Historical period drama films set in Asia
Historical period drama is a film genre in which stories are based on historical events and famous persons. Some historical dramas attempt to accurately portray a historical event or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow. Other historical dramas are fictionalised tales that are based on an actual person and their deeds.
Due to the sheer volume of films included in this genre and in the interest of continuity, this list is primarily focused on films pertaining to the history of East Asia, Central Asia, and India. For films pertaining to the history of Near Eastern and Western civilisation, please refer to list of historical period drama films.
The films on this page are divided into regions, and within each region the films are listed chronologically by subject matter.
Central Asia
Title | Release date | Time period | Setting | Notes |
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Mongol | 2007 | 1161–1227 | Mongolia | based on the early life of Genghis Khan |
The Conqueror | 1956 | 1161–1227 | Mongolia | universally panned as a terrible film, this English-language film starred John Wayne as Genghis Khan |
Genghis Khan | 1965 | 1161–1227 | Mongolia | the life and conquests of the Mongol emperor |
Genghis Khan | 1950 | 1161–1227 | Philippines | Life of the Mongol Emperor and the Succession of his throne. |
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea | 2007 | 1161–1227 | Mongolia | Japanese-Mongolian film about the life of Genghis Khan |
The Golden Horde | 1951 | 1220 | Uzbekistan | English-language film about an English knight who leads the defense of Samarkand against Genghis Khan |
The itim(Black?) Rose | 1950 | 1220 | China | English-language film about an English Saxon who travels China and meet a Mongol warlord |
Tsogt Taij | 1945 | 1634–1637 | Mongolia | Mongolian language film about the patriotic struggle of Prince Tsogt Taij (1581–1637). |
Queen Mandukhai the Wise | 1988 | 1449–1510 | Mongolia | Mongolian language film about the life of Queen Mandukhai (1449–1510) who reunited the Mongols. |
Nomad | 2006 | early 1700s | Kazakhstan | about the early years of Ablai Khan (early 18th century), a Kazakh khan in part of what is now Kazakhstan. |
Kundun | 1997 | 1950 | Tibet | an American film depicting the early life of the 14th Dalai Lama and the 1950 invasion of Tibet and subsequent events |
The Beast | 1988 | 1981 | Afghanistan | during the Soviet war in Afghanistan |
Kandahar | 2001 | 2000 | Afghanistan | Afghanistan during the Taliban regime |
South Asia
Indian subcontinent history
Title | Release date | Time period | Notes on setting |
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Rajaraja Cholan | 1973 | 947 - 1015 CE | Tamil, About the life history of great king Raja Raja Chola |
Veerapandiya Kattabomman | 1959 | 1760 - 1799 AD | Tamil, About the life history of great king Veerapandiya Kattabomman who struggled against British people from Tamil Nadu |
Veer Savarkar | 2001 | 1897–1947 AD | about life and times of great revolutionary Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
Siddhartha | 1972 | c. 563-483 BC | about the life of a boy and his search for a meaningful way of life |
Khamosh Pani | 2003 | 1979-2002 | about a widowed mother and her young son set in a late 1970s village in Punjab, Pakistan which is coming under radical influence |
Gautama Buddha | 2007 | c. 563-483 BC | about the life of Gautama Buddha |
Amrapali | 1966 | c. 500 BC | based on the life of Ambapali in India |
Sikandar | 1941 | 326 BC | Indian-made film set in 326 BC, after Alexander the Great has conquered Persia and pertains to his conquest of the kingdoms of Pauravas (in modern Pakistan and northwest India). |
Asoka | 2001 | 273–232 BC | fictionalized account of the reign of Ashoka (r. ), of the Mauryan Empire in India |
Mayura | 1975 | 345–365 | Kannada film based on the Kadamba Dynasty's King Mayurasharma set in India |
Ambikapathy | 1937 | 1083 | Tamil, a love story set in India in 1083 |
Urumi | 2011 | 16th century AD | Malayalam, historical fiction on Portuguese in Malabar |
Mughal-e-Azam | 1960 | 1569–1605 | a fictional story about the Mughal era depicting conflict between King Akbar and his son Crown Prince Salim over Anarkali. |
Jodha-Akbar | 2008 | 1556–1605 | during the reign of Moghul Emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605), depicts his marriage to a Hindu princess Jodhaa Bai. Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai in leroles. |
Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story | 2005 | 1627-58 | Directed by Akbar Khan. This movie entails the story of Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58) and his Queen Mumtaz Mahal (1593–1631). Mumtaz was the love of Shah Jahan's life, and the monument this Mughal emperor built to honour his deceased love was the Taj Mahal (constructed from 1632 to 1653). |
Paradesi | 2013 | 1930s | Directed by Bala. This movie is based on the lives affected by plantation. |
The Deceivers | 1988 | 1825 | about Thugees in India in 1825 |
Veer | 2010 | 1825 | set during the 1825 Pindari movement of Rajasthan, when India was ruled by the British. Directed by Anil Sharma stars Salman Khan in lerole. |
