Tokugawa shogunate movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant tokugawa shogunate movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, period drama, realistic, stylized, jidai geki and captivating films and TV shows about / with tokugawa shogunate, samurai, samurai sword, martial arts, edo period, feudal japan, katana, japanese history, medieval and heroes plots mostly in Drama, Action and History genres shot in Japan, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tokugawa shogunate: Kagemusha (1980), Ran (1985), Lady Snowblood (1973), Shogun's Shadow (1989), Silence (1971), Shogun (1980), The Last Samurai (2003), Samurai Hustle (2014), Yojimbo (1961), My Wife is Ninja (2013).
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List of tokugawa shogunate movies
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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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: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. ...
Style:
grindhouse, suspenseful, exciting, melancholic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, vengeance, female killer, rape and revenge, murder, female protagonist, vigilante, female assassin, childbirth, blood, assassination ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1973, turn of the century, 1880s ...
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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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:
historical drama, grim, melancholic, jidai geki, period drama
Plot:
samurai, japanese history, tokugawa shogunate, medieval, edo period, sword fight, honor, loyalty, samurai sword, martial arts, betrayal, feudal japan ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
japan, kyoto japan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Iemitsu, Tokugawa Shogun III, hates his eldest son Takechiyo; all his love is given to his younger son Tokumatsu. One day, he orders Takechiyo to an initiation rite in Yedo (today's Tokio). Takechiyo lives far away under the surveillance of ...
Style:
period piece, suspenseful, action packed, tense, period drama ...
Plot:
samurai, tokugawa shogunate, asian history, edo period, martial arts, political intrigue, feudal japan, betrayal, survival, duty, bodyguard, ambush ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
Style:
existential, spiritual, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
tokugawa shogunate, samurai, christianity, samurai sword, nativity, edo period, mental disorder, catholic, time machine, spirit, religious persecution, danger ...
Time:
17th century, year 1971, middle ages
Place:
japan, asia
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18K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
TV show
Story:
An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
Style:
atmospheric, mythical, costume drama, epic, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, shogun, jesuit, battles, chivalry, renaissance, historical event, tokugawa shogunate, martial arts, japanese history, samurai sword, interracial relations ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place:
japan, portugal, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
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, exciting, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, battles, war, courage, japanese history, warrior, pride and honor, self discovery, human spirit, honor, loyalty ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, year 2003, 1800s ...
Place:
japan, asia, africa, san francisco, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, exciting, fast paced, costume drama ...
Plot:
mission, political intrigue, ambition, gold mine, tokugawa shogunate, feudal japan, medieval, shogun, ambitious, politics, ruler, chinese emperor ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of three generations of the Tokugawa dynasty--from its founder Ieyasu to Iemitsu, the third Shogun who solidified the Tokugawa power base.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, disturbing, costume drama, family saga ...
Plot:
power struggle, dynasty, japanese history, tokugawa shogunate, power, shogun, feudal japan, fight, three generations, kingdom, generation, political intrigue ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
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, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
It is the late Edo period. Futaboshi Hikoma, the Hirado domain's astronomer, is a rather eccentric person whose only interests are the stars and sea. A beautiful bride Orie comes to him and Hikoma vows to himself to cherish her in his lifetime. ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
tokugawa shogunate, hidden identity, female ninja, husband wife relationship, ninja, couple relations, vanished man, secret identity, spy mission, female spy, male female relationship, relationships ...
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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: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, jidai geki ...
Plot:
asian history, martial arts, medieval, samurai sword, winter, ninja, tokugawa shogunate, japanese history, fight, clan, exploitation, kung fu ...
Time:
19th century, year 1969, 17th century
Place:
japan, asia
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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
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, japanese history, sword fight, tragic hero, human spirit, life is a bitch, political unrest, duel, emperor, martial arts, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
53K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Zatôichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatôichi discovers a ...
Style:
humorous, harsh, exciting, perverse, stylized ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, sword fight, master warrior, vengeance, medieval, violence, fencing, revenge, zatoichi, violent, swordsman ...
Time:
19th century, year 2003, 2000s, 1800s
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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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, 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
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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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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:
unusual plot structure, intense, suspense, harsh, tense ...
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, samurai sword, warrior, medieval, seppuku, swords and armor, assassin, shogun, swordsman, battles, revenge ...
Time:
19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 1840s, 1800s ...
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Ninja Resurrection takes place in the Tokugawa era, at a time when Christians in Japan were being persecuted. The leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, Amakusa Shirō, hoped to resist the government forces attacking Christians like him but is ...
Style:
anime, dark fantasy, grim, sinister, tense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
violent, ninja, samurai, supernatural, feudal japan, resurrection, swordplay, tokugawa shogunate, betrayal, occult, graphic violence, anti hero ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot:
ninja, samurai, feudal japan, satire, ninja master, fight, ninja warrior, warrior, battles, clan, military training, heroes ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The last year of Ryotaro Shiba's life, as he tried to achieve peace and independence without joining the armies of East and West.
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, captivating, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
samurai era, feudal japan, honor, loyalty, army, fight, emperor, empire, warrior, historical figure, ninja warrior, japanese army ...
Time:
1860s
Place:
japan
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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: History
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A film about the assination of Ii Naosuke at the gate of Edo castle in 1860 by ronin from the mito domain.
Style:
historical drama, tense, grim, melancholic, tragic
Plot:
assassination, edo period, medieval, political intrigue, feudal japan, honor, duty, loyalty, sacrifice, conflict, tokugawa shogunate, revenge ...
Time:
1860s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen ...
Style:
jidai geki
Plot:
edo period, tokugawa shogunate, inn, humanity, asian history, samurai sword, time travel, stolen money, feudal japan, evil, swamp, self sacrifice ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan
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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:
tense, suspenseful, dark, bloody, heroic ...
Plot:
samurai, ninja, martial arts, ronin, sword fight, feudal japan, ruse, brotherhood, loyalty, honor, tokugawa shogunate, espionage ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Towards the end of the Edo era, in the town of Kyoto, there lived a wealthy merchant by the name of Imai Tadamasa. He was blessed with 3 children, Hatsu, Asa and Kyutaro. His eldest, Hatsu, was a traditional girl who loved to play the koto and sew. ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, thrilling, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
life, gender roles, strong female character, empire, businesswoman, strongman, strong man, lifestyle, fight, university, japanese woman, female protagonist ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
44K
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, tense, witty, stylized ...
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, corruption, rescue, betrayal, medieval, martial arts, police investigation, culture clash, visceral, transformation, small town ...
Time:
19th century, year 1962, future, 1800s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, india
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
Style:
action adventure, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, samurai sword, ninja, imperialism, tokugawa shogunate, woman with a gun, edo period, battles, political unrest, military life, heist, destiny ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 1981
Place:
japan, asia, usa
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