Katana movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant katana movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating and epic films and TV shows about / with katana, martial arts, sword, fight, sword fight, samurai, heroes, blood, rivalry and violence plots mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres shot in Japan, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as katana: The Last Samurai (2003), Yakuza Princess (2021), Three Outlaw Samurai (1964), God of War (2017), Blade of the Immortal (2017), Blade: Trinity (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Azumi (2003), Yasuke (2021), Samurai Champloo (2004).
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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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Genre: Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a gaijin (foreigner) who's been protecting her all this time, Shirô, may have been ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, perverse
Plot:
female warrior, female yakuza, yakuza, female fighter, japanese mafia, male pubic hair, female protagonist, criminal syndicate, medieval, katana, bonding, organized crime ...
Place:
japan, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil, osaka japan, brazil
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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 Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is ...
Style:
stylized, anime, intense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, katana, martial arts, sword fight, survival, medieval, redemption, assassin, good versus evil, ambition, rivalry, political unrest ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
japan, asia, kyoto japan
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the ...
Style:
black and white, period piece, cynical, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, katana, martial arts, medieval, change of heart, bribery, treachery, ancient, sex, fight, fencing, peasant ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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 revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, historical drama, perverse ...
Plot:
medieval, swordsman, katana, master warrior, fight, destruction, combat, showdown, escapades, character change, confronting the past, changing lives ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
During the 16th century, pirates rule the Chinese coastline, pillaging the small villages and terrorizing the citizens. When maverick leader Commander Yu enlists the help of a sharp young general, they devise a plan to defeat the pirates. A violent ...
Style:
exciting, captivating
Plot:
martial arts, chinese history, sword fight, pirate, protection, kingdom, medieval, squad, kung fu, japanese man, katana, baby ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
ancient china
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura has now become a wandering samurai. Offering aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father ...
Style:
exciting, serious, manga, realistic, anime ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, master warrior, japanese culture, katana, drifter, swordsman, shogun, heroes, one man army, medieval, fight ...
Time:
1800s, 2010s, 1870s, 1860s, 19th century
Place:
japan, asia, ancient china, tokyo, kyoto japan
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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, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
samurai, revenge, shogun, ronin, martial arts, sword fight, one man army, massacre, swordsman, medieval, sword, soldier ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The dead have risen to feast on the flesh of the living, and just when it seems that all hope for humanity has been lost, bikini girls with machine guns take one last shot at saving mankind from certain extinction. In the near future, a deranged ...
Style:
serious, rough, stylized, scary, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, katana, female protagonist, martial arts, supernatural, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, gory, chaos, mad scientist, female killer, survival ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never ...
Style:
gothic, scary, action packed, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, superhero, dracula, katana, vampire slayer, immortality, vampire hunter, comic book, supernatural, heroes, vampire vs vampire, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill and other members of their assassination circle – but 'The Bride' lives to plot her vengeance. Setting out for some payback, she makes a death list and hunts down those who ...
Style:
non-linear, bloody, tense, cult classic, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, martial arts, mentor, one man army, female protagonist, heroine, yakuza, hitman, sword, dark hero, violence ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, persia, austin texas, texas ...
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15K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ...
Style:
intense, breathtaking, realistic, epic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, ninja, brutality, gory, good versus evil, vengeance, storytelling, kung fu, sword, heroes, medieval ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan, ancient china, asia
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring ...
Style:
anime, captivating, exciting, tense, mecha ...
Plot:
ninja warrior, samurai, magic, sword, battles, legend, warrior, fight, showdown, struggle for survival, protector, good versus evil ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan, africa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Mugen is a ferocious, animalistic warrior with a fighting style inspired by break-dancing. Jin is a ronin samurai who wanders the countryside alone. They may not be friends, but their paths continually cross. And when ditzy waitress Fuu gets ...
