Historical Film Samurai Film Movies (Used, New, Hard-to-Find)


IN MOVIES: NEW RELEASES \| BROWSE ALL GENRES \| MOVIES BASED ON BOOKS \| BARGAINS

search all sellers in

by title / UPC

by song title

by director

by actor

by genre

browse MOVIES

Page 1 of 4

sort by

1	Seven Samurai (1954) more movies like this directed by Akira Kurosawa featuring Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Kato, Ko (Isao) Kimura Akira Kurosawa's epic tale concerns honor and duty during a time when the old traditional order is breaking down. The film opens with master samurai Kambei (Takashi Shimura) posing as a monk to save a kidnapped farmer's child. Impressed by his selflessness and bravery, a group of farmers begs him to defend their terrorized village from bandits. ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $14.99!
2	The Last Samurai (2003) more movies like this directed by Edward Zwick featuring Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyuki Edward Zwick returned to the director's chair for the first time since 1998's The Siege with this sweeping period drama set in 19th-century Japan. After centuries of relying on hired samurai for national defense, the Japanese monarchy has decided to do away with the warriors in favor of a more contemporary military. Tom Cruise stars as Nathan ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.77!
3	Rashomon (1951) more movies like this directed by Akira Kurosawa featuring Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki This landmark film is a brilliant exploration of truth and human weakness. It opens with a priest, a woodcutter, and a peasant taking refuge from a downpour beneath a ruined gate in 12th-century Japan. The priest and the woodcutter, each looking stricken, discuss the trial of a notorious bandit for rape and murder. As the retelling of the trial ... see all copies from $2.04! new only from $29.90!
4	Samurai Reincarnation (1981) more movies like this directed by Kinji Fukasaku In this Japanese fantasy, the wrathful ghost of a shogunate warrior emerges from a thunderstorm to exact revenge on those behind the terrible 1638 Shimbara Revolt in which 18,000 rioters were slaughtered. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.58!
5	Kagemusha (1980) more movies like this directed by Akira Kurosawa featuring Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Kota Yui, Shuji Otake Just as many American studio-era directors found acclaim abroad that was denied them in their home country, by 1980 Akira Kurosawa's reputation outside Japan exceeded his esteem at home. As uncompromising as ever, he found considerable difficulty securing backing for his ambitious projects. Unsure he would be able to film it, the director, an ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.59!
6	Ran (1985) more movies like this directed by Akira Kurosawa featuring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada Ran is Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The Lear counterpart is an elderly 16th-century warlord (Tatsuya Nakadai), who announces that he's about to divide his kingdom equally among his three sons. In his dotage, he falls prey to the false flattery of his treacherous sons (Akira Terao and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99!
7	The Sword of Doom (1967) more movies like this directed by Kihachi Okamoto featuring Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Michiyo Aratama, Ichiro Nakaya In this epic Japanese samurai adventure, a bloodthirsty young fighter (Tatsuya Nakadai) kills a man in competition and is pursued by the slain warrior's brother. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $4.45! new only from $16.65!
8	Shogun Assassin (1980) more movies like this directed by David Weisman, Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston featuring Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masahiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo More a "greatest hits" movie than an actual stand-alone film of its own, Shogun Assassin is the delirious hybrid of two episodes of the popular Baby Cart series dubbed into English and fused together into a hyper-violent bloodbath ballet that's sure to entertain the samurai-film enthusiast with a strong stomach. The swords fly fast and furious as ... see all copies from $3.11! new only from $14.04!
9	Yojimbo (1961) more movies like this directed by Akira Kurosawa featuring Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai, Isuzu Yamada, Seizaburo Kawazu, Daisuke Kato, Hiroshi Tachikawa Toshiro Mifune portrays a Samurai who finds himself in the middle of a feud-torn Japanese village. Neither side is particularly honorable, but Mifune is hungry and impoverished, so he agrees to work as bodyguard (or Yojimbo) for a silk merchant (Kamatari Fujiwara) against a sake merchant (Takashi Shimura). He then pretends to go to work for the ... see all copies from $4.40! new only from $14.99!
