👹 FILMS - CHANBARA / SAMURAI CINEMA ------------------------------------------------------ - [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) 7.7 84m - [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) 7.9 81m - [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972) 89m 7.5 - [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) 81m 7.5 - [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) 89m 7.5 - [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) 83m 7.3 - [x] Shogun Assassin (1980) - [ ] The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) 7.6 95m - [ ] The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962) 72m 7.2 - [ ] New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) 91m 7.3 - [ ] Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) 86m 7.2 - [ ] Zatoichi on the Road (1963) 85m 7.1 - [ ] Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) 83m 7.3 - [ ] Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964) 90m 7.2 - [ ] Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) 87m 7.4 - [ ] Adventures of Zatoichi (1964) - [ ] Zatoichi's Revenge (1965) - [ ] Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965) - [ ] Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965) - [ ] Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966) - [ ] Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) - [ ] Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967) - [ ] Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967) - [ ] Zatoichi Challenged (1967) - [ ] Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) - [ ] Samaritan Zatoichi (1968) - [ ] Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) - [ ] Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970) - [ ] Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) - [ ] Zatoichi at Large (1972) - [ ] Zatoichi in Desperation (1972) - [ ] Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973) - [ ] The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003) - [x] Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972) - [ ] Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973) - [ ] Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974) - [x] Kagemusha (1980) - [x] Samurai Rebellion (1967) - [ ] The Twilight Samurai (2002) - [x] Demons (1971) 134m - [ ] 13 Assassins (1964) - [x] Red Sun (1971) 114m - [ ] Kill! (1968) 114m - [ ] Bôhachi bushidô (1973) 81m - porno period drama - [ ] Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937) - [ ] Goyokin (1969) 124m - [ ] Samurai Assassin (1965) - [ ] Sword of the Beast (1965) - [ ] A Boy and His Samurai (2010) - [ ] Unforgiven (2013) - japanese version of unforgiven - [ ] Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) - [ ] Rurouni Kenshin (2012) - [ ] Shogun’s Shadow (1989) - [ ] Hitokiri (1969) - [ ] The 47 Ronin (1941) - [ ] Gate of Hell (1953) - [ ] When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002) - [ ] Blade of the Immortal (2017) - [ ] Inn of Evil (1971) - [ ] Bushido (1963) - [x] Seven Samurai (1954) - [x] Yojimbo (1961) - [x] Harakiri (1962) - [x] Tales of Ugetsu (1953) - [x] Throne of Blood (1957) - [x] The Hidden Fortress (1958) - [x] Rashomon (1950) - [x] The Sword of Doom (1966) - [x] Sanjuro (1962) - [x] Ran (1985) - [x] 13 Assassins (2010) Chanbara (チャンバラ) - sword fighting" movies samurai cinema in English and is roughly equivalent to Western western (genre) and swashbuckler films Chanbara is a sub-category of jidaigeki The genre is usually set during the Tokugawa era (1600–1868) Akira Kurosawa Shakespearan influence - Throne of Blood based on Macbeth and Ran based on King Lear yojimbo = bodyguard Sanjuro = ronin with no name https://letterboxd.com/oh_dae_su/list/top-100-samurai-films-as-rated-by-the-letterboxd/by/rating/ Tags: films