Feudal japan movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant feudal japan movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period drama, captivating, tense, serious, historical drama and epic films and TV shows about / with feudal japan, samurai, betrayal, japanese history, revenge, honor, medieval, edo period, martial arts and sword plots mostly in Drama, History and Adventure genres shot in Japan, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as feudal japan: Sanadamaru (2016), Ran (1985), Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011), Shōgun (2024), The Twilight Samurai (2002), Shogun (1980), Predator: Killer of Killers (2025), Sekigahara (2017), The Elusive Samurai (2024), Samurai Rebellion (1967).
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List of feudal japan movies
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
One evening, Princess Sakura (Kyoko Hinami) is attacked by a man. At that time, the Princess could not see his face. and only sees a tattoo on his body. Because of that that night, Princess Sakura falls in love with the man. In order to find the man ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, erotic
Plot:
rape turns to consensual sex, rape, sex scene, vengeance, prostitute, princess, tattoo, sexual fantasy, brothel, secret identity, criminal, secret ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Spanning over 50 episodes, we follow the historical fiction of the Sanada clansmen as they plotted and fought their ways to survive the changing political alliances during the Warring States Period of Japan.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, historical drama, exciting
Plot:
samurai, wartime life, political conspiracy, military, conspiracy, heroes, fight, leader, historical figure, life, power struggle, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
medieval times, 16th century
Place:
japan
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150K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how their new-found power will corrupt them.
Style:
visually stunning, visually appealing, breathtaking, cerebral, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
samurai, feudal japan, greed, betrayal, shakespeare, vengeance, asian history, nihilism, medieval, castle, politics, insanity ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, year 1985, 20th century, 16th century
Place:
japan, bolivia, east asia, asia, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Style:
tense, serious, bleak, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
samurai, feudal japan, medieval, revenge, hara kiri, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, loss of son, down on your luck, rivalry, samurai sword ...
Time:
middle ages, 17th century
Place:
japan, asia, seattle
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239K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in feudal Japan, the series charts the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai: John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ...
Style:
period piece, captivating, psychological, historical drama, epic ...
Plot:
shogun, feudal japan, samurai, medieval, battles, warrior, army, power struggle, fight, fight for supremacy, japanese history, katana ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan, asia
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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:
sincere, jidai geki, talky, touching, lyrical ...
Plot:
samurai, poverty, feudal japan, sword fight, asian history, friendship, love story, tragedy, character study, samurai era, visceral, assassination ...
Time:
19th century, 2000s, y2k, 1800s, year 2002
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
In the 16th Century, a Dutch ship sails the Pacific from the Americas in order to escape the Spanish. Blackthorn is the pilot of the ship and the first to realize the possibilities of Japan. Japan is a feudal society which has a strong presence of ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, saga
Plot:
samurai, feudal japan, seafaring, shogun, jesuit, politics, war, heroes, escapades, betrayal, sword duel, samurai sword ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages
Place:
japan, portugal
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.
Style:
anthology, adult animation, 2d animation
Plot:
world war two, ninja, viking, samurai, feudal japan, samurai sword, fighter pilot, revenge, spaceship, decapitation, fight to the death, underwater ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941
Place:
japan, florida, scandinavia, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
In the year 1600, a battle determines the future ruler for Japan and the beginning of the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, thought provoking, tense, sentimental ...
Plot:
shogun, japanese history, female ninja, medieval, ninja, betrayal, employer employee relationship, death sentence, employer, murder, slavery, japanese girl ...
Time:
medieval times, 17th century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Set between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, during the Kenmu Restoration, the story follows the tale of Hojo Tokiyuki, a boy on the run after his family is overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji. With his only allies being a shady priest and his ...
Style:
anime, captivating, suspenseful, tense, grim ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
samurai, revenge, escape, feudal japan, power struggle, massacre, fleeing, running, clan, sole survivor, fugitive, child protagonist ...
Time:
14th century
Is relevant?
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, black and white, jidai geki ...
Plot:
samurai, father son relationship, feudal japan, rebellion, revenge, medieval, forced marriage, martial arts, violence, vengeance, kidnapping, family relations ...
Time:
18th century, year 1967, 70s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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41K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 162 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:
costume drama, cerebral, visually stunning, jidai geki, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, medieval, japanese history, battles, martial arts, warrior, warlord, doppelganger, death, emperor, samurai sword, feudal japan ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times, year 1980, 18th century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo, india
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
Style:
psychological, serious, jidai geki, romantic, poignant ...
Plot:
blind character, samurai, medieval, hopes, social differences, asian history, blindness, vengeance, society, rivalry, political unrest, master warrior ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
japan, asia
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142K
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 comedy, visually stunning, visual, cynical, art house ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, small town, bodyguard, swordsman, one against many, gang war, ronin, mercenary, gangster, lone wolves, martial arts ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1860s, future, year 1961 ...
