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Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
日本語
Description
In the late feudal era of Japan, a young ninja is operating undercover in the court of an aging lord during a peaceful era of Japan that is on the brink of change. After the lord challenges his lazy samurais to a punishing marathon to toughen them up, the ninja finds his loyalties put to the test. Facing impossible odds, this unusual band of characters is running a race to win or die.
Series
Criterion collection volume 267
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
日本語
Description
Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle.
Series
Criterion collection volume 280
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2015
Language
日本語
Description
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai. When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An evil witch named Yurei, whose ancestor was slain by one of the 47 Ronin, has surfaced in modern day Budapest determined to have his revenge. Yurei seeks to destroy all samurai by uniting both halves of the powerful Tengu Sword. A prophecy claims only a descendant of the original 47 Ronin can wield the blade and defeat this great evil. The samurai are shocked when Lord Shinshiro identifies a streetwise New Yorker named Luna as the one who was prophesied....
8) Yojimbo
Series
Criterion collection volume 52
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
日本語
Description
To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage.
9) 47 Ronin
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Kai is an outcast who joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. They embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aconyte
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Something is wrong in the Emerald Empire. The emperor is ailing, the court is weak and the Great Clans threaten to escalate their petty squabbling into all-out war. But in the shadows, another threat lurks--sinister Bloodspeaker cults attempt to resurrect the forgotten sorcerer Iuchiban, who possess a power so great it could destroy all of Rokugan. Now seven samurai, one from each of the Great Clans, must put aside their pride, fear, and rivalry to...
11) Seven samurai
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
日本語
Description
This epic masterpiece is about a group of 16th century samurai who are hired to defend a small Japanese village that finds itself annually raided by an army of bandits who steal the meager crops harvested by the peasants. Tired of relinquishing their food supply but woefully inept in combat skills, the villagers decide to hire a band of samurai to protect them. In addition to the primary conflict between the villagers and the bandits, much of the...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In the latest adventures, Luffy, Zoro and Sanji lose their shadows and must find them or face death by sunlight. Their skeleton friend Brook will share the secret to defeating a zombie army in exchange for help defeating a zombie samurai. Meanwhile, Nami is kidnapped by an undead scoundrel, and Usopp must try to survive his encounter with a gothic Lolita.
13) Seven samurai
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
日本語
Description
Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
Series
Shout select volume 141
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
日本語
Description
Yakuza wolf: I perform murder: A vengeful man is after the Japanese yakuza for killing his boss and selling his sister into slavery.
Yakuza wolf 2: The son of a crime boss is sent to prison after being betrayed by a yakuza underboss. Once out, he looks to get his revenge.
Bodyguard Kiba: Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Kiba returns to his home in Japan, where he aims to wipe out the nation's drug industry.
Bodyguard Kiba 2: Upon Kiba's release...
Author
Series
Publisher
iz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A down-and-out samurai named Ryudo Konosuke struggles through his hardscrabble life in early 19th-century Japan. It is said that a samurai's spirit rests in their sword--and Konosuke can't even pick one up thanks to a cruel curse that repels anything made of metal that gets near him. Destitute and hopeless, he decides to end it all. But when a beautiful and mysterious woman saves his life and his soul, it is the beginning of Ryudo's journey into...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In Samurai, celebrated author John Man provides a unique and captivating look at their true history, told through the life of one man : Saigo Takamori, known to many as "the last samurai." In 1877 Takamori led a rebel army of samurai in a heroic "last stand" against the Imperial Japanese Army, who sought to end the "way of the sword" in favor of firearms and modern warfare.
17) Throne of blood
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
日本語
Description
A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. The film fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh Theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aconyte
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Chaos has broken out in the isolated Dragon Clan settlement of Seibo Mura. During the full moon, horrifying creatures rampage through the village, unleashing havoc and death. When the Dragon samurai Agasha no Isao Ryōtora is sent to investigate, he faces even greater danger than expected. To save the village, he must confront his buried past - not to mention an unexpected Phoenix Clan visitor, Asako Sekken, who has his own secrets to hide. The quest...
19) Sanjuro
Series
Criterion collection volume 53
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
A group of young men set out to clean up the corruption in their town. They are joined by a scruffy, cynical samurai who doesn't fit their concept of how a warrior should look and act.
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place. She may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her twin brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands.
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