Edo Period Movies
- 2010
13 Assassins
13 Assassins7.32010HD
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
Harakiri
Harakiri8.4181962HD
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...
- 2002
Millennium Actress
Millennium Actress7.8352002HD
Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career....
- 1961
Yojimbo
Yojimbo8.11961HD
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...
- 1972
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice6.31972HD
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries....
- 1965
Red Beard
Red Beard8.11965HD
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...
- 1967
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Rebellion8.21967HD
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...
- 1980
Kagemusha
Kagemusha7.8131980HD
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...
- 1973
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare6.31973HD
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He...
- 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...
- 1966
The Sword of Doom
The Sword of Doom7.71966HD
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse....
- 1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island7.21956HD
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....
- 2019
Samurai Marathon
Samurai Marathon62019HD
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon,...
- 1963
13 Assassins
13 Assassins7.41963HD
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring...
- 1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance7.41972HD
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....
- 1994
47 Ronin
47 Ronin7.51994HD
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...
- 2010
Sword of Desperation
Sword of Desperation6.82010HD
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the...
- 2014
A Courtesan with Flowered Skin
A Courtesan with Flowered Skin72014HD
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...
- 1957
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths7.11957HD
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that...
- 1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple7.21955HD
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for...