Place:
japan, persia, asia, india, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
The 40th NHK Taiga Drama is Hojo Tokimune. It tells the dramatic and turbulent life of young shikken Hojo Tokimune, and his successful defense of Japan from invasion by Mongolia in the 1200's. It is a tragic story of betrayal and clan wars and ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
political intrigue, feudal japan, japanese history, power struggle, family drama, political unrest, brothers, brother brother relationship, political conspiracy, family problems, politics, assassination ...
Time:
13th century, regency period
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
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, stylized, sentimental, jidai geki, romantic ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, medieval, politics, feudal japan, caste system, asian history, love and romance, vengeance, family life, samurai sword, edo period ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
With a demonic, soul-consuming weapon in hand, can a legendary swordsman and a samurai brotherhood defeat a bloodthirsty zombie uprising?
Style:
anime, dark fantasy, dark, grim, intense ...
Plot:
samurai, fight, violence, sword, swordsman, feudal japan, sword fight, supernatural, honor, demonic possession, moral ambiguity, legendary hero ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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 Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin ...
Style:
daikaiju, bleak, grim, cult classic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, revenge, feudal japan, japanese mythology, sacrifice, spectacle, tyranny, lake, oppression, rebellion ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river will never surface again. 20 Years later, Shinkichi, the ...
Style:
scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
samurai, supernatural, ghost, murder, medieval, supernatural ability, danger, curses spells and rituals, reincarnation, dealing with death, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
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132K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy, Mexico, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, visually stunning, suspense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missionary, religion, christianity, religious persecution, culture clash, crisis of faith, christian, torture, faith, doubt, martyr, clergy ...
Time:
17th century, year 2016, year 2015, 2010s
Place:
japan, portugal, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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 mistress, whom he suspects of ...
Style:
grindhouse, art house, splatter, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, sexploitation, samurai sword, edo period, investigation, medieval, violent, tokugawa shogunate, rape, ancient, superhero ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the country and rule in these turbulent times. In the mid-1540s, there is a young wandering samurai in Mino ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
feudal japan, fight, samurai era, warrior, battles, fight for supremacy, political intrigue, strategy, biopic, power struggle, japanese culture, rise to power ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
A young orphan named Biwa is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan—also known as the Heike—after their leader witnesses her extraordinary psychic abilities. Unfortunately, what she predicts is a future of bloodshed, violence, and civil war. ...
Style:
anime, historical drama, period piece, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
feudal japan, power struggle, rise and fall, society, social issues, brutality, violent man, social problems, loss, civil war, honor, loyalty ...
Time:
12th century, 13th century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Up in Heaven, Yuki’s grandparents decide that, having turned thirteen years old, she must go down to Earth to a village that is torn by bandits and intervene to save its people. However if she does not succeed within one year she will become as ...
Style:
anime, period piece, folk tale, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
feudal japan, magic realism, coming of age, mythology, sacrifice, rebellion, bandit, redemption, magical girl, snow, japanese soldier, samurai ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
In feudal Japan, Sakura, Matsuri and four of the pair's Ninja Cadet companions from the Byakuro clan get their first mission: To sneak inside the Byakuro Castle and steal a secret scroll from the Kabusu clan. The result is an action-packed ...
Style:
anime, tension, suspense, dark, period drama
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ninja, feudal japan, kidnapping, infiltration, ruse, martial arts, loyalty, female protagonist, supernatural, honor, samurai era, coming of age ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In medieval times, on a remote plain, a widow and her mother-in-law kill wandering samurai, put their bodies in a hole in the ground and sell their armour and valuables, until the daughter-in-law falls in love with one of their intended victims.
Style:
black and white, scary, surreal, art house, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
folk horror, samurai, swamp, murder, witch, sexuality, sex, medieval, survival, danger, vengeance, samurai sword ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place:
japan, asia, east asia, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Jinta journeys through a century-spanning epic, all while questioning why he wields a sword.
Style:
dark fantasy, atmospheric, mystical, epic, grim ...
Plot:
demon, supernatural, samurai, feudal japan, sword, folklore, village, swordplay, fate, destiny, quest, legacy ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant jobs, therefore changing the social structure. Now, 80 years after the initial outbreak with a 1:4 ...
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
matriarchy, alternate history, feudal japan, strong female presence, woman, relationships, illness, japanese woman, terminal illness, female protagonist, society, women ...
Place:
japan
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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:
captivating, tense, exciting, bloody, suspense ...
Plot:
samurai, swordsman, japanese history, edo period, marathon, american imperialism, sword fight, contest, katana, betrayal, murder, samurai era ...
Time:
1850s, 19th century
Place:
asia, japan
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a samurai. Together with his stepfather, he wiped out piracy along Japan's western coast, becoming a ...
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, captivating, epic, family saga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
samurai, historical figure, political intrigue, feudal japan, life, politics, political unrest, power politics, rise to power, biopic, leadership, power struggle ...
Time:
12th century
Place:
japan
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