Shatranj Ke Khiladi | 1977 | 1856 | (The Chess Players, 1977) entailing the East India Company's annexation of the kingdom of Oudh (Awadh) from Wajid Ali Shah in 1856 on the eve of the Sepoy Mutiny. |
Junoon | 1978 | 1857 | about a love story between one of the Rebels of 1857 in Rohilkhand and an Anglo-Indian woman that he has held hostage (along with her mother and grandmother). |
Mangal Pandey: The Rising | 2005 | 1857 | about Mangal Pandey and the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. |
Lagaan | 2001 | 1893 | a fictional account of a cricket game between the villagers of Champaner in what is now Gujarat and the local British cantonment played in an effort to cancel the "lagaan" (grain tax levied by the British Raj in India). |
Gandhi | 1982 | 1869–1948 | Academy Award winning film by Sir Richard Attenborough about the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero | 2005 | 1897–1945 | Sachin Khedekar stars as Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose (1897–1945) |
Jinnah (film) | 1998 | 1947 | Film follows the life of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
Dharmputra | 1961 | 1947 | about the violence that marked the Partition of India in 1947. Set in Delhi, the movie focuses on two fictional families: that of the Hindu Gulshan Rai and Muslim Nawab Badruddin. Dilip (played by Shashi Kapoor) is the illegitimate son of the nawab's daughter Husn Bano, but he is unaware of it. Dilip grows up to become a Hindu fundamentalist that participates in the communal violence during partition. Will Husn Bano and her Hindu son learn to live with one another in an atmosphere such intense sectarian hatred? |
1947 Earth | 1998 | 1947 | A partition film, directed by Deepa Mehta |
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha | 2001 | 1947 | Another movie featuring the 1947 partition starring Sunny Deol and Amisha Patel in a Sikh-Muslim love story. |
Pinjar | 2003 | 1947 | with regards to the partition of Punjab. This film is based on the Amrita Pritam story of the same name. |
Hey Ram | 2000 | 1947–1948 | Tamil, A period drama told in flashback, the semi-fictional plot centres on India's Partition and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi |
Partition | 2007 | 1947 | one of the more recent films on the Indian partition. |
Zubeidaa | 2001 | 1940s and 50s | a semi-biographical account of writer Khalid Mohamed's mother, the actress Zubeida Begum that is set in the late 1940s and the 1950s. |
Border | 1997 | 1971 | about the Battle of Longewala in the Indo-Pakistani war |
1971 (film) | 2007 | 1971 | based on the plight of Indian prisoners of war in the aftermath of 1971 war between India and Pakistan |
Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja | 2009 | 1795–1805 | Malayalam, biopic of Pazhassi Raja—an Indian royal resisting the East India Company |
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar | 2000 | 1890s–1950s | Biopic of the first Law Minister and Chairman of the Indian Constitution Drafting Committee. Mammootty played Dr B R Ambedkar. |
Sardar | 1993 | 1870s–1950s | Paresh Rawal played the title role of India's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in this biopic of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. |
Kaaviya Thalaivan | 2014 | 1920s | Set in early 20th century, the film is about the lives of two theater artistes played by Siddharth and Prithviraj and the competition that exists between them in a small drama troupe. |
Alluri Sita Rama Raju | 1974 | 1897–1924 | Historical Telugu language film based on the life of Indian freedom fighter Alluri Sita Rama Raju. |
There are many more Indian historical movies which are not on the list, especially if movies concerning what may be called mythological movies, are hundreds. (Which are?)
Sri Lankan history
Title | Release date | Time period | Notes on setting |
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Maharaja Gemunu | 2015 | 161-137 BC | based on a the odyssey of King Dutugamunu |
Wijaya-Kuweni | 2012 | 543-505 BC | based on the historical tale of Wijaya-Kuveni |
Siri Parakum | 2013 | 1153A.C–1186A.C | based on the historical legend of King Parakramabahu I the Great |
Aba | 2008 | 437–367 BC | based on the historical legend of King Pandukabhaya |
Mahindagamanaya | 2011 | 250 BC | based on arrival of Buddhism to Sri Lanka |
Siri Dalada Gamanaya | 2012 | 300s | based on venerated of Tooth relic to Sri Lanka |
The God King | 1974 | 473 | based on the historical clash between brothers Kasyapa and Moggalana on Sigiriya Rock |
Kivulegedara Mohottala | 1987 | 1817–1818 | based on freedom fighter Kivulegedara Mohottala and Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 |
Vera Puran Appu | 1979 | 1812–1848 | based on freedom fighter Puran Appu |
East Asia
Chinese and Taiwanese history
Title | Release date | Time period | Notes on setting |
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The Last Woman of Shang | 1964 | 1075–1046 BC | a Hong Kong film about Daji, a concubine of King Zhou of Shang |
Sacrifice | 2010 | 607-581 BC | based on the play The Orphan of Zhao, set in the Jin state during the Spring and Autumn Period |
Confucius | 1940 | 551-479 BC | thought to be a lost film, but was rediscovered in 2001 and restored |
Confucius | 2010 | 505-479 BC | starring Chow Yun-fat as Confucius |