Style:
anime, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
samurai, pride and honor, martial arts, sword fight, friendship, master warrior, danger, katana, breakdance, on the road, road trip, journey ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan, okinawa japan
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, jidai geki
Plot:
samurai, medieval, martial arts, ronin, zatoichi, edo period, betrayal, inn, katana, bandit, ambush, samurai sword ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Japanese organized crime imbeds itself within LA, the police turn to one man to take down the deadly Yakuza — Joe Marshall, aka "The Samurai." With his fearless swagger and rock hard jaw, The Samurai tears a two-fisted hole through ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, humorous, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, katana, womanizer, gangster, police detective, cop, exploitation, female criminal, psychopath, gang, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Akira (Hayato Ichihara) admires Genyo Kamiura, the most powerful yakuza. Genyo Kamiura has been targeted numerous times, but he has never been killed. He is called the invincible person. Because of Genyo Kamiura, Akira enters the world of the ...
Style:
suspense, parody, exciting, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vampire, yakuza, fight, violence, betrayal, gangster, katana, gang, revenge, blood, absurd humor, death ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
Style:
suspense, slasher, dark, disturbing, post-horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, murder, friendship, nightmare, marijuana, katana, teenager, sword, bicycle, coming of age, love triangle, neighbor ...
Time:
year 2017, 90s, year 1996, year 1995
Place:
new york, new york state
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The hero, Hyakkimaru is a wandering "demon hunter" whose extra body parts -- 48 to be exact -- were grafted onto his head and trunk by a herb doctor who discovered him as an infant, in a process that echoes "Frankenstein" and ...
Style:
captivating, tense, anime, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
samurai, curse, martial arts, shaman, good versus evil, danger, destiny, rivalry, decapitation, vengeance, demon, friendship ...
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19K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, female assassin, strong female lead, female warrior, gangster, woman kills a man, female protagonist, katana, sex slave, tough girl, survival, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl is raised as a killer in the Yanbian province of China. She hides her identity and travels to South Korea where she hopes to lead a quiet life but becomes involved with two mysterious men.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, bloody ...
Plot:
female killer, female assassin, female protagonist, woman fights a man, murder, martial arts, revenge, assassin, secret identity, female secret agent, mentor protege relationship, chase ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
south korea, east asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban (Southern Barbarians), Goemon finds a mysterious box hidden inside a secret grave. A forgotten relic from the past ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, epic, anime, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, heroes, rich and poor, betrayal, social differences, medieval, battles, rivalry, ninja, robin hood, revenge ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, serious
Plot:
samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, kung fu, yakuza, katana, exploitation, ancient, wuxia, swordplay, drifter ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sisters Aya and Saki put aside their rivalry and go toe-to-toe with Himiko and her band of zombies. The evil Himiko needs the blood of the young girls to restore her youth, while the sisters need to stop Himiko to save mankind ...
Style:
serious, scary, stylized, rough, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, zombie, zombie child, elixir, immortality, strong violent content, disorder, supernatural, save the world, heroes, danger, escapades ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, 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, cult classic, epic, psychotronic, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, medieval, katana, japanese history, legends and myths, fight, ancient, strong violent content, power relations, battles, chaos, family relations ...
Time:
medieval times, 16th century
Place:
japan, asia
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346K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopia, fighting the system, cyberpunk, gunfight, rebellion, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, utopia, totalitarianism, dystopic future ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
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170K
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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792K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
corruption, vengeance, justice, gory, hitman, revenge, dark hero, comic book, redemption, vigilante, killings, distopia ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
texas, iran
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A female aerobic instructor is possessed by an evil spirit of a fallen ninja when coming to his aid. The spirit seeks revenge on those who killed him and uses the female instructor's body to carry out his mission. The only way the spirit will ...
Style:
independent film, light, grindhouse, fast, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, female ninja, revenge, supernatural, ninja master, kung fu, danger, ninja magic, curse, temple, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona
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146K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, sincere, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immortality, mentor, sword fight, medieval, magic, supernatural, immortal, good versus evil, master warrior, fight scenes, duel, mythology ...
Time:
80s, middle ages, 20th century, 16th century, 1940s ...
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, usa, europe, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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