10	The Hidden Fortress (1958) more movies like this directed by Akira Kurosawa featuring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Kamatari Fujiwara, Minoru Chiaki, Susumu Fujita Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress (original Japanese title: Kakushi Toride No San Akunin) stars Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara as a pair of misfit soldiers. Running from the enemy after a disastrous defeat, the two soldiers fall in with general Toshiro Mifune, who is in search of a huge cache of gold. Mifune is also desirous of freeing ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $2.94!
11 view cover	Throne of Blood (1957) more movies like this directed by Akira Kurosawa featuring Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, Takamaru Sasaki Macbeth is reimagined as a samurai in feudal Japan in director Akira Kurosawa's classic adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy. Familiar with Orson Welles's more faithful adaptation, Kurosawa chose to place a more personal stamp on his version by translating the events and characters to historical Japan. The equivalent of the tragic Scottish lord ... see all copies from $12.29! new only from $31.90!
12 view cover	Sanjuro (1962) more movies like this directed by Akira Kurosawa featuring Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Reiko Dan, Takashi Shimura Set in the mid-19th century when the disintegration of a rigid social structure was turning the once wealthy into paupers, or vice-versa, this kinetic drama by acclaimed Akira Kurosawa features the hero Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune), one of many samurai whose once traditional positions were fast disappearing. In this tale of false perceptions and truth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.28!
13 view cover	Shinobi (2006) more movies like this directed by Ten Shimoyama featuring Jô Odagiri, Yukie Nakama Enraged by decades of treachery and mistrust, two magical samurai clans go to war despite the love that was meant to keep the peace in director Ten Shimoyama's feudal action entry. The year is 1614, and Japan has been unified under supreme shogun Tokugawa. Though the love shared between Gennosuke of Kohga and Oboro of Iga should have been enough ... see all copies from $17.23! new only from $17.23!
14 view cover	Samurai Rebellion (1967) more movies like this directed by Masaki Kobayashi featuring Toshiro Mifune, Go Kato, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa A father and son prepare to die for their beliefs in this historical drama set in 18th century Japan. While Isaburo Sasahara (Toshiro Mifune) has been loyal to Japan's feudal system all his life, his beliefs begin to change when the local rulers demand that his son Yogoro (Go Kato) give up his bride, who has bore a child that will come to power ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $24.96!
15 view cover	Heaven and Earth (1991) more movies like this directed by Haruki Kadokawa featuring Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Atsuko Asano, Tsunehiko Watase, Naomi Zaizen Japan's answer to Don Simpson -- a flamboyant and brash producer drawn to make flamboyant and brash films -- Haruki Kadokawa takes a turn at the director's chair with this sprawling historical epic featuring a massive budget: a record-breaking five billion yen, and thousands of extras comprising most of the student population from the University ... see all copies from $18.95!
16 view cover	Gate of Hell (1953) more movies like this directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa featuring Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata, Koreya Senda, Yataro Kurokawa Originally released as Jigokumen, Gate of Hell was one of the most popular Japanese imports of the 1954-55 American film season. Set in 12th-century feudal Japan, the film stars Kazuo Hasegawa as Moritoh, a samurai whose courage in defending his ruler is to be rewarded with anything he desires. He desires the beautiful, aristocratic Lady Kesa ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $14.99!
17 view cover	Legend of the Eight Samurai (1984) more movies like this directed by Kinji Fukasaku featuring Sonny Chiba, Hiroku Yokoshimaru As might be gathered from its title, The Legend of the Eight Samurai is set in feudal Japan. Princess Hiroku Yokoshimaru's family is wiped out, along with her bodyguards. All that stands between the princess and certain death is an inexperienced young samurai played by martial-arts expert Sonny Chiba. Armed with little more than determination, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