Little Big Soldier | 2010 | 475–221 BC | an action-comedy film set in the Warring States period, about a war between the Liang and Wey states |
A Battle of Wits | 2006 | 375–369 BC | set in the reign of King Lie of Zhou |
The Warring States | 2011 | ca. 316 BC | set in the Warring States period (475–221 BC), loosely based on the rivalry between Sun Bin (d. 316 BC) and Pang Juan (d. 342 BC) |
The Emperor's Shadow | 1996 | 259–210 BC | about a troubled friendship between Qin Shi Huang and the musician Gao Jianli |
Wheat | 2009 | 260 BC | the story of women left behind when their husbands went to war during the Battle of Changping |
The Emperor and the Assassin | 1998 | 227 BC | based on the assassination attempt by Jing Ke on Qin Shi Huang |
The Great Conqueror's Concubine | 1994 | 206–202 BC | a Hong Kong film set in the Chu–Han Contention |
White Vengeance | 2011 | 206–202 BC | loosely based on the Feast at Hong Gate and events in the Chu–Han Contention |
The Last Supper | 2012 | 206–202 BC | based on events in the Chu–Han Contention |
Red Cliff | 2008 | winter of 208–209 | epic war film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs |
The Lost Bladesman | 2011 | 219 | a Hong Kong film loosely based on the story of Guan Yu (d. 219) in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms |
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon | 2008 | 229 | a Hong Kong film about Zhao Yun, loosely based on parts of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms |
An Empress and the Warriors | 2008 | ca. 350 | set in the Former Yan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period |
Mulan | 2009 | ca. 386-534 | based on the legend of Hua Mulan |
Mulan Joins the Army | 1939 | ca. 567-571 | based on the legend of Hua Mulan |
Shaolin Temple | 1982 | 619-621 | starring Jet Li, based on the story of Shaolin Temple help Li Shimin |
The Empress Wu Tse-tien | 1939 | 650-705 | based on the story of Wu Zetian |
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame | 2010 | 684-690 | a Hong Kong film based on a fictional account of Di Renjie, set in the reign of Wu Zetian |
Warriors of Heaven and Earth | 2003 | 700 | an action-adventure film set in Xinjiang |
Trilogy of Swordsmanship (Part 2: The Tigress) | 1972 | 860s | a Hong Kong film (only Part 2) set during Pang Xun's rebellion |
General Stone | 1976 | 880s | a Hong Kong film about Li Cunxiao |
The Heroic Ones | 1970 | 880s | a Hong Kong film about Li Keyong's generals |
All the King's Men | 1983 | 950s | a Taiwanese film about Chai Rong's last days |
Great Liao's Empress Dowager | 1995 | 969–982 | a Chinese film about Empress Xiao Yanyan |
Saving General Yang | 2013 | 980s | a Hong Kong film about the Generals of the Yang Family legends |
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter | 1983 | 980s | a Hong Kong film about the Generals of the Yang Family legends |
The Eight Diagram Cudgel Fighter | 1985 | 980s | a Hong Kong film about the Generals of the Yang Family legends |
Generals of the Yang Family | 1984 | 980s | a Chinese film about the Generals of the Yang Family legends |
The Silk Road | 1988 | 1026 | a Japanese film about Western Xia |
The 14 Amazons | 1972 | 1030s | a Hong Kong film about the Genearals of the Yang Family legends |
Legendary Amazons | 2011 | 1030s | a Chinese film about the Genearals of the Yang Family legends |
The Journey to Xixia Empire | 1997 | 1087 | a Chinese film about Western Xia (Xixia) |
Marco Polo | 1982 | 1254–1324 | an American-Italian television miniseries about the Venetian explorer who traveled to China and served in the court of Kublai Khan |
The Sino-Dutch War 1661 | 2000 | 1645–1662 | based on the story of Koxinga (1624–1662), with the focus on the Siege of Fort Zeelandia |
The Opium War | 1997 | 1839-42 | historical epic film about the First Opium War, told through the eyes of Lin Zexu and Charles Elliot |
The Warlords | 2007 | 1850–1864 | set in the Qing Dynasty during the Taiping Rebellion |
The Empress Dowager | 1975 | 1835–1908 | a Hong Kong film about Empress Dowager Cixi |
Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch | 1991 | 1848–1911 | the Qing Dynasty eunuch Li Lianying |
Fearless | 2006 | 1868–1910 | a biographical film about late Qing Dynasty martial artist Huo Yuanjia |
55 Days at Peking | 1963 | 1900 | an American film starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven and set during the Boxer Rebellion |
Empire of Silver | 2009 | 1899–1901 | a Hong Kong film set in the Qing Dynasty during the Boxer Rebellion |
Red River Valley | 1997 | 1903–1904 | about the British expedition to Tibet |
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake | 2011 | 1875–1907 | a biographical film about revolutionary Qiu Jin |
Road to Dawn | 2007 | 1910 | about Sun Yat-sen's life in Penang from July to December 1910 |
Magnificent 72 | 1980 | 1911 | about Lin Juemin and the Second Guangzhou Uprising, with a brief scene of Qiu Jin's arrest in 1907 |
Bodyguards and Assassins | 2009 | 1911 | a Hong Kong film set in British colonial Hong Kong near the end of the Qing Dynasty. The events in the film led to the Wuchang Uprising |
1911 | 2011 | 1911 | about the Xinhai Revolution |
The Founding of a Party | 2011 | 1921 | about the formation of the Communist Party of China in 1921 |
