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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...