Samurai warrior movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant samurai warrior movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, realistic and captivating films and TV shows about / with samurai, sword fight, heroes, violence, martial arts, rivalry, katana, warrior, kung fu and master warrior plots mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres shot in Japan, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as samurai warrior: 13 Assassins (2010), 47 Ronin (2013), The Last Samurai (2003), Time Slip (1979), Samurai Reincarnation (1981), Drifters (2016), Yojimbo (1961), Samurai Jack (2001), Forgotten Warrior (1986), Village of 8 Gravestones (1977).

List of samurai warrior movies

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 7.5
 68K
13 Assassins (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story: 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 and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
Style: intense, suspense, harsh, tense, visually appealing ...
Plot: samurai, sword fight, samurai sword, warrior, seppuku, swords and armor, shogun, battles, martial arts, revenge, swordsman, medieval ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 1800s ...
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: 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 traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
Style: bloody, grindhouse, atmospheric, stylized, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, martial arts, master warrior, sword fight, ninja, father son relationship, weapons, ronin, kung fu, fight, gory, martial artist ...
Time: year 1972
Place: japan, asia
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 6.2
 170K
47 Ronin (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Hungary
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Based on the original 1941 movie from Japan, and from ancient Japan’s most enduring tale, the epic 3D fantasy-adventure 47 Ronin is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), the leader of the 47 ...
Style: stylized, epic, exciting, fairy tale, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, martial arts, ronin, medieval, battles, beast, revenge, shogun, exile, samurai sword, sword and sorcery, heroes ...
Time: 18th century, year 2013, middle ages, 2010s
Place: japan, asia, ancient china
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The Last Samurai (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style: epic, breathtaking, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, manly, adult
Plot: samurai, sword fight, military, battles, war, japanese history, courage, warrior, katana, self discovery, pride and honor, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, year 2003, victorian era, 1800s, middle ages ...
Place: japan, asia, africa, san francisco, tokyo ...
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Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A blind man seeks revenge against the psychopath who took away his sight and slaughtered his wife and daughter. Eight years after the massacre, the man has returned to the desert town, now a highly trained samurai swordsman ready to seek justice. ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vengeance, rivalry, medieval, lone wolves, gang of outlaws, murder, zombie, assassin, drifter, brutality, violence ...
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 6.4
 1K
Time Slip (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
Style: serious, offbeat, rough, suspenseful
Plot: time travel, military, battles, sword fight, heroes, soldier, rape, female nudity, samurai, getting home, changing the past or future, escapades ...
Time: 16th century, 20th century, 70s
Place: japan, asia
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Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
Style: perverse, serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: samurai, martial arts, ninja, medieval, deal with the devil, reincarnation, kung fu, dead, tokugawa shogunate, undead, supernatural, master warrior ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, asia
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 7.6
 4K
Drifters (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Shimazu Toyohisa is a real-life samurai who fought in the pivotal Battle of Sekigahara. In his dying moments, Shimazu is transported to a world of magic with other famous warriors throughout history. These warriors are forced to fight each other in ...
Style: anime, captivating, disturbing, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: murder, battles, enemy, sword fight, war, fight, heroes, mysterious character, isekai, another dimension, samurai, parallel universe ...
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 8.2
 130K
Yojimbo (1961)
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: black and white, visually stunning, visual, black comedy, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, sword fight, small town, ronin, martial arts, gangster, one against many, swordsman, gang war, mercenary, medieval, gang ...
Time: 19th century, year 1961, 1800s, future, 1860s
Place: japan, persia, asia
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 8.5
 59K
Samurai Jack (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Made by Genndy Tartakovsky, this animated series tells the story of a great warrior displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ...
Style: adult animation, anime, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot: samurai, time travel, sword fight, martial arts, master warrior, villain, sword, good versus evil, warrior, one man army, danger, heroic mission ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s
Place: japan
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, USA, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Style: art house, stylized, atmospheric, cult classic, hood ...
Plot: african american, mafia, samurai, hitman, hip hop, loneliness, loner, racial slur, friendship, assassin, martial arts, lone wolves ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city, japan
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Forgotten Warrior (1986)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Steve Parrish is the Forgotten Warrior, a man who refuses to be defeated. Now he's become a creature of the jungle who lives to kill. He has survived the inhuman brutalities of war and prison camps and he finally finds love and peace among some ...
Plot: vietnam war, war veteran, fighter, kung fu fighting, asian, strongman, muscleman, mixed martial arts, sergeant, warrior, aikido, fight ...
Place: the philippines, asia
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Village of 8 Gravestones (1977)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 151 min.
Story: The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Style: gothic horror, twisted, gothic
Plot: family relations, twins, poison, airport, murder, warrior, inheritance, twin sister, private detective, samurai, waterfall, cave ...
Time: 16th century, year 1977, 70s
Place: japan
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 4.6
 1K
Blood Beat (1983)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman who lives in deer-hunting country in rural Wisconsin is possessed by the spirit of a Japanese samurai warrior.