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale | 2011 | 1930 | Film depicting the plight of Taiwanese aborigines of the Seediq tribe during the period of Taiwan under Japanese rule, and their role in the Wushe Incident. |
A Murder Beside Yanhe River | 2014 | based on the murder case of Huang Kegong, who was a general of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army | |
7 Man Army | 1976 | 1933 | a Hong Kong film depicting the Defense of the Great Wall |
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre | 1994 | 1937 | a Hong Kong film about the Nanking Massacre |
Don't Cry, Nanking | 1995 | 1937 | the Nanking Massacre |
City of Life and Death | 2009 | 1937 | dealing with the Battle of Nanjing and its aftermath, the Nanking Massacre |
John Rabe | 2009 | 1937 | a biographical film about John Rabe and his experiences in the Nanking Massacre |
The Flowers of War | 2011 | 1937 | about a group of escapees caught up in the 1937 Battle of Nanking |
The Spring River Flows East | 1947 | 1937–1945 | the trials and tribulations of a Chinese family through the Second Sino-Japanese War |
On the Mountain of Tai Hang | 2005 | 1937–1945 | about the Eighth Route Army, set in the Second Sino-Japanese War |
The Children of Huang Shi | 2008 | 1938 | about George Hogg leading 60 orphans across China in an effort to save them from conscription during the Second Sino-Japanese War |
Bridge | 1949 | 1927–1950 | the Chinese Civil War |
Yangtse Incident | 1957 | 1927–1950 | a British film about the British frigate HMS Amethyst getting caught up in the Chinese Civil War |
Tunnel War | 1965 | 1937–1945 | about a small town defending itself by use of a network of tunnels during the Second Sino-Japanese War |
Hong Kong 1941 | 1983 | 1941–1945 | a Hong Kong film set in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong during World War II |
Men Behind the Sun | 1988 | 1937–1945 | a Hong Kong film depicting war atrocities committed by the Japanese Unit 731 during World War II |
The Last Emperor | 1987 | 1906–1967 | an Academy Award winning film about China's last emperor Puyi |
Assembly | 2007 | 1927–1950 | epic war film set in the Chinese Civil War |
The Soong Sisters | 1997 | 1911–1949 | about the Soong sisters |
A City of Sadness | 1989 | 1947 | Taiwanese historical drama film sets immediately after WWII in the late 1940s. The film was the first to depict the February 28 Incident of 1947, an anti-government uprising that was quelled. |
Decisive Engagement(zh) | 1991 | 1949 | about Liaoshen Campaign, Huaihai Campaign and Pingjin Campaign |
The Founding of a Republic | 2009 | 1949 | about the founding of the People's Republic of China |
24 City | 2008 | 1958–1980 | A docudrama film about the generations of people who worked in state factories during the industrialization and were demolished during the modernization of China. |
Forever Enthralled | 2008 | 1894–1961 | biographical film about Peking opera artist Mei Lanfang |
Tokyo Trial | 2006 | 1904–1973 | presenting the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal from the point of view of Mei Ju-ao |
Phurbu & Tenzin | 2014 | 1944-1980 | |
Aftershock | 2010 | 1976 | the aftermath of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake |
Japanese history
Samurai cinema and jidaigeki films
Jidaigeki 時代劇 is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular setting. Jidaigeki show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of their time. Jidaigeki films are sometimes referred to as chambara movies, a word meaning "sword fight", though chambara is more accurately a subgenre of jidaigeki, which equates to historical period drama. In Japan, the term chanbara (チャンバラ), also commonly spelled "chambara", meaning "sword fighting" movies,[1] denotes the genre called samurai cinema in English, and is roughly equivalent to western cowboy and swashbuckler films. Jidaigeki may refer to a story set in an historical period, though not necessarily dealing with a samurai character or depicting swordplay. Jidaigeki rely on an established set of dramatic conventions including the use of makeup, language, catchphrases, and plotlines.
Title | Director | Notable cast | Released | Time period | Notes |
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Kōchiyama to Nao-zamurai | Ichitarō Kataoka, Matsunosuke Onoe, Kijaku Ōtani | 1916 | Based on the play of the same name. | ||
Nao-zamurai | Jiro Yoshino | Shirogoro Sawamura | 1922 | Based on the play of the same name. | |
A Diary of Chuji's Travels | Daisuke Itō | Denjirō Ōkōchi | 1927 | Awards: 1 Kinema Junpo Award | |
Sword of Penitence | Yasujirō Ozu | Saburo Azuma, Kunimatsu Ogawa, Kanji Kawahara, Shoichi Nodera | 1927 | ||
Jobless Samurai | Masahiro Makino | Kōmei Minami, Tōichirō Negishi, Tsuyako Okajima | 1928 | Awards: 1 Kinema Junpo Award | |
Jirokichi the Rat | Daisuke Itō | Denjirō Ōkōchi, Naoe Fushimi, Nobuko Fushimi | 1931 | ||
Chūshingura - Zempen: Akahokyō no maki | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Tomio Aoki, Juzaburo Bando, Kōtarō Bandō | 1932 | ||
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen | Daisuke Itō | Shinpachirō Asaka, Satoko Date, Sannosuke Fujikawa | 1934 | ||
The Million Ryo Pot | Sadao Yamanaka | Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kiyozo, Kunitarō Sawamura | 1935 | ||
