Top 10 Samurai Movies
These are the big screen noble military men who lived and died by the sword. Join as we count down our picks for the Top 10 Samurai Movies. For this list, we’re looking at the most memorable feature-length films that center around the lives of samurai and/or ronin. Subscribe►► Facebook►► Twitter►► Instagram►► Suggestion Tool►► Channel Page►►
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Her pronounciation of Japanese is awful
Oni baba or Kagemusha
Wasn't Rashomon about Samurai
The Hidden Fortress(1958)
Недавно прочёл Эйдзи Есикава честь самурая. Просто бомба, а не книга
Yojimbo and 7 samurai.
Please tell me you had Japanese cinema experts create this list. Sword of doom is easily top 10. "The Last Samurai" ? Honorable mention? Give me a break. In any case, thanks for creating the list and inspiring more fodder for us fans!
when the last sword is drawn (2002).My favorite movie.Though it's not on the list but it's very touching film about honor love and man's duties.This film pretty nice balanced with sword fights and shinsengumi's inner conspiracy and betrayal.Yet it have nice visuals and great actors with high performance.I mean this film have everything.
I'm really into "new" movies era.So in my opinion it will be hard for viewer to get into samurai movies from Akira Kurosawa and black and white classic movies.
goemon should be no. 1
where is the tale of zatoichi?
Akira kurosawa had a great impact on other directors and filmmakers. Clint Eastwood's line of get 3 coffins ready in For a Fistful of Dollar is from one of Kurosawa's movies.
RAN, one of the best.
THE LAST SAMURAI, one of the worst, along with Tom Cruise, one of the worst whack ass actors of all times.
Well read narration. Idaho maiden reviews centuries of history in another country that may as well be Mars to her. Hilarious. Love the potted "insight" into a foreign, ancient culture. Walmart Katana, Bush Budo … baseball, jogging, organic vegetable.
Zatoichi?
Rurouni Kenshin
i was many times in japan and belive me there are about hundrets samurai movies noone knows in europe and the Usa and lol the last samurai in the list is a joke – hollywood cant make samurai movies – never !
Btw where are the movie : Wolfs of Mibu ? Much better then the half of the movies here in the list and well known under Fans of this Genre !
My Tipp to samurai movie lovers : lern japanese and make a tripp to japan , then go in a movie store and you will be in Heaven – wakarimaska ?! 🙂
7 samuray definetly best samuray movie
No 47 ronnin?
was expecting at least one of Zatoichi movies in here D:
Kagamusha should definitely be on this list
So few honorable mentions? At least one Zatoichi could be there and Last Samurai is weak.
Seen 8 out of 10, pretty good movies.
You really missed 'Floating Castle' in this list…
im okay with your top 10 list.. but perhaps you shouldnt have shown some spoilers from the clips you showed here.
Mutant Ninja Turtles.
現代の時代劇の殺陣は派手に立ち振る舞うだけで、刀から伝わる本来の人の狂気や恐れ、緊迫感が伝わってこない。それら現代の時代劇が数十年前に作られた映画に勝てない理由の一因なのかもね。
Shut up you fucking nigga shit pussy
i really liked 13 assasins but when they fought against all those dudes at the end I kept yelling, HOW THE HELL ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE WITH THESE GUYS, YOU ARE LITERALLY OVER A 100 GUYS HOW THE HELL ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE FIGHTING 12 SAMURAI AND SOME DUDE THEY FOUND IN A FOREST"
wtf?
How is “The Sword of Doom” not #1?
from where to download these movies.
My God, leave it to white people to put The Last Samurai as honorable mention and spoil the glorious movies from Japan, the land of real samurai! That's like putting a stupid Japanese film of cowboys on great American western movies! What a piece of shit trash the Last Samurai is compared to the other movies on the list. Samurai were Japanese and white people have NO business being in this list! Damned stupid Hollywood crap. I knew they were going to get recognition for that shit film. smh!
Stupid ass Mojo needs to stick to Western films and leave Asian ones alone, esp. Japanese since they have the most storied line of classic films.
(Spoiler alert) The only thinig I didn't liked about the Seven Samurai was the death of heihachi (If I'm right) Seriously, he was my favorite character, and got team killed!!!
Toshiro Mifune will always be the face of cinematic samurai, to me.
Also, my favourite kaiju is Daimajin, a giant stone Samurai demon!
Zatoichi (The Blind Swordsman) is sadly missing.
I came her to look for Seven Samurai at the top and I was not disappointed.
You forgot the blind samurai
I think this video should be counted from 1 to 10 !
Nice swords movie
choices..i hope i can watch the #1 "The seven Samurai" that would be great bcoz i love swords fighting and other japanese movie in horror like "Infection"..
Was expecting Rurouni Kenshin
Live action Kenshin trilogy.
noold school Zatoichi? You WatchMojo have lost my restekpa…
Seven Samurai definable the best!!
Thank god the last samurai didn't make the list. As if a white saviour film really needs to be praised.
47 Ronin is better than all these. I am actually really glad it is not on here because it is truly unique to all these it is a master piece probably my favourite film now…Its all based on the impact the way of their honour works…How it affected everyone, Not only being based on the most famous story of Ancient Japan, These are just entertainment films 47 Ronin was perfected by passion
Heaven and Earth is one of the best,in any genre! But 7 Samurai is by far the best !
Fiction of the real past (here) and reality of the hidden present and overt future (there: https://twitter.com/MuNin_Varuh1).
Where THE FUCK IS RURONI KENSHIN???