Style: slasher, christmas horror, bloody, psychotronic, independent film ...
Plot: christmas, xmas, supernatural horror, holiday horror, occult, backwoods, haunted, killer, fear, serial killer, supernatural power, female nudity ...
Place: wisconsin
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Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this ...
Style: jidai geki
Plot: samurai, ninja, martial arts, katana, female ninja, manhunt, duel, violence, cannon, gore
Place: japan
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Highlander: Vengeance (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Colin MacLeod hunts for the man responsible for the death of his love. He chases the immortal Marcus Octavius across centuries as his quest threatens to take over his life and heart. In his quest, he meets a woman who reminds him of his slain ...
Style: anime, adult animation, touching, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, redemption, idealism, revenge, battles, hopes, good versus evil, heroic mission, obsessive quest, supernatural, rivalry, escapades ...
Time: 22nd century, near future, future
Place: new york
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Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: The gang of Mystery Inc. take a trip to Japan and find themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancient blade fabled to ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: scooby doo, martial arts, amateur detective, supernatural, escapades, treasure hunt, danger, friendship, heroes, race against time, pets, disorder ...
Time: 2000s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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The Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother ...
Style: perverse, epic, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: samurai, ninja, martial arts, medieval, japanese history, shogun, asian history, kung fu, rivalry, strong violent content, conspiracy, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, asia
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Duel to Death (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: One of the last of the Old School Hong Kong martial arts flicks, this one deals with a legendary competition in swordplay and fighting that ends up being fought between two great warriors, a Chinese man and a Japanese man, who, over the course of ...
Style: manga, cult classic, perverse, serious, realistic ...
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, samurai, kung fu classic, cannon, weapons, fight, swordplay, swordsman ...
Time: middle ages
Place: china, hong kong, japan, asia
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 8.0
 41K
Sanjuro (1962)
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: black and white, atmospheric, witty, tense, stylized ...
Plot: samurai, sword fight, corruption, one against many, betrayal, drifter, rescue, martial arts, police investigation, medieval, visceral, culture clash ...
Time: 19th century, year 1962, future, 1800s
Place: japan, asia
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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
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, medieval, martial arts, tokugawa shogunate, edo period, swordplay, ancient, katana, samurai era, sword fight, warrior
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: japan, kyoto japan
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Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (2005)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: changing the past or future, soldier, battles, samurai, heroic mission, rescue, escapades, danger, disorder, experiment gone awry, medieval, rivalry ...
Time: 16th century, 19th century
Place: japan, asia
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Rurouni Kenshin (1996)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin ...
Style: anime, manga, exciting, shounen, brutal ...
Audience: kids, manly
Plot: samurai, master warrior, martial arts, swordsman, mature, bully, superhero, rurouni kenshin, serial killer, sword fight, battles, innocence ...
Time: 19th century, 60s, 1860s
Place: japan, asia
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Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
TV show
Story: A young boy is saved from death at the hands of bandits by a passing swordsman. The swordsman offers to take the boy in as his apprentice and renames him "Kenshin". After years of training, Kenshin abandons his master to join the growing ...
Style: anime, manga, perverse, artsy, adult animation ...
Plot: master warrior, samurai, revolution, mature, treason, tragedy, rurouni kenshin, japanese history, superhero, heroes, idealism, redemption ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: 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 kill an evil chamberlain.
Style: bloody, stylized, talky, manga, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, assassin, samurai, ninja, father son relationship, weapons, drifter, gory, master warrior, fight, warrior ...
Place: japan, asia
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.
Style: visual, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, samurai, assassin, kung fu, warrior, ancient, swordplay, weapons, ice, snow, cold, revenge ...
Place: japan, antarctic, asia
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Highlander: The Final Dimension (1994)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod (Christopher Lambert) training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano (Mako). When an evil immortal named Kane (Mario Van Peebles) kills the old wizard, the resulting battle ...
Style: suspense, action adventure, cult classic, saga, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: immortal, sword and sorcery, sorcery, fictional war, immortality, sword fight, medieval, revenge, vengeance, good versus evil, supernatural, superhero ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 16th century
Place: scotland, japan, morocco, new york, asia ...
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The Sword of Doom (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopathic samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.
Style: black and white, visual, cerebral, tense, stylized ...
Plot: samurai, martial arts, ninja, medieval, violent, swordplay, vengeance, fencing, japanese history, kung fu, master warrior, sword fight ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1966
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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 7.9
 210K
Brazil (1985)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style: surreal, futuristic, psychological, dark comedy, cerebral ...
Audience: adult
Plot: dystopia, dream, fighting the system, distopia, surrealism, cyberpunk, christmas, bureaucracy, imagination, mistaken identity, alternate reality, dystopian future ...
Time: future, year 1985, year 1984
Place: england, london, britain, europe
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Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: ninja, pirate, rivalry, heroes, escapades, danger, dishonesty, reluctant hero, katana, sword fight, knife fight, biracial ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: japan
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