Daibosatsu tōge: dai-ippen - Kōgen itto-ryū no maki | Hiroshi Inagaki | Fujiko Fukamizu, Ranko Hanai, Takako Irie | 1935 | ||
The Avenging Ghost of Yokinojo, Parts 1 and 2 | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Kazuo Hasegawa, Tokusaburo Arashi, Akiko Chihaya | 1935 | ||
The Avenging Ghost of Yukinojo, Part 3 | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Kazuo Hasegawa, Tokusaburo Arashi, Akiko Chihaya | 1936 | ||
Daibosatsu tōge: Suzuka-yama no maki - Mibu Shimabara no maki | Hiroshi Inagaki | Fujiko Fukamizu, Kobunji Ichikawa, Momonosuke Ichikawa | 1936 | ||
Humanity and Paper Balloons | Sadao Yamanaka | Chojuro Kawarazaki, Kanemon Nakamura, Shizue Yamagishi | 1937 | 1700s | |
Chikemuri Takadanobaba | Hiroshi Inagaki, Masahiro Makino | Tsumasaburō Bandō, Tokuma Dan, Komako Hara | 1937 | ||
Chushingura, Part One | Kajirō Yamamoto | Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kazuo Hasegawa, Yatarō Kurokawa | 1939 | 1701 | |
Chushingura, Part Two | Kajirō Yamamoto | Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kazuo Hasegawa, Yatarō Kurokawa | 1939 | 1701 | |
Singing Lovebirds | Masahiro Makino | Chiezō Kataoka, Takashi Shimura | 1939 | ||
The Color Print of Edo: Hatamoto to Machiyakko | Kazuo Mori | Shinpachirō Asaka, Utaemon Ichikawa, Yaeko Kumoi | 1939 | ||
The 47 Ronin | Kenji Mizoguchi | Chojuro Kawarasaki, Kanemon Nakamura, Kunitaro Kawarazaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Daisuke Katō | 1941 | 1701 | |
Kikuchi sembon-yari: Shidonî tokubetsu kōgeki-tai | Tomiyasu Ikeda, Sentarō Shirai | Kanzo Yoshii, Utaemon Ichikawa, Kusuo Abe | 1944 | ||
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo | Mikio Naruse | Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sensho Ichikawa | 1945 | ||
Utamaro and His Five Women | Kenji Mizoguchi | Minosuke Bandō, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kōtarō Bandō | 1946 | 1880s | |
Surōnin makaritōru | Daisuke Itō | Tsumasaburō Bandō, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Kusuo Abe | 1947 | ||
Waga Koi wa Moenu | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake | 1949 | ||
Ore wa yojinbo | Hiroshi Inagaki | Chiezō Kataoka, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Achako Hanabishi | 1950 | ||
Senritu | Hideo Sekigawa | Utaemon Ichikawa, Haruyo Ichikawa | 1950 | ||
Wakasama samurai torimonochō: nazo no nōmen yashiki | Nobuo Nakagawa | Yatarō Kurokawa, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Seizaburō Kawazu | 1950 | ||
Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa | Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura | 1950 | ||
Kanketsu Sasaki Kojirō: Ganryū-jima kettō | Hiroshi Inagaki | Tomoemon Otani, Toshiro Mifune, Hisako Yamane | 1951 | ||
Five Men of Edo | Daisuke Itō | Tsumasaburō Bandō, Utaemon Ichikawa, Isuzu Yamada | 1951 | ||
Vendetta of a Samurai | Kazuo Mori | Toshirō Mifune, Yuriko Hamada, Takashi Shimura | 1952 | Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Mainichi Film Concours | |
The Life of Oharu | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirō Sugai, Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura | 1952 | ||
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail | Akira Kurosawa | Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Kenichi Enomoto | 1952 | ||
Sword for Hire | Hiroshi Inagaki | Rentarō Mikuni, Danshirō Ichikawa, Shirley Yamaguchi | 1952 | ||
Tsukigata Hanpeita | Kokichi Uchide | Hiroshi Aoyama, Masao Aoyama, Michiyo Azuma | 1952 | ||
Ugetsu Monogatari | Kenji Mizoguchi | Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō, Kinuyo Tanaka | 1953 | Based on the novel of the same name. | |
Gate of Hell | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyō | 1953 | Awards: 2 Academy Awards, 1 Golden Leopard, 1 New York Film Critics Circle Award, Palme d'Or, | |
Sansho the Bailiff | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō | 1954 | Awards: 1 Silver Lion | |
Seven Samurai | Akira Kurosawa | Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune | 1954 | Awards: 2 Jussi Awards, 1 Mainichi Film Award, 1 Silver Lion | |
Akō gishi | Ryohei Arai | Yatarō Kurokawa | 1954 | ||
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Rentarō Mikuni | 1954 | Awards: 1 Academy Award | |
The Crucified Lovers | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō | 1954 | Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award | |
The Playful Fox and the Thousand Cherry Trees | Torajiro Saito | Takashi Wada, Yumiko Hasegawa | 1954 | ||
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji | Tomu Uchida | Chiezo Kataoka, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa | 1955 | Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award | |
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta | 1955 | ||
The Lone Journey | Hiroshi Inagaki | Ryō Ikebe, Mariko Okada, Akihiko Hirata | 1955 | ||
Tales of the Taira Clan | Kenji Mizoguchi | Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizō Ichikawa, Tatsuya Ishiguro | 1955 | Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours | |
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta | 1956 | ||
Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki | Sadatsugu Matsuda | Harue Akagi, Ryūtarō Aoyagi, Ushio Akashi | 1956 | ||
