Cuvânt cheie Samurai

Un mic sătuc de agricultori din Japonia este atacat în mod constant de către bandiți. Într-o zi, după ce au aflat că după recoltă vor fi atacați, ei merg la un bătrân înțelept și îl intreabă ce pot face. Acesta le spune că nu își pot permite să își facă o armată proprie deoarece nu sunt suficient de pregătiți și nu își pot permite bani pentru arme, așa că ar fi mai bine să caute niște samurai care să ii apere. Ei găsesc un samurai bun la suflet, care acceptă să recruteze pentru ei alți luptători. Acesta alege cinci samurai adevărați și unu mai ciudat și cei șapte se întorc să păzeasca satul, luptându-se cu bandiții.

Un american angajat să instruiască armata japoneză în știința războiului modern ajunge să-i respecte pe samuraii pe care avea ordin să-i distrugă.

Kobayashi ne descrie vidul și lipsa de umanitate a codului samurailor într-un film anti-tradițional. Povestea se desfășoară într-un sistem ingenios de flash-back-uri, împletind armonios trecutul cu prezentul

Înainte de a fi un protector, Kenshin era un asasin temut cunoscut sub numele de Battosai. Dar când o întâlnește pe blânda Tomoe Yukishiro, povestea lui se schimbă.

Ajutat de aliați, Kenshin își înfruntă în 1879 cel mai puternic vrăjmaș: fostul cumnat, Enishi Yukishiro, care a jurat răzbunare laolaltă cu acoliții săi.

După ce un războinic le ucide maestrul și îi declară proscriși, 47 de samurai rămași fără stăpân jură să se răzbune și să-și recâștige onoarea. Goniți din casele lor și împrăștiați prin tot ținutul, acești ronini se văd nevoiți să apeleze la ajutorul lui Kai, un samurai de rang inferior, pe care odinioară îl repudiaseră, pentru a-și croi drum printr-o lume de bestii mistice, vrăjitorii și teroare fantasmagorică. Acest renegat exilat și devenit sclav devine cea mai mortal armă a lor, transformându-se într-un erou care le va da acestor rebeli depășiți numeric de dușman imboldul de a căuta nemurirea

Acțiunea se desfășoară în Kyoto - ul devastat de război din secolul al XV - lea, în ajunul Războiului Onin. Filmul se concentrează pe o bandă de proscriși condusă de Hyoe, un escroc a cărui însângerată sabie îl plasează în fruntea unei rebeliuni mortale împotriva shogunatului corupt și a armatei sale, conduse de fostul său prieten – acum dușmanul de moarte – Doken.

În 1868, după terminarea războiului Bakumatsu, fostul asasin Kenshin Himura traversează Japonia cu o sabie cu lama întoarsă, pentru a-i apăra pe nevoiași fără să ucidă.

Lupin, asistentul său, Jigen, și samuraiul Goemon încearcă să preia controlul asupra unei operațiuni de falsificare desfășurate în fortăreața contelui Cagliostro.

Kenshin Himura, un războinic devenit pacifist, confruntă cu reticență un asasin nemilos, care complotează să răstoarne guvernul Meiji cu ajutorul unor mercenari.

Hank, un câine adorabil cu capul în nori își dorește să devină maestru samurai și pornește în căutarea destinului său. Din păcate pentru el, ceea ce găsește în schimb este un oraș ciudat și neprimitor denumit Kakamucho. Acolo, fără să vrea, iese în evidență, având în vedere că este singurul câine și restul locuitorilor sunt... pisici!

13 Assassins (2010) este un film japonez regizat de Takashi Miike, care urmărește un grup de 13 samurai ce se unesc pentru a-l elimina pe un lord crud și corupt, Matsudaira Naritsugu. Acesta abuzează de puterea sa și comite atrocități împotriva țăranilor. Înfruntându-se cu o armată mult mai numeroasă, cei 13 samurai trebuie să planifice o misiune periculoasă pentru a-l opri. Filmul este cunoscut pentru scenele intense de luptă și pentru temele de onoare și sacrificiu.

Kenshin se antrenează cu maestrul său pentru a învăța ultimele tehnici care îi vor permite să-l împiedice pe Shishio să dea jos guvernul și să arunce Japonia în haos.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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?

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.

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!

Five young men with mystical armor fight to save the mortal from the evil Talpa.

During the Sengoku period, there are many factions constantly at war. One of these is led by a one-eyed man named Date Masamune and another by the imposing Takeda Shingen. The latter has a fiercely loyal subordinate named Sanada Yukimura who goes head to head against Date Masamune multiple times, but the battles between them tend to get interrupted. One such battle occurs when both men try to go after another leader named Imagawa, and they’re forced to break off their heated duel when Imagawa attempts to flee the scene with his body doubles. Yukimura and Masamune go after separate Imagawas, but all of the doubles are killed by a third party, and when their paths cross again, they are in front of the menacing Oda Nobunaga and his army. It was Nobunaga’s subordinates that killed those body doubles, and Nobunaga himself proceeds to kill the real Imagawa with a shotgun blast to the head.

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!

He lost his land, his father, and was torn from his mother. Lonely and wounded, young Takechiyo thought he'd live out his days quietly as a hostage. But fate had other plans. Inspired by Mikawa warriors, he becomes a minor lord and dives into a war-torn world ruled by monsters like Nobunaga and Shingen.Life-or-death moments, miscalculations, and no time to breathe—what will you do, Ieyasu?

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.