Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as the Bored Samurai of the Hatamoto rank. Just as he was engulfed in boredom, Tokugawa Jo-Kaibo, claiming to be the Shogun's illegitimate child, made a grand entrance into Edo. At the behest of Sakon Shogen, Shusui-no-Suke was tasked to investigate Jo-Kaibo's background and had his young page Kyoya disguise as a woman to infiltrate Jo-Kaibo's gun mansion.

Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter

1952

Bored Hatamoto Passes By

1953

Movie

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

Bored Hatamoto Passes By

1953

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

1954

Movie

Bored Hatamoto movie #15

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

1954

Movie

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

1954

Movie

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

1955

Movie

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains that the woman was a member of a band of thieves, and because she was let go once, the police officer, Genjuro Mazaki, was demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

1955

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge

1955

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Bored Hatamoto film #19

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge

1955

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

1956

Movie

Bored Hatamoto film #20

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

1956

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

1957

Movie

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

1957

The Mansion of Intrigue

1957

Movie

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

The Mansion of Intrigue

1957

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

5.0

1958

Movie

Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date Clan. The 300th film in the long and illustrious career of Ichikawa Utaemon, one of the most popular Japanese film stars of the period; it brought out an all-star cast as well.

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

1958

5.0

The Acrobats of Death

5.8

1959

Movie

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.

The Acrobats of Death

1959

5.8

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

6.0

1959

Movie

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

1959

6.0

Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

1960

Movie

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who can save the shogunate from the dastardly plot to take over the country.

Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

1960

Ninja Assassins

6.0

1960

Movie

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

Ninja Assassins

1960

6.0

The Cave of the Vampire Bats

6.0

1961

Movie

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he finds himself mixed up in a mystery of murdered maidens, an unknown ninja clan, attempted assassinations towards himself and a cursed vampire bat cave, can the bored Lord solve this puzzle before maidens lose their lives?

The Cave of the Vampire Bats

1961

6.0

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion

1962

Movie

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion

1962

The Mysterious Cape

6.0

1963

Movie

Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.

The Mysterious Cape

1963

6.0