Yagyū Ren'yasai: Hidentsuki Kageshō | Katsuhiko Tasaka | Raizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu, Yataro Kurokawa, Ryosuke Kagawa | 1956 | ||
Ghost of Hanging in Utusunomiya | Nobuo Nakagawa | Hiroshi Ogasawara, Akemi Tsukushi, Tetsurō Tanba | 1956 | ||
Dandy Sashichi Detective Story: Six Famous Beauties | Nobuo Nakagawa | Tomisaburō Wakayama, Keiko Hibino, Misako Uji | 1956 | ||
Throne of Blood | Akira Kurosawa | Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura | 1957 | ||
Yagyu Secret Scrolls | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshirō Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Kuga, Mariko Okada, Denjiro Okochi, Kyoko Kagawa | 1957 | ||
The Idle Vassal: House of the Snake Princess | Yasushi Sasaki | Utaemon Ichikawa | 1957 | ||
Adauchi sōzenji baba | Masahiro Makino | Ryūtarō Ōtomo | 1957 | ||
Sword in the Moonlight | Tomu Uchida | Chiezo Kataoka, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yumiko Hasegawa | 1957 | Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours | |
Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate | Yuzo Kawashima | Frankie Sakai, Yōko Minamida, Sachiko Hidari, Yujiro Ishihara | 1957 | Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Kinema Junpo Award, 1 Mainichi Film Concours | |
A Matter of Valor | Tatsuyasu Osone | Ineko Arima, Junzaburō Ban, Minosuke Bandō | 1957 | ||
The Prodigal Son | Hiromichi Horikawa | Senjaku Nakamura, Ganjirō Nakamura, Eiko Miyoshi | 1957 | ||
Momotarō-zamurai | Kenji Misumi | Raizō Ichikawa, Yōko Uraji, Seizaburō Kawazu | 1957 | Based on the novel of the same name. | |
Ohtori-jo hanayome | Sadatsugu Matsuda | Harue Akagi, Ushio Akashi | 1957 | ||
Akadō Suzunosuke: Tsukiyo no kaijin | Bin Kado | Masaji Umeiwa, Narutoshi Hayashi, Tamao Nakamura | 1957 | ||
Akadō Suzunosuke: Shingetsu-to no yōki | Bin Kado | Masaji Umeiwa, Narutoshi Hayashi, Tamao Nakamura | 1957 | ||
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part II | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshirō Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Kuga, Mariko Okada, Nobuko Otowa, Eijirō Tōno | 1957 | ||
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War | Kunio Watanabe | Kanjūrō Arashi, Kusuo Abe, Minoru Takada | 1958 | ||
The Loyal 47 Ronin | Kunio Watanabe | Kazuo Hasegawa, Shintaro Katsu, Kōji Tsuruta, Raizō Ichikawa, Machiko Kyō | 1958 | ||
The Ballad of Narayama | Keisuke Kinoshita | Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuuko Mochizuki | 1958 | Awards: 3 Kinema Junpo Awards, 3 Mainichi Film Concours | |
The 7th Secret Courier for Edo | Kazuo Mori | Raizo Ichikawa, Michiko Ai, Tokiko Mita | 1958 | ||
The Hidden Fortress | Akira Kurosawa | Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara | 1958 | Awards: 1 Silver Bear Award | |
Akadō Suzunosuke: Mitsume no chōjin | Kazuo Mori | Masaji Umeiwa, Narutoshi Hayashi, Yatarō Kurokawa | 1958 | ||
Hibari torimonocho: Kanzashi koban | Tadashi Sawashima | Hibari Misora, Kōtarō Satomi, Chiyonosuke Azuma | 1958 | ||
Doku-ganryu Masamune | Toshikazu Kōno | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Keiko Ogawa, Yoshiko Sakuma | 1959 | ||
Life of an Expert Swordsman | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa | 1959 | ||
The Ghost of Yotsuya | Nobuo Nakagawa | Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Katsuko Wakasugi | 1959 | ||
Kagero ezu | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Raizō Ichikawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Osamu Takizawa | 1959 | ||
Shoretsu shinsengumi - bakumatsu no doran | Ko Sasaki | Chiezo Kataoka, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Yatarō Kurokawa | 1960 | ||
The Story of Osaka Castle | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Kyōko Kagawa, Akihiko Hirata | 1961 | ||
Akō Rōshi | Sadatsugu Matsuda | Kusuo Abe, Kyōko Aoyama, Chiyonosuke Azuma | 1961 | ||
Yojimbo | Akira Kurosawa | Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada | 1961 | ||
Miyamoto Musashi | Tomu Uchida | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Akiko Kazami, Wakaba Irie | 1961 | ||
Hangyakuji | Daisuke Itō | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Chiyonosuke Azuma | 1961 | Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Mainichi Film Concours | |
Hatamoto kenka taka | Nobuo Nakagawa | Utaemon Ichikawa, Ryūji Shinagawa, Atsushi Watanabe | 1961 | ||
Sanjuro | Akira Kurosawa | Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama | 1962 | Sequel to the 1961 film Yojimbo. | |
In Search of Mother | Tai Katō | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Michiyo Kogure | 1962 | ||
The Tale of Zatoichi | Kenji Misumi | Shintaro Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryuzo Shimada, Hajime Mitamura, Shigeru Amachi | 1962 | ||
Harakiri | Masaki Kobayashi | Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarō Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama | 1962 | ||
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues | Kazuo Mori | Shintarō Katsu, Yoshie Mizutani, Masayo Banri, Tomisaburō Wakayama | 1962 | ||
Chushingura | Hiroshi Inagaki | Matsumoto Hakuō I, Yūzō Kayama, Toshiro Mifune, Chūsha Ichikawa, Akira Kubo | 1962 | ||
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights | Tomu Uchida | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Isao Kimura | 1962 | ||
