Tom Cruise spiller borgerkrigshelten kaptein Nathan Algren, som kommer til Japan for å slåss mot samuraiene og ender opp med å kjempe for deres sak. Ken Watanabe spiller Kat Katsumoto, en samuraileder som står ovenfor en utdøende livsstil, og hvis skjebne flettes sammen med den amerikanske kapteinens. Edward Zwick regisserer denne dramatiske og følelsesladde episke fortellingen om det moderne Japans fødsel.
Den unge gutten Kubo forsørger seg og den syke moren sin ved å opptre på landsbyens marked. Han forteller storslagne eventyr og heltesagn ved hjelp av det magiske instrumentet sitt. Men han vet ikke at moren hans egentlig er datteren til Månekongen, og at hun flyktet fra farens rike da Kubo ble født fordi hun var forelsket i et menneske. Nå vil Månekongen ha Kubo tilbake, og han sender morens skumle tvillingsøstre for å hente ham hjem igjen. Det eneste som kan gi Kubo styrke til å stå imot Månekongen, er den magiske rustningen til faren - den største samuraien verden noensinne hadde sett. Godt hjulpet av sine to følgesvenner, en påpasselig apekatt og en klumsete bille, må Kubo legge ut på en eventyrlig reise for å finne delene til rustningen.
Basert på den opprinnelige 1941-filmen fra Japan, og fra det gamle Japans mest omfattende historie, blir det spektakulære 3D fantasy-eventyret 47 Ronin født. Keanu Reeves har hovedrollen som Kai, en utstøtt som blir med Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), lederen av 47 utstøtte samuraier. Sammen søker de hevn over den forræderiske overherren som drepte sin master og forviste deres slag. For å gjenopprette ære til deres hjemland, begynner krigerne på et oppdrag som utfordrer dem i en rekke forsøk som ville ha ødelagt vanlige krigere.
Lukk øynene. Fri ditt sinn. Bli overrasket. Sucker Punch er episk action og fantasy fra regissøren av Watchmen og 300, Zack Snyder. Sucker Punch innvier oss i den unge jenta Babydolls livskraftige drømmeverden, det ultimate rømningsstedet fra hennes egen mørke virkelighet. Ubegrenset av rammer for verken tid og sted er hun fri til å reise dit hennes tanker bringer henne. Jentas ufattelige eventyr visker ut skillene mellom virkelighet og fantasi. For lenge har hun blitt avstengt og bortgjemt mot sin egen vilje, men Babydoll har ikke mistet overlevelsesinstinktet. Presset mot veggen og dømt til å kjempe for sin egen frihet, bestemmer hun seg for å samle et team av jenter med samme skjebne: Dristige Rocket, supercoole Blondie, ultralojale Amber og søtsaken Pea. Sammen må de finne den kraften som skal til for å fri dem fra deres grusomme skjebne - og vinne kampen mot de som tok dem til fange.
I dette japanske dramaet, satt på 1700-tallet, kjemper samurai krigere hverandre i deres søken etter en mester i kjølvannet av en Shogun-mandert desentralisering. Et potensielt offer er tvunget til å utføre ritualet med et treblad. Familien hans forsøker å dekke opp hans degraderende dødsfall.
Hank drømmer om å bli en mektig samurai og begir seg ut for å følge drømmen sin. I stedet finner han den ugjestmilde byen Kakamucho, hvor han skiller seg ut i mengden siden han er en hund og alle andre er ... Katter! Og vi vet at katter virkelig IKKE liker hunder.
Lupin, medhjelperen hans Jigen og samuraikrigeren Goemon forsøker å ta over falskmyntnerivirksomheten på slottet til den onde greven Cagliostro.
Follow the exciting adventures of Arsene Lupin III, the grandson of the world's greatest thief, Arsene Lupin. Together with Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa and his love interest Fujiko Mine, he carries out the greatest robberies of all time, all the while evading the control of Inspector Koichi Zenigata.
