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1) Chushingura
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (207 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Their lord having been tricked into committing suicide by a corrupt elder court official, a group of 47 samurai who have been forced to become ronin nurse their anger and outrage, each becoming the personification of the samurai spirit, until the time is right to avenge their dead lord's honor.
Series
Criterion collection volume 596
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An offshoot of a Japanese television series of the same name, "Three outlaw samurai" is a classic in its own right. A wandering, seen-it-all ronin becomes entangled in the dangerous business of two other samurai hired to execute a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate. With remarkable storytelling economy and thrilling action scenes, it's an expertly mounted tale of revenge and loyalty.
Publisher
AnimEigo
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
Description
"In his final portrayal of the Yojimbo charachter, Mifune is hired to perform a mission so mysterious, he isn't told what it is. All he knows is that he is supposed to go to a remote mountain pass and wait for something to happen!"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (293 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young samurai battles the shape-shifter Aku, who threatens to take over the world. Aku sends him forward in time to a world where Aku is the supreme ruler. Some of the locals try to help the samurai, who they call Jack, get back to his own time to defeat Aku.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The gang of Mystery Inc. takes a trip to Japan and find themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in search of treasure. They race against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancient blade fabled to have extraordinary supernatural powers.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c2001
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 286 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack is a samurai warrior, whose magical sword is enchanted "with the power of righteousness," who trains his body and his mind to confront Aku. Aku is an evil, shape-shifting wizard who dethroned Jack's emperor father. During their pitched battle, Aku dispatches Jack into the future through a time portal. The solitary warrior's single-minded quest is to find his way back to undo the devastation of Aku's tyrannical rule.
7) Afro samurai
Publisher
Funimation Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Afro is out on a mission to seek revenge for the wrongful death of his father. A warrior who travels a solitary path encountering a myriad of enemies, friends, and challenges beyond imagination.
8) 13 assassins
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thirteen brave samurai must face overwhelming odds in an epic battle against a sadistic lord and his army of 200 to prevent him from plunging Japan into war.
9) Yojimbo
Series
Criterion collection volume 52
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray 110 (min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wily samurai turns a war between two clans to his advantage.
10) 47 Ronin
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
11) Samurai marathon
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an aging lord challenges his samurai to a marathon, and secretly sends the princess along, an undercover ninja finds his loyalties tested.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
13) Seven samurai
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (207 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sixteenth-century Japanese farming community that has been victimized by bandits year after year hires seven unemployed samurai to help defend them.
14) Skip Beat!
Author
Series
Skip beat! volume 9
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2002
Description
When Kyoko's heart is broken, she decides that revenge is a dish best served in the spotlight! Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence-she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz! Kyoko desperately wants to be cast in a new samurai drama so that she can work opposite her best friend in the entire...
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A clan lord orders an aging swordsman to have his son marry the lord's mistress, but reverses his decision after the young couple falls in love. The samurai rebels against his master when the master demands back his mistress, who has become the samurai's beloved daughter in law.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1057
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A black hitman goes by the name Ghost Dog and lives by the code of the samurai.
17) Throne of blood
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
In medieval Japan, a warlord and his wife stop at nothing to fulfill a prophecy that he become emperor.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (292 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Samurai Jack lives in ancient Japan where his homeland is being ravaged by a mightily and powerful demon named Aku. Jack used his mystical sword to fight him and eventually Jack defeats Aku after a few bouts. But before Jack manages to destroy the demon once and for all, Aku casts a spell that sends Jack into the future, a time when Aku reigns supreme. Now, it is up to Jack to find a way to go back into the past. In order to do so, Jack must wander...
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Derives from Noh and Kabuki plays depicting a famous twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a small group of samurai cross enemy territory disguised as monks and must persuade border guards to let them through.
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