Shiro Amakusa, the Christian Rebel | Nagisa Oshima | Hashizō Ohkawa, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Satomi Oka | 1962 | ||
Shinobi no Mono | Satsuo Yamamoto | Raizō Ichikawa, Yūnosuke Itō, Shiho Fujimura | 1962 | Based on the novel of the same name. | |
Sen-hime to Hideyori | Masahiro Makino | Hibari Misora, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura | 1962 | ||
Shinsengumi Chronicles | Kenji Misumi | Shigeru Amachi, San'emon Arashi, Saburō Date | 1963 | ||
An Actor's Revenge | Kon Ichikawa | Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto | 1963 | Remake of the 1935 film An Actor's Revenge. | |
The New Tale of Zatoichi | Tokuzo Tanaka | Shintaro Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi | 1963 | ||
Escape from Hell | Kazuo Inoue | Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Takahiro Tamura | 1963 | ||
Sengoku Yaro | Kihachi Okamoto | Yūzō Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satō | 1963 | ||
Seventeen Ninja | Yasuto Hasegawa | Kōtarō Satomi, Jūshirō Konoe, Yuriko Mishima | 1963 | ||
Bushido | Tadashi Imai | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Eijirō Tōno, Kyōko Kishida | 1963 | ||
Brave Records of the Sanada Clan | Tai Kato | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Misako Watanabe | 1963 | ||
Zatoichi the Fugitive | Tokuzo Tanaka | Shintaro Katsu, Miwa Takada, Sachiko Murase | 1963 | ||
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance | Satsuo Yamamoto | Raizō Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura | 1963 | Based on the novel of the same name. | |
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel Against Yagyu | Tomu Uchida | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Isao Kimura | 1963 | ||
Zatoichi on the Road | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Shintarō Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Ryūzō Shimada | 1963 | ||
The Lost World of Sinbad | Senkichi Taniguchi | Toshirō Mifune, Tadao Nakamaru, Mie Hama | 1963 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Chinese Jade | Tokuzō Tanaka | Raizō Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Shinobu Araki | 1963 | ||
13 Assassins | Eiichi Kudo | Chiezo Kataoka, Kō Nishimura, Ryōhei Uchida | 1963 | ||
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi | Shigehiro Ozawa | Utaemon Ichikawa, Takeshi Katō, Kei Satō | 1963 | ||
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection | Kazuo Mori | Raizō Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Saburō Date | 1963 | ||
Castle of Owls | Eiichi Kudō | Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Minoru Ōki, Hizuru Takachiho | 1963 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure | Kenji Misumi | Raizō Ichikawa, Kōichi Aihara, San'emon Arashi | 1964 | ||
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold | Kazuo Ikehiro | Shintarō Katsu, Shōgo Shimada, Mikiko Tsubouchi | 1964 | ||
Three Outlaw Samurai | Hideo Gosha | Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirō Hira, Yoshiko Kayama | 1964 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Raizō Ichikawa, Kyooko Azuma, Ryonosuke Azuma | 1964 | ||
Assassination | Masahiro Shinoda | Tetsuro Tamba, Shima Iwashita | 1964 | ||
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege | Tokuzo Tanaka | Raizō Ichikawa, Saburō Date, Midori Isomura | 1964 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Seduction | Kazuo Ikehiro | Raizō Ichikawa, Michiko Ai, Akira Amemiya | 1964 | ||
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight | Kenji Misumi | Shintarō Katsu, Nobuo Kaneko, Gen Kimura | 1964 | ||
Adauchi | Tadashi Imai | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Takahiro Tamura, Tetsurō Tanba | 1964 | ||
Onibaba | Kaneto Shindo | Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō | 1964 | ||
Kwaidan | Masaki Kobayashi | Rentarō Mikuni, Keiko Kishi, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai | 1964 | ||
Adventures of Zatoichi | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Shintarō Katsu, Miwa Takada, Eiko Taki | 1964 | ||
Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari | Tai Katō | Sumiko Fuji, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Isao Kimura | 1964 | Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award | |
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijoji | Tomu Uchida | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Isao Kimura | 1964 | ||
Shinobi no Mono 5: zoku kirigakure Saizo | Kazuo Ikehiro | Raizō Ichikawa, Yukiko Fuji, Shiho Fujimura | 1964 | ||
Warrior of the Wind | Tai Katō | Hashizō Ohkawa, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Naoko Kubo | 1964 | ||
Samurai Assassin | Kihachi Okamoto | Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yunosuke Ito, Michiyo Aratama | 1965 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire | Kenji Misumi | Raizō Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Sanae Nakahara | 1965 | ||
The Scarlet Camellia | Yoshitarō Nomura | Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katō, Sachiko Hidari | 1965 | Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award | |
Red Beard | Akira Kurosawa | Toshiro Mifune, Yūzō Kayama | 1965 | ||
