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Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot

Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot is a 1935 Japanese black-and-white jidaigeki comedy directed by Sadao Yamanaka. It uses...

Classic Satire Comedy 1930S

8.6 Great

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Samurai Rebellion

Samurai Rebellion is a 1967 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi, featuring acclaimed actor Toshiro Mifu...

Drama 1960S Edo Period Kobayashi

8.5 Great

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Chushingura (1962)

Chushingura is a 1962 Japanese epic film produced by Toho and directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. The film presents the traditi...

Epic Historical 1960S Inagaki

7.8 Good

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Hitokiri

Hitokiri is a 1969 Japanese historical drama film directed by Hideo Gosha. The narrative is set during the Bakumatsu per...

Historical 1969 Meiji Era Mifune

7.8 Good

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Kill!

1968 Japanese comedy-samurai film directed by Kihachi Okamoto in which a cynical ronin and an aspiring farmer inadverten...

Action Comedy 1968 Ronin

7.8 Good

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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage is a 1966 Japanese chambara film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro and produced by Daiei. It is the fourte...

1960S Blind Swordsman Zatoichi Daiei

7.6 Good

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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert is a 1965 Japanese chambara film directed by Kenji Misumi and produced by Daiei. It is the...

1960S Blind Swordsman Zatoichi Daiei

7.5 Good

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13 Assassins (1963)

"13 Assassins" is a 1963 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Eiichi Kudo. The narrative follows a group of thirteen samu...

1960S Ensemble Edo Period Jidaigeki

7.5 Good

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Samurai Assassin

"Samurai Assassin" is a 1965 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. It stars Toshiro Mifune as a wandering...

Historical 1965 Shinsengumi Mifune

7.5 Good

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Samurai Banners

Samurai Banners is a 1969 Japanese historical epic directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and based on a novel by Yasushi Inoue. It...

Sengoku 1969 Mifune Inagaki

7.5 Good

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Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken

Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken is a 2018 Japanese live-action science-fiction comedy based on the Gintama manga....

Sci Fi Comedy Sequel Live Action

7.5 Good

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Samaritan Zatoichi

*Samaritan Zatoichi* is a 1968 Japanese chambara film directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Shintaro Katsu. It is the ei...

1960S Blind Swordsman Zatoichi Daiei

7.4 Good

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Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

*The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy* is a 1978 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It dramatizes a fictionalized...

Political Edo Period 1978 Fukasaku

7.4 Good

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Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight is a 1964 Japanese chambara film directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi...

1960S Blind Swordsman Zatoichi Daiei

7.3 Good

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Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Mask of the Princess

Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Mask of the Princess is a 1966 Japanese samurai film starring Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshir...

Sequel Royal 1960S Nemuri Kyoshiro

7.3 Good

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Satan's Sword

Satan's Sword is a 1960 Japanese chanbara film directed by Kenji Misumi. It adapts the well-known Japanese novel Daibosa...

Epic 1960S Manga Adaptation Betrayal

7.3 Good

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Zatoichi the Fugitive

Zatoichi the Fugitive is a 1963 Japanese period film and the fourth entry in the Zatoichi series. Shintaro Katsu plays Z...

1960S Blind Swordsman Zatoichi Daiei

7.2 Good

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Zatoichi's Vengeance

Zatoichi’s Vengeance is a 1966 Japanese period action film directed by Tokuzo Tanaka and the thirteenth film in the Zato...

1960S Blind Swordsman Zatoichi Daiei

7.2 Good

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Zatoichi Challenged

Zatoichi Challenged is a 1967 Japanese chambara film directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind m...

1960S Blind Swordsman Zatoichi Daiei

7.2 Good

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Ambush at Blood Pass

Ambush at Blood Pass is a 1970 Japanese jidaigeki, or period swordplay film, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. It is notable...

Action Edo Period 1970 Mifune

7.1 Good