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Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)

15
| 2h 16min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 6,235 votes)

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

Blade II(2002)

16
| 1h 57min | Fantasy, Horror, Action, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 2,063 votes)

A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community - The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Blade is asked by the Vampire Nation for his help in preventing a nightmare plague that would wipe out both humans and vampires.

The Villainess(2017)

2h 9min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 277 votes)

A young girl is raised as a killer in the Yanbian province of China. She hides her identity and travels to South Korea where she hopes to lead a quiet life but becomes involved with two mysterious men.

Directed by Jung Byung-gil - With Kim Ok-vin

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust(2000)

3.8/5 (with 238 votes)

D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, were hired for the same bounty. D Must intercept Meier and conquer hostile forces on all sides in a deadly race against time.

Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Ip Man(2008)

15
| 1h 46min | Drama, Action, History
3.9/5 (with 1,687 votes)

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.

Three Outlaw Samurai(1964)

1h 33min | Action, Drama
3.8/5 (with 39 votes)

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.

Azumi(2003)

3.5/5 (with 137 votes)

In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.

Tokyo Tribe(2014)

3.3/5 (with 68 votes)

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.

Samurai Cop(1991)

1h 36min | Action, Crime, Comedy, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 69 votes)

When Japanese organized crime imbeds itself within LA, the police turn to one man to take down the deadly Yakuza — Joe Marshall, aka "The Samurai." With his fearless swagger and rock hard jaw, The Samurai tears a two-fisted hole through the mob and doesn't stop until the job is done.

Into the Sun(2005)

1h 37min | Action, Thriller
2.2/5 (with 60 votes)

After the assassination of Tokyo's Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief (William Atherton) for Tokyo puts out a call to an agent (Steven Seagal) that had been raised in Japan and trained by ex-Yakuza. Using his former ties, he quickly determines that a war is brewing between old-guard Yakuza members and a young, crazed leader (Takao Osawa) with ties to the Chinese Tong.

Directed by Christopher Morrison - With Matthew Davis, Takao Ōsawa, Eddie George, William Atherton, Juliette Marquis, Steven Seagal, ...

Goemon(2009)

2h 8min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 50 votes)

Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban (Southern Barbarians), Goemon finds a mysterious box hidden inside a secret grave. A forgotten relic from the past containing untold powers.

Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance(2015)

1h 30min | Action, Comedy, Crime
2.0/5 (with 25 votes)

25 years later after the events of Samurai Cop (1991), Detective Frank Washington is forced to team up with his long estranged partner Joe Marshall to solve a series of assassinations being committed by a secret group of female vigilante killers.

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Zatoichi the Fugitive(1963)

1h 26min | Adventure, Action, Drama
3.4/5 (with 20 votes)

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival(1970)

1h 36min | Adventure, Action, Drama
3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.

Directed by Kenji Misumi - With Shintarō Katsu

Red Shadow(2001)

2.5/5 (with 11 votes)

The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and defeat the enemy to build a world of peace. Akakage, Aokage, and Asuka are rookie ninjas under the tutelage of Shirokage. Their life is a series of perilous missions that entail intrigue, deception and intimidation.

Directed by Hiroyuki Nakano - With Masanobu Andō, Megumi Okina, Kumiko Asō, Jun Murakami, Naoto Takenaka, Alina Kabayeva, ...

Aragami(2003)

1h 16min | Action, Horror
3.5/5 (with 22 votes)

Two seriously wounded samurai find refuge from a storm at an isolated temple, the home of a swordsman and a mysterious young woman. One samurai awakes to find that not only has his comrade died, but that his wounds have miraculously healed. He discovers that he has been given the power of immortality by the swordsman, a man once known as the legendary Miyamoto Musashi, who now lives an endless existence as Aragami, a "god of battle".