Zatoichi's Revenge | Akira Inoue | Shintarō Katsu, Norihei Miki, Mikiko Tsubouchi | 1965 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Raizō Ichikawa, Michiko Saga, Machiko Hasegawa | 1965 | ||
Shinobi no Mono 6: Iga Mansion | Kazuo Mori | Raizō Ichikawa, Kaoru Yachigusa, Isao Yamagata | 1965 | ||
Muhomatsu no issho | Kenji Misumi | Shintarō Katsu, Ineko Arima, Ken Utsui | 1965 | ||
Yotsuya Kaidan | Shirō Toyoda | Tatsuya Nakadai, Mariko Okada, Junko Ikeuchi | 1965 | ||
Sword of the Beast | Hideo Gosha | Mikijirō Hira, Go Kato | 1965 | ||
Miyamoto Musashi: Musashi vs. Kojiro | Tomu Uchida | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Wakaba Irie | 1965 | ||
Akuto | Kyoko Kishida | Kaneto Shindo | 1965 | ||
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man | Kazuo Mori | Shintarō Katsu, Kanbi Fujiyama, Eiko Taki | 1965 | ||
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert | Kenji Misumi | Shintarō Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi | 1965 | ||
Samurai Spy | Masahiro Shinoda | Kōji Takahashi | 1965 | ||
Shinobi no Mono 7: shin kirigakure Saizo | Kazuo Mori | Raizō Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Yūko Kusunoki | 1966 | ||
The Sword of Doom | Kihachi Okamoto | Tatsuya Nakadai, Yūzō Kayama, Michiyo Aratama, Toshiro Mifune | 1966 | Based on the novel of the same name. | |
The Magic Serpent | Tetsuya Yamauchi | Hiroki Matsukata, Tomoko Ogawa, Ryūtarō Ōtomo | 1966 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Mask of the Princess | Akira Inoue | Raizō Ichikawa, Yaeko Mizutani, Ichirō Nakatani | 1966 | ||
Daimajin | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Jun Fujimaki | 1966 | ||
Zatoichi's Vengeance | Tokuzō Tanaka | Shintarō Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Jun Hamamura | 1966 | ||
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage | Kazuo Ikehiro | Shintarō Katsu, Michiyo Ōkusu, Kunie Tanaka | 1966 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Villainy | Kenji Misumi | Raizō Ichikawa, Shigeru Amachi, Shiho Fujimura | 1966 | ||
Samurai Wolf | Hideo Gosha | Isao Natsuyagi, Ryōhei Uchida, Junko Miyazono | 1966 | ||
Shinobi no Mono 8: A New Beginning | Kazuo Ikehiro | Raizō Ichikawa, Manami Fuji, Michiyo Ōkusu | 1966 | ||
The Blazing Sword | Hirokazu Ichimura | Tetsuko Kobayashi, Asahi Kurizuka, Shun'ya Wazaki | 1966 | ||
Kutsukake Tokijiro: Yukyo Ippiki | Tai Katō | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Junko Ikeuchi | 1966 | ||
Zenigata Heiji | Tetsuya Yamauchi | Kazuo Funaki, Asao Koike, Akitake Kōno | 1966 | ||
Band of Ninja | Nagisa Oshima | Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Toshirō Hayano, Hikaru Hayashi | 1967 | ||
Samurai Wolf II | Hideo Gosha | Isao Natsuyagi, Ichirō Nakatani, Bin Amatsu | 1967 | ||
Samurai Rebellion | Masaki Kobayashi | Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa | 1967 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps | Kazuo Ikehiro | Raizō Ichikawa, Nobuo Kaneko | 1967 | ||
Zatoichi the Outlaw | Satsuo Yamamoto | Shintarō Katsu, Rentarō Mikuni, Kō Nishimura | 1967 | ||
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka | Yasuzō Masumura | Raizō Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Hideko Takamine | 1967 | Based on the novel of the same name. | |
Eleven Samurai | Eiichi Kudo | Isao Natsuyagi, Kōtarō Satomi, Kōji Nanbara | 1967 | ||
Bakumatsu: Tenamonya daizōdō | Kengo Furusawa | Makoto Fujita, Minoru Shiraki, Kei Tani | 1967 | ||
Zatoichi Challenged | Kenji Misumi | Shintarō Katsu, Jūshirō Konoe, Miwa Takada | 1967 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman | Tokuzō Tanaka | Raizō Ichikawa, Miwa Takada, Yaeko Mizutani | 1968 | ||
Kuroneko | Kaneto Shindō | Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satō | 1968 | Awards: 2 Mainichi Film Concours | |
Sleepy Eyes of Death: In the Spider's Lair | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Raizō Ichikawa, Mako Midori, Maka Sarijo | 1968 | ||
Botan Dōrō | Satsuo Yamamoto | Miyoko Akaza, Kōjirō Hongō, Hajime Koshikawa | 1968 | Based on the short story of the same name. | |
Kill! | Kihachi Okamoto | Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Naoko Kubo, Shigeru Kōyama | 1968 | ||
The Silent Stranger | Luigi Vanzi | Tony Anthony, Kenji Ohara, Rita Mura, Lloyd Battista | 1968 | ||
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie | Kazuo Ikehiro | Raizō Ichikawa, Naoko Kubo, Shiho Fujimura | 1969 | ||
Samurai Banners | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Akihiko Hirata | 1969 | ||
Bakuto Ichidai Chimatsuri Fudo | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Saburō Date, Tatsuo Endō | 1969 | ||
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman | Sadatsugu Matsuda | Yōko Matsuyama, Chizuko Arai, Jun Tatara | 1969 | ||
Goyokin | Hideo Gosha | Tatsuya Nakadai, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Tetsuro Tanba | 1969 | Awards: 2 Mainichi Film Concours | |
Double Suicide | Masahiro Shinoda | Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita | 1969 | Based on the play of the same name. | |
Devil's Temple | Kenji Misumi | Shintarō Katsu, Hideko Takamine, Michiyo Aratama | 1969 | ||
Hitokiri | Hideo Gosha | Shintaro Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukio Mishima | 1969 | ||
Retsuden shumei tobaku | Keiichi Ozawa | Chieko Matsubara, Tatsuya Fuji, Meiko Kaji | 1969 | ||
Red