Jidai geki movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant jidai geki movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out jidai geki, serious, realistic, stylized, captivating and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with samurai, medieval, martial arts, heroes, sword fight, rivalry, katana, vengeance, sword and master warrior plots mostly in Drama, Action and History genres shot in Japan, UK, USA and other countries.
jidai geki
TOP 10 movies tagged as jidai geki: Edo Porn (1981), The Twilight Samurai (2002), Shogun's Ninja (1980), Scabbard Samurai (2010), Samurai Marathon (2019), Kwaidan (1964), Kagemusha (1980), Samurai Rebellion (1967), Unforgiven (2013), Blade of the Immortal (2017).
Best films
List of jidai geki movies
428
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai, a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
Style:
manga, jidai geki, erotic
Plot:
japanese culture, nude model, art, suicide by hanging, single father, master apprentice relationship, obsession, female nudity, father daughter relationship, fetish, samurai, jealousy ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
japan, mount fuji
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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 to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the ...
Style:
tense, emotional, realistic, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, poverty, love, friendship, single father, character study, tragedy, love story, visceral, assassination, samurai era ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the ...
Style:
jidai geki, exciting, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, samurai, shogun, ancient, master warrior, ninja master, revenge, warlord, graphic violence, battles, heroes ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Nomi Kanjuro (Takaaki Nomi) is a master less samurai on the run after throwing away his sword for good. He has with him his headstrong 9-year-old daughter Tae (Sea Kumada). A bounty is soon placed on Nomi Kanjuro and 3 assassins go after the score. ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious, jidai geki ...
Plot:
samurai, obsessive quest, captivity, one last chance, escapades, human spirit, confined, heroes, hopes, youth, redemption, goofy hero ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The American imperialists are at the door and intruding on Japan. To assess and train his troops the lord of the land announces a marathon through the land crisscrossing shores, forests and the mountain. The shogunate in Edo was not approving and ...
Style:
intense, bloody, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
samurai, marathon, spy, rescue, princess, rivalry, swordsman, edo period, imperialism, samurai era, japanese woman, betrayal ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
japan, asia
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19K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his ...
Style:
atmospheric, scary, disturbing, bleak, surreal ...
Plot:
samurai, ghost, supernatural, macabre, suspense, snow, spirit, naval battle, surrealism, betrayal, visceral, sword fight ...
Time:
19th century, 17th century, 11th century, 13th century, 12th century ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, kyoto japan
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36K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, in order to protect his clan from appearing weak and vulnerable. But he finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions.
Style:
captivating, bleak, enigmatic, epic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, battles, war, warlord, japanese history, heroes, doppelganger, medieval, emperor, death, feudal japan ...
Time:
16th century, 18th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, india, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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 accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
Style:
tense, emotional, stylized, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot:
samurai, father son relationship, rebellion, revenge, martial arts, violence, vengeance, kidnapping, family relations, injustice, rebelliousness, master warrior ...
Time:
18th century, 70s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Set in Hokkaido, Japan in the 1880s. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), who is on the side of the Edo shogunate government, kills many people. His name is infamous in Kyoto. When the battle at Goryoukaku is about to be finished, Jubei disappears. 10 years ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, lone wolves, bounty hunter, one last job, vengeance, human nature, redemption, hopes, aging, isolation, fight, cowboy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, hokkaido
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan, UK, South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her ...
Style:
captivating, anime, tense, exciting, epic ...
Plot:
samurai, revenge, shogun, ronin, martial arts, sword fight, one man army, katana, massacre, swordsman, soldier, swashbuckler ...
Place:
japan
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3K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In this pitch-black action comedy by Kihachi Okamoto, a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, jidai geki, parody
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, medieval, ancient, exploitation, ronin, betrayal, yakuza, dark humor, righting the wronged, rivalry, leadership ...
Time:
19th century, 60s, 1830s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, romantic, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot:
samurai, suicide, female nudity, sex, existentialism, prostitution, prostitute, couples, power relations, unfulfillment, rebellion, society ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, medieval, superhero, violent, nude, rape, female nudity, spirit, investigation, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
Style:
splatter, sexy, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
samurai, female nudity, martial arts, medieval, sexploitation, violent, buried alive, rape, strong sexual content, political corruption, law enforcement, heroes ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzawmon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
samurai, master warrior, loyalty, rivalry, intrigue, betrayal, haunted by the past, under the surface, assassination plot, death of wife, murder, medieval ...
Place:
japan
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4K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, epic, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, blind woman, sword fight, female protagonist, vengeance, heroes, rivalry, escapades, swordswoman, japanese woman, opponent ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia, ancient china
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the three men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his revenge, firstly by seducing the daughter of one of them, secondly by ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, sexy, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
samurai, revenge, sword fight, obsession, fantasy world, brutality, dark humor, male nudity, manipulation, paranoid, runaway, screwball ...
Time:
1930s, 19th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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125K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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 local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant ...
Style:
cynical, thought provoking, exciting, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, small town, bodyguard, betrayal, gang, martial arts, rivalry, gang war, ronin, gangsters, mercenary ...
Time:
19th century, future, 1860s, 18th century
Place:
japan, india, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on Akira Kurosawa's final unproduced script, this Edo-period drama takes place almost entirely inside an ocean-village brothel. O-Shin is a young brothel worker who one night helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
samurai, friendship, prostitute, hopes, couple relations, looking for love, couples, village life, unfulfilled love, fall in love, village, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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39K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, witty, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, corruption, betrayal, rescue, martial arts, police investigation, culture clash, visceral, transformation, small town, one against many ...
Time:
19th century, future
Place:
japan, india, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, ...
Style:
visually appealing, epic, psychotronic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, katana, medieval, japanese history, fight, ancient, legends and myths, strong violent content, power relations, chaos, family relations, battles ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, ...
Style:
jidai geki
Plot:
samurai, japanese history, martial arts, tokugawa shogunate, medieval, ancient, samurai era, katana, sword fight, warrior, japanese culture
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
japan, kyoto japan
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
[Period covered: 1575-1681] Fist film in the Shinobi series starring Raizo Ichikawa. Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan, a young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, jidai geki
Plot:
ninja, samurai, martial arts, medieval, tokugawa shogunate, kung fu, sword, assassination, battles, religions or cults, undercover, escapades ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.
Style:
jidai geki
Plot:
samurai, suicide, japanese history
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan
Is relevant ?
59K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or hara-kiri.
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, melancholic, enigmatic ...
Plot:
samurai, suicide, poverty, revenge, vengeance, seppuku, sword fight, courage, tragedy, life & death, rivalry, society ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
samurai, ronin, medieval, martial arts, father, sword fight, asian history, politics, fight, ancient, assassination, edo period ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Following in the aftermath of a terrible Demon-Human war, turn of the century Japan is preparing a new fighting force in case the demons decide to return. A squadron of giant robots are built to be controlled by the spirit of the pilot, but it is ...
Style:
anime, jidai geki, mecha
Plot:
christmas, video game, samurai, female warrior, friendship, love, honor, idealism, martial arts, warrior, hopes, imperial japan ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, stylized, epic, romantic ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, caste system, vengeance, love and romance, politics, family life, medieval, tokugawa shogunate, winter, society, ninja ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Feudal Japan, 1543 to 1562. Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, jidai geki
Plot:
samurai, power relations, military, war, betrayal, state affairs, politics, dishonesty, heroes, intrigue, master warrior, fall in love ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan, asia
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547
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, biting, realistic ...
Plot:
samurai, human spirit, mysterious character, fighting the system, gang, rivalry, society, social differences, prostitute, heroes, hopes, gangsters ...
Place:
japan
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