18 view cover	Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie (1989) more movies like this directed by Osamu Yamazaki A youthful female ninja is aided by two swordsmen, who fight with her to help save her homeland. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.52!
19 view cover	Taboo (2000) more movies like this directed by Nagisa Oshima featuring Beat Takeshi Kitano, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Koji Matoba After a 13-year absence, partially due to a life-threatening stroke, master filmmaker Nagisa Oshima returns to the silver screen with this revisionist samurai epic. From his first major film, Cruel Story of Youth to his most notorious work Ai no Korrida, Oshima has coupled the political and the sexual in a manner that transgresses all social norms ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.55!
20 view cover	Harakiri (1963) more movies like this directed by Masaki Kobayashi featuring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsuro Tamba, Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshio Inaba This well-regarded Japanese drama follows an aging samurai as he attempts to regain his family's honor. In 17th century Japan, a shift in the country's political structure has thrown the feudal Shogun system into disuse. Impoverished samurai wander the countryside, asking wealthy estate owners if they can commit hara-kiri, a grisly form of suicide ... see all copies from $6.93! new only from $12.93!
21 view cover	Goyokin (1969) more movies like this directed by Hideo Gosha featuring Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuro Tamba, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Isao Natsuyagi, Yoko Tsukasa In this samurai movie, an evil warrior violates his samurai codes of ethics by stealing some gold to pay an unfair government tax and then murdering the fishermen who witnessed the robbery. His actions are derided by his brother-in-law. In anger, the samurai casts his sister's husband out of the family. The outcast then joins a Shogunate to get ... see all copies from $21.58! new only from $21.58!
22 view cover	Shogun Assassin 3: Slashing Blades of Carnage (1972) more movies like this directed by Buichi Saito As the Lone Wolf prepares to dispense with an alluring female assassin who sports an elaborate full-body tattoo, his sense of honor clashes with his hunger for justice in this action epic adapted from the Lone Wolf and Cub film series. Now faced with the challenge of fulfilling his mission as the dreaded Yagyu Retsudo attempts to arrange his ... see all copies from $14.60! new only from $14.89!
23 view cover	Zatoichi vs. Yojimbo (1970) more movies like this directed by Kihachi Okamoto featuring Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune In Zatoichi vs. Yojimbo, one of many Japanese samurai films starring the blind swordsman Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), he has to battle Yojimbo (Toshiro Mifune), the title character from Akira Kurosawa's famous film. At the beginning of the film, Zatoichi is planning on retiring, yet his village is besieged by outlaws; eventually he fights, then ... see all copies from $14.04! new only from $14.04!
24 view cover	Samurai 3: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) more movies like this directed by Hiroshi Inagaki featuring Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga, Mariko Okada Samurai 3: Duel At Ganryu Island is the final movie in director Hiroshi Inagacki's trilogy following a samurai played by Toshiro Mifune. In this film, Mifune is challenged to a duel by his arch-rival (Koji Tsuruta). Before he fights the duel, Mifune is tested by a number of bandits and has to cope with the affections of two different women. ... see all copies from $15.88! new only from $15.88!
25 view cover	Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1955) more movies like this directed by Hiroshi Inagaki featuring Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Akihiko Hirata, Rentaro Mikuni, Daisuke Kato, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada Musashi Miyamoto was the first entry in Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Ingaki's Samurai trilogy. Toshiro Mifune is Takezo, a good-for-nothing from the farming village of Miyamoto, who dreams of becoming a samurai in 17th century Japan. Over the course of the first part, Takezo evolves from being a man filled with rage and violence who is looked upon ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98!

Page 1 of 4: 1 2 3 4 Next>

Browse actors

Browse genres

Our Money-Back Guarantee

We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.

		You'll find it at Alibris! Log in here. Over 60 million used, new, and out-of-print books!
		YOUR CART 0 items \| ACCOUNT \| WISHLIST \| HELP