miike's 2011 remake of the 1962 classic. Set in late Edo-period Japan, a weary ronin named Hanshiro Tsugumo...

Harakiri (1962) is a stark, uncompromising jidaigeki by Masaki Kobayashi that anatomizes feudal hypocrisy and the samurai code. Hanshiro Tsugumo, a...

Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film, presents a single event through four conflicting testimonies, exploring how memory, bias, and social pressure...

Miss Hokusai is a Japanese anime film that tells the story of the daughter of the famous artist Hokusai. Set in 1814 Edo, the film explores the...