Samurai

The samurai subgenre, also known as chanbara, features the samurai warrior class and their way of life. These stories explore themes found within bushido, or "the way of the warrior," a moral code that guides samurai attitudes, behavior and lifestyle. Often set in feudal Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868), samurai stories depict the tension between tradition and modernization, the struggle for power and justice, and the decline of a traditional way of life.

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1. New Tale of Zatoichi

Mar 14, 1963  •  TV Shows
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
7.3
Generally favorable

2. Assassination

Jul 3, 1964  •  TV Shows
In 1863, when Americans warships approach Japan, a enigmatic ronin becomes a important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.
7.1
Generally favorable

3. Satan's Sword

Oct 17, 1960  •  TV Shows
The story follows the life of Ryunosuke Tsukue, an amoral samurai and a master swordsman with an unorthodox style.
6.5
Generally favorable

4. Vendetta of a Samurai

Jan 2, 1952  •  TV Shows
Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.
6.5
Generally favorable

5. Hunter in the Dark

Jun 16, 1979  •  TV Shows
An aging Yakuza boss in the the late 18th century runs a thriving lantern and silk dying business. However, he is also a Hunter in the Dark, an shady underworld figure who unravels a mystery about a rival clan. His wife tries to protect what he wants to throw away. His new bodyguard has a missing memory. The truth lies within the code of the Yakuza, where honor and sacrifice are rewarded with a warriors death.
7
Generally favorable

6. Incident at Blood Pass

Apr 28, 1970  •  TV Shows
Sent on a secret mission, a ronin must discover who his friends are and who must die.
7.1
Generally favorable

7. Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Dec 31, 1969  •  TV Shows
Feudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins known as the Shinsen Group, devoted to the Tokugawa shogunate and to an elegant code of action and behavior. Kondo leads the band against the forces of the Emperor in hopes of preventing his restoration to the throne.
6.9
Generally favorable

8. Zatoichi on the Road

Nov 29, 1963  •  TV Shows
Zatoichi promises to deliver a maiden safely home but finds two dangerous gangs have a mysterious interest in the young girl.
7.1
Generally favorable

9. Samurai Fiction

Jul 31, 1998  •  TV Shows
A noble young samurai searches for a thief who has stolen a precious treasure and killed one of his clansmen and meets an older samurai who tries to deter him from the violence of revenge.
7.2
Generally favorable

10. Bushido

Apr 27, 1963  •  TV Shows
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he's about to repeat their mistakes.
7.4
Generally favorable

11. Ronin Gai

Aug 17, 1990  •  TV Shows
A group of masterless samurai living in Edo's red light district must fend off a militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
6.6
Generally favorable

12. Samurai Spy

Jul 9, 1965  •  TV Shows
The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi gets caught in a web of political intrigue, deception and espionage during the early 17th century.
7
Generally favorable

13. The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

Oct 11, 1962  •  TV Shows
The blind masseur and swordsman, Zatoichi, learns of a powerful political figure's secret and is quickly tailed by a group of killers.
7.2
Generally favorable

14. Hitokiri

Aug 8, 1969  •  TV Shows
A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.
7.4
Generally favorable

15. Sword of the Beast

Sep 17, 1965  •  TV Shows
After killing a counselor of his clan, a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun's gold in the mountains.
7.5
Generally favorable
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