Jidaigeki Movies
- 2021
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning7.6762021HD
Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who...
- 2012
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins7.5152012HD
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
- 2021
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final7.7062021HD
In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their...
- 2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno7.6352014HD
Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto...
- 2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends7.7152014HD
Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final...
- 1954
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai8.4611954HD
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
- 1961
Yojimbo
Yojimbo8.1011961HD
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...
- 1953
Ugetsu
Ugetsu7.9691953HD
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local...
- 1962
Harakiri
Harakiri8.4031962HD
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find...
- 2010
13 Assassins
13 Assassins7.2972010HD
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord...
- 1962
Sanjuro
Sanjuro7.91962HD
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...
- 1964
Onibaba
Onibaba7.71964HD
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...
- 1980
Kagemusha
Kagemusha7.8061980HD
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...
- 1952
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail6.71952HD
Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as their guide through hostile territory en route to...
- 1999
Taboo
Taboo6.5431999HD
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of...
- 2002
The Twilight Samurai
The Twilight Samurai7.82002HD
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...
- 1966
The Sword of Doom
The Sword of Doom7.6911966HD
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse....
- 1950
Rashomon
Rashomon8.0881950HD
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of...
- 1958
The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress7.9421958HD
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...
- 2006
Love and Honor
Love and Honor7.4382006HD
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.