Search results for "Kenji Misumi"
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
IMDb: 7.3
96

Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
IMDb: 7.5
87

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father….

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
IMDb: 6.6
94

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer’s…

Genre: Action, Drama
Zatoichi Challenged

Zatoichi Challenged

Zatoichi Challenged
IMDb: 7.5
87

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After…

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
IMDb: 7.3
87

Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with…

Satan’s Sword

Satan’s Sword

Satan’s Sword
IMDb: 6.5
106

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate,…

Genre: Action
Satan’s Sword: The Dragon God

Satan’s Sword: The Dragon God

Satan’s Sword: The Dragon God
IMDb: 6.6
90

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
IMDb: 7.6
89

In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami’s assassin fee and one fifth of…

Samaritan Zatoichi

Samaritan Zatoichi

Samaritan Zatoichi
IMDb: 7.3
84

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to…

Shogun Assassin

Shogun Assassin

Shogun Assassin
IMDb: 7.4
85

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the…

Genre: Action
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
IMDb: 7.8
83

In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub’s origin….

Genre: Action, Drama
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
IMDb: 7.6
89

In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to…

Genre: Action, Drama
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
IMDb: 8
81

In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a…

Genre: Action, Drama
Return of Daimajin

Return of Daimajin

Return of Daimajin
IMDb: 6.4
79

The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Shinsengumi Chronicles

Shinsengumi Chronicles

Shinsengumi Chronicles
IMDb: 6.7
93

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsenhumi out of admiration for its leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However,…

Genre: Action, Thriller, War
The Tale of Zatoichi

The Tale of Zatoichi

The Tale of Zatoichi
IMDb: 7.6
96

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town’s smaller gang is brewing.

Buddha

Buddha

Buddha
IMDb: 6.4
139

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on…

Genre: Drama
On the Road Forever

On the Road Forever

On the Road Forever
IMDb: 6.7
89

A wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father’s killer, unaware that the village is run by criminals who sell the poorest peasants into slavery.

Genre: Action
Ken

Ken

Ken
IMDb: 7.5
95

Kokubu Jiro is the captain of his university’s Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and minimalist, Kokubu is a mystery to those who know him. Kagawa wants to understand Kokubu,…

Genre: Drama
Sword Devil

Sword Devil

Sword Devil
IMDb: 7.1
83

Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man’s quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes the old…

Genre: Action, Drama
Destiny’s Son

Destiny’s Son

Destiny’s Son
IMDb: 7
71

The son of an executioner and the assassin he loved yet murdered learns of his origins, leaving his foster parents to avenge his mother’s death.

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Freelance Samurai

Freelance Samurai

Freelance Samurai
IMDb: 6.1
87

One of Japanese folklore’s most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy.

Genre: Action