bakumatsu movies

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)
7.7 / 10

Action, Adventure

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...

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
7.7 / 10

Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who...

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
7.52 / 10

Adventure, Action, Fantasy, War, History

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014)
7.677 / 10

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final...

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
7.6 / 10

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

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...

The Twilight Samurai (2002)
7.74 / 10

Drama, Romance

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...

Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots (1997)
7.048 / 10

Animation, Action, Fantasy

The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and...

Love and Honor (2006)
7.4 / 10

Drama, Romance

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021)
6.538 / 10

History, Drama, Action

Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji...

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
7.2 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various...

The Hidden Blade (2004)
7.401 / 10

Drama, Romance

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...

Tenchu! (1969)
7 / 10

History, Action, Drama

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.

Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: Cage of Flames (2011)
6.3 / 10

Drama, Animation, Action

Although she's only sixteen and looks even younger, Misao Makimachi is already a skilled and competent member of the Oniwabanshu ninja clan. That's...

Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: The Chirps of Light (2012)
7.3 / 10

Animation, Action, Drama

Shishio's plan is enacted while Kenshin and Misao help defend the city.

Why Not? (1981)
6.4 / 10

Drama

The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...

Bakumatsu no Spasibo (1997)
7 / 10

Animation, History

Based on the real life events around Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin, a Russian admiral noted for his diplomatic missions to Japan and China, and the...

The Last Samurai (1974)
7.8 / 10

Drama, Action

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child....

Gassoh (2015)
7.2 / 10

Drama, History, Action

In the year 1868, three young men join the elite Shogitai division of the Shogunate. The Shogitai fights to the end and opposes the dismantling of...

Time Trip App (2014)
5.55 / 10

Science Fiction, Drama

In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu wants to avoid useless bloodshed...

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...