Set in the 18th century, the show follows the Shogun Yoshimune, who likes to disguise himself as a low-ranking samurai and go into his capital of Edo to see the life of the common man, as well as to seek out and punish evildoers who would hurt his citizens. He is aided by Magistrate Oo'oka and a vivacious fireman, Tatsugoro, as well as a rotating cast of other recurring characters. Along with Zenigata Heiji and Mito Kōmon, it ranks among the longest-running series in the jidaigeki genre. Like so many other jidaigeki, it falls in the category of kanzen-chōaku, loosely, "rewarding good and punishing evil."
In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to create a time of peace, and a thriving country free from oppression. The new age of Meiji has come, but peace has not yet been achieved. Swords are banned but people are still murdered in the streets. Orphans of war veterans are left with nowhere to go, while the government seems content to just line their pockets with money.
The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.
A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.
In the early Meiji era, Shujiro, once known as an undefeated samurai, decides to participate in a deadly survival game to save his family and villagers.
Break-dancing but fierce warrior Mugen has to deal with the cold-blooded and conceited Jin, a samurai who believes he is above all. These sworn enemies are brought together by Fuu for a special task.
The Demon World once plunged the Human World into terror. With the seal broken and hordes of Demon Soldiers launching an invasion, five young warriors rushed to humanity's rescue. They were called the Samurai Troopers, and now their battle begins anew!
A young orphan named Biwa is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan—also known as the Heike—after their leader witnesses her extraordinary psychic abilities. Unfortunately, what she predicts is a future of bloodshed, violence, and civil war. Inspired by the 12th-century epic tale Heike Monogatari.
Five young men with mystical armor fight to save the mortal from the evil Talpa.
Yaiba's journey to becoming a true samurai takes him from his home in the forest to a bustling city full of rivals, friends and ancient powers.
During the war-torn feudal wars in Japan, the Awa clan faced certain extinction from a rival clan backed by demonic forces. However, a careless promise by their lord leads to both salvation and disgrace when their family dog brings back the head of the enemy warlord and insists on marrying the lord's daughter. Their unnatural union bears fruit but when both are killed, the eight unborn pups are reincarnated as the eight Dog Warriors - The Hakkenden. As they slowly find each other and come together as a group, these eight warriors, who represent the eight separate aspects of Bushido, engage in bloody battles with demonic entities and evil samurai in a final attempt to redeem their clan!
Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
For eighteen generations, samurai of the Shiba Clan have suppressed the evil intentions of the Gedoushu, malevolent spirits that enter the world of the living from gaps between buildings and other structures. Now, Takeru Shiba, the youngest head of the Shiba Clan must gather his four vassals in order to battle the Gedoushu under the revived Doukoku Chimatsuri as the Shinkengers.
The year is 1863, with the story being based in Kyoto. We follow a youth named Nio who is an honest and kind soul who's considerate of his family, yet he also has a hidden burning passion for seeking justice. From the time he came across Toshizou Hijikata and Souji Okita, members from a group of hated ronin known as the Miburo, his life then takes a turn to a bluer, and clearer path. Nio, alongside the other men whose hearts burn bravely and true, step forth towards an honest path with their blue wills adorned on their hearts!
The story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools. Yagyuu Muneakira is a high school student who rebels against his student council with the help of girls who've had the names of famous samurai heroes passed on to them.
Jinta journeys through a century-spanning epic, all while questioning why he wields a sword.
After Japan's Shogunate is occupied by an alien army, a samurai forced to work as a handyman forms a squad of swordsmen to fight back.
For 15-year-old Tetsunosuke Ichimura, childhood innocence has given way to a blinding thirst for revenge. Haunted by the vicious slaying of his parents, Tetsu decides to seek out the Shinsengumi, an elite group of swordsmen sworn to protect the capital. The Shinsengumi are engaged in a brutal conflict with the Choshu rebels, the same ruthless killers who murdered Tetsu's parents. In the name of justice - and against the will of his older brother - Tetsu desperately hopes to join the Shinsengumi. But an incident late one night forces him to face reality. The Shinsengumi show themselves capable of the same brutality as his parents' murderers. Wading through a sea of espionage, intrigue, and flowing blood, the young boy must decide whether to shed his humanity and become a demon of the Shinsengumi, or to relinquish his hatred and become a Peacemaker in the spirit of his father. Revenge is sweet, but is it worth losing your soul?
