Samurai is a military feudal class of small nobles and princes in feudal Japan. Very often they were compared with the knights of medieval Europe, but this is not entirely true. In fact, the samurai is a warrior who is in the service. They could be not only soldiers, but also the bodyguards of their master, while the samurai could fulfill other orders. Stories about samurai and their adaptations are very popular not only in their homeland - in the "land of the rising sun", but also far beyond its borders. Introducing the top 10 best samurai movies.
10. Rashomon (1950)
The film begins with the lumberjack Kikori and the priest sitting under the city gates of Rashemon to stay dry in the pouring rain. A commoner joins them and they tell him that they have witnessed a disturbing story, which they then begin to retell to him. The lumberjack claims to have found the body of the murdered samurai three days earlier when he was looking for firewood in the forest. As he testifies, first he found a female hat, then a samurai hat, then a cut rope, then an amulet, and finally he came across a body.
According to him, having found the body, he fled in a panic to report this to the authorities. The priest says that he saw a samurai with his wife traveling the same day that the murder occurred. Then both men are called to testify in court, where they meet with a captured bandit Tajomaru who claims to have followed the couple after he desired the woman when he saw her in the forest ...
9.13 assassins (2010)
In the 1844 period of the Edo period, when the Tokugawa Shogunate was in decline, the sadistic ruler Matsudaira Naritsugu from Akashi raped, tortured, maimed and killed noble and ordinary people as he wanted. He is protected because the Shogun is his half brother. Sir Doi Toshitsura, the Shogun’s Minister of Justice, understands that when the Narizugu enters the Shogunate Council, a civil war will begin between the shogun and many of the feudal lords whom the Naritsugu has offended.
The feudal ruler of the clan Mamiya publicly commits ritual suicide by hara-kiri in protest against the shogun’s refusal to punish Mr. Naritsugu, who personally killed the entire family of the feudal lord. When the Shogun still insists on raising Naritsugu, Sir Doi searches for trusted senior samurai Shimadu Shinzaemon, who served under the former shogun, and secretly hires him to kill Naritsugu. However, the loyal servants of Naritsugu, led by Hanbei, an old contemporary of Shinzaemon, learn about the plot ...
8. Zatoichi (2003)
The action takes place in Japan, the XIX century. The blind wanderer Zatoichi earns his living by playing dice and massage. However, in reality - this is a wonderful warrior. One day he comes to a town that is being held by a ginzo gang. Here, the main character meets geisha sisters who want at all costs to get even for the death of their parents. And soon the vile fakes of Ginzo begin the hunt for Zatoichi ...
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Feudal Japan is a rather mysterious period in the history of this country, full of dangers and intrigues. Jubei is a professional ninja, wandering alone, living at the hiring of his services, with those who can pay him well ... or offer an interesting job. His super abilities serve excellently serve him, but the insidious plot to overthrow the legitimate government threatens Jubei with mortal danger.
When a small village faces a deadly epidemic, a group of ninjas is sent there to understand what is really happening there. Soon, mishandled warriors are ambushed, and they all die at the hands of a terrible monster man with incredible strength. Only one girl survived - Kagero. This is a charming female ninja whose touch can kill any creature. Jubei saves her from a fate that is much worse than death, and contrary to her desire she becomes involved in a dangerous conspiracy ....
6. The Last Samurai (2003)
Former U.S. Army Captain Nathan Algren is an alcoholic injured in the atrocities he committed during the wars with the American Indians. He turns to his former commander, Colonel Bagley, to train the newly created Imperial Japanese Army for the visionary Japanese businessman Omura, who intends to use the army to crush the rebellion of the samurai against the new emperor of Japan. Despite his hatred of Bagley for his role in the Indian wars, the impoverished Algren agrees to this work ...
5. Love and honor (2006)
Shinnodze, a low-level samurai, lives with his beautiful and devoted wife Kayo. Tired of his position as a food taster for the feudal lord, he talks about creating a Kendo school, open to boys of all castes. But, before he embarked on the realization of his dream, he feels bad because of mollusk sashimi eaten. The investigation shows that poisoning was not a human plot, but a poor choice of food out of season. Three days later, the hero wakes up, but discovers that the toxin has blinded him ...
4. The Shadow Samurai (2002)
The main character of the picture - Iguchi Seibei became a widower after his wife died of tuberculosis. He gave her a luxurious funeral, despite the fact that he himself was poor. Seibei works in a grain warehouse. His Samurai colleagues mock him and call him Tasogare (twilight) behind him: when evening is approaching, Seibei hurries home to look after his elderly mother, who has dementia, and her two young daughters, Kayano and Ito, instead to have fun with geisha along with his boss and other samurai colleagues.
Despite the fact that he is a samurai, Seibei neglects his appearance, does not bathe or shave his head, and is also poorly dressed. The well-being of his little daughters and medicines for his mother take precedence over new clothes or a monthly bath fee ...
3. The Risen (1967)
The head of the clan gives his wife a concubine to a young samurai. But, soon the circumstances are changing, and the clan demands to return it. Then the samurai together with his father decide to confront them and refuse to obey ...
2. The Seven Samurai (1954)
The bandits planned a raid on a mountain village, but their representative decides to wait until the end of the harvest. This conversation is accidentally overheard by a farmer, after which the villagers ask for advice from gisaku, the elders of the village and Miller. He claims that he once saw a village that hired a samurai and remained untouched by the raiders, and states that they also need to hire a samurai to protect themselves. Since they have no money, Gisaku advises them to find hungry samurai ...
1. Princess Mononoke (1997)
In Japan, in Muromachi, a demon attacked the village of Emishi. Amisha's last prince, Ashitaka, kills him before he reaches the village, but damaging curses damages his right hand. The curse gives him superhuman strength, but ultimately it will spread throughout his body and kill him. Residents of the village learn that the demon was the god of the boar Nago, a spoiled iron ball stuck in his body. The wise woman of the village tells Ashitaka that he can find a cure in the western lands from where Nago came, but he cannot return to his homeland. Before Ashitaka leaves, his sister Kaya gives him her crystal dagger so that he does not forget her ....