chanbara movies page 2

The Great Duel (1964)
7.2 / 10

Action, Drama

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th...

Geisha Assassin (2008)
5 / 10

Action

One rainy night in the Edo period, Kotono (a geisha) confronts samurais who killed her father. The samurais attack her one after another, but she...

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2022)
6.8 / 10

Drama, History

The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
6 / 10

Drama

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)
5.3 / 10

Drama

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

The Blazing Sword (1966)
7.4 / 10

Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo is a...

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
7 / 10

Action, Drama, History

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission...

Duel of Blood and Sand (1963)
7 / 10

Action

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him...

Jōiuchi (2020)
8 / 10

Drama, TV Movie, History

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.

The Fearless Avenger (1972)
6.8 / 10

Action

Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss...

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi (1958)
0 / 10

Action

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to...

CHAIN/チェイン (2021)
8 / 10

Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
6.9 / 10

Drama, Action

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with...

The Ceiling at Utsunomiya (1956)
5.8 / 10

Horror, Action

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger...

Runway to Hell (1960)
6.5 / 10

Action, Drama

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

Duel at Sundown (1955)
0 / 10

Action, Adventure, Thriller

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

Blooded Spear (1959)
7.5 / 10

Drama, Action

Edo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that his master, Asano of Ako, committed seppuku, meets a...

Slaughter in the Snow (1973)
6 / 10

Action

In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged...

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)
7 / 10

Documentary

Veteran director Nakajima Sadao examines the appeal, background, context and transition of chambara, or period sword-fighting and samurai films, in...