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad(2008)

1h 25min | Action, Horror
2.3/5 (with 14 votes)

The dead have risen to feast on the flesh of the living, and just when it seems that all hope for humanity has been lost, bikini girls with machine guns take one last shot at saving mankind from certain extinction. In the near future, a deranged scientist named Sugita has conducted a series of experiments intended to reanimate the dead. Unfortunately for the entire population of the planet, these experiments were a resounding success. Now, as a massive, shambling army of the undead launches a bloody war against their living counterparts, wandering beauties Aya (Eri Otoguro) and Reiko (Manami Hashimoto) team up to destroy every last zombie in sight. Unfortunately, Aya's sword-wielding schoolgirl sister Saki (Chise Nakamura) is in league with the nefarious Sugita. When Aya discovers that Saki has killed their father, she vows to take brutal revenge against her murderous younger sibling. Meanwhile, the zombie population is growing at an alarming rate.

Directed by Yōhei Fukuda - With Eri Otoguro, Chise Nakamura, Ai Hazuki, Ai Hazuki, Ayana Kinoshita, Chise Nakamura, ...

Zatoichi in Desperation(1972)

1h 35min | Adventure, Action, Drama
3.3/5 (with 11 votes)

After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.

Invincible(2001)

1h 30min | Fantasy, Action, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 12 votes)

The Shadow Men are immortal beings of darkness and destruction. One such Shadow Man, Os (Zane), is confronted by the White Warrior, a being of light, and given the chance to change his ways or die. After the White Warrior bests Os in combat, she opens his heart to the power of love, and charges him to find the warriors who are the representation of the five elements and will save the world.

Directed by Jefery Levy - With Billy Zane

Zatoichi Challenged(1967)

1h 27min | Adventure, Action, Drama
3.3/5 (with 13 votes)

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save tha man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman(1971)

1h 34min | Adventure, Action, Drama
3.3/5 (with 15 votes)

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.

Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda - With Jimmy Wang Yu

Uzumasa Limelight(2014)

1h 44min | Drama, Action
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

Directed by Ken Ochiai

Zatoichi's Revenge(1965)

1h 24min | Adventure, Action, Drama
3.4/5 (with 15 votes)

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.

Oneechanbara THE MOVIE vorteX(2009)

1h 25min | Action, Horror
2.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Sisters Aya and Saki put aside their rivalry and go toe-to-toe with Himiko and her band of zombies. The evil Himiko needs the blood of the young girls to restore her youth, while the sisters need to stop Himiko to save mankind ...

Touken Ranbu 2(2023)

1h 54min | Action, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In the year 995, due to a secret talk between Michinaga Fujiwara (Akira Emoto) and Seimei Abe (Terunosuke Takezai), Yorimitsu Minamoto (Kanji Tsuda) is ordered to subjugate ghost Shutendoji, who lives in Oe Mountain. Yorimitsu Minamoto and his men soon encounter difficulties in carrying out their mission due to the appearance of strangers. These strangers are handsome warriors Munechika Mikazuki (Hiroki Suzuki), Kunihiro Yamanbagiri (Yoshihiko Aramaki), Hasebe Heshikiri (Masanari Wada), and Toushirou Honebami (Fuma Sadamoto) and they are trying to protect history.

Directed by Saiji Yakumo - With Hiroki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Aramaki, Masanari Wada, Mizuki Umetsu

Shoot First… Ask Questions Later(1975)

1h 48min | Western, Adventure, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 13 votes)

The White, the Yellow, and the Black (Italian: Il bianco, il giallo, il nero, also known as Shoot First… Ask Questions Later) is a 1975 Spaghetti Western comedy film. It is the last spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci. Differently from his previous western films, this is openly parodic.

Heaven and Earth(1990)

1h 44min | Drama, History, War
2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?

Gedo(2000)

1h 34min | Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...

Zatoichi and the Fugitives(1968)

1h 22min | Adventure, Action, Drama
3.4/5 (with 12 votes)

Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

OSARU-CHAN(2021)

10min | Horror, Fantasy, Crime

When two brothers steal a valuable heirloom from an elderly Japanese woman, they unknowingly awaken her demigod son, Osaru, who does not take kindly to thieves.

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