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Yojimbo
is a 1961 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Atsushi Watanabe. In the film, a rōnin arrives in a small town where competing crime lords fight for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the newcomer as a bodyguard.
Sanjuro
is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed, co-written and edited by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo.
Harakiri
1962 film by Masaki Kobayashi
Kwaidan
1964 Japanese film by Masaki Kobayashi
Onibaba
1964 Japanese film by Kaneto Shindō
Samurai Rebellion
1967 film by Masaki Kobayashi
The Sword of Doom
1966 film by Kihachi Okamoto
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962 film by Kenji Misumi
Goyokin
is a 1969 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Hideo Gosha. Set during the late Tokugawa period, the story follows a reclusive rōnin who is trying to atone for past transgressions.
Bushido, Samurai Saga
1963 film by Tadashi Imai
Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki
1962 film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Samurai Assassin
1964 film by Kihachi Okamoto
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
1962 film by Kazuo Mori
13 Assassins
1963 film by Eiichi Kudo
Kill!
is a 1968 Japanese comedy-chambara film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. The film had a screenplay written by Akira Murao and Okamoto, and is based on the story Torideyama no jushichinichi () in Yamamoto Shugoro zenshu (1964) by Shūgorō Yamamoto.
Samurai Banners
1969 film by Hiroshi Inagaki
Red Lion
1969 film by Kihachi Okamoto
New Tale of Zatoichi
1963 film by Tokuzō Tanaka
The Story of Osaka Castle
1961 film by Hiroshi Inagaki
Hitokiri
1969 film by Hideo Gosha
Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman
1963 film
Warring Clans
1963 film by Kihachi Okamoto
Shinsengumi
1969 film by Tadashi Sawashima
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 film by Hideo Gosha
Satan's Sword
1960 film by Kenji Misumi
Sword of the Beast
1965 film by Hideo Gosha
Samurai Spy
1965 film by Masahiro Shinoda
Akō Rōshi
1961 film directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda
Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri
1969 film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
Assassination
1964 film by Masahiro Shinoda