The Acrobats of Death

Bored Hatamoto

1930

Bored Hatamoto film #1

Bored Hatamoto

1930

Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto

1930

Bored Hatamoto film #2

Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto

1930

Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai

1931

Bored Hatamoto film #3

Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai

1931

Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo

1931

Bored Hatamoto film #4

Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo

1931

Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage

1933

Bored Hatamoto film #5

Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage

1933

Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo

1935

Bored Hatamoto film #6

Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo

1935

Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku

1935

Bored Hatamoto film #7

Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku

1935

Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji

1937

Bored Hatamoto film #8

Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji

1937

Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure

1938

Bored Hatamoto film #9

Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure

1938

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 1: The Seven Brides

1950

Bored Hatamoto film #10

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 1: The Seven Brides

1950

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord

1950

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord

1950

Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown

1951

Bored Hatamoto movie #12

Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown

1951

Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter

1952

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

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

Bored Hatamoto Passes By

1953

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

Bored Hatamoto movie #15

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

1955

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

Bored Hatamoto film #19

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge

1955

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

1956

Bored Hatamoto film #20

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

1956

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

1957

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

1957

The Mansion of Intrigue

1957

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

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

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

1959

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

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

1960

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

Ninja Assassins

1960

6.0

The Cave of the Vampire Bats

1961

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

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion

1962

The Mysterious Cape

1963

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

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.

Shogun's Samurai

1978

6.9

13 Assassins

7.4

1963

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.

13 Assassins

1963

7.4

The Sword of Doom

7.7

1966

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.

The Sword of Doom

1966

7.7

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

7.7

2021

In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

2021

7.7

47 Ronin

6.2

2013

Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.

47 Ronin

2013

6.2

Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken

7.1

2018

The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.

Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken

2018

7.1

Kill!

6.9

1968

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.

Kill!

1968

6.9

Chûshingura

7.1

1962

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

Chûshingura

1962

7.1

Samurai Assassin

7.3

1965

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

Samurai Assassin

1965

7.3

13 Assassins

7.3

2010

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

13 Assassins

2010

7.3

Hana

6.6

2006

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.

Hana

2006

6.6

Samurai Rebellion

8.2

1967

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.

Samurai Rebellion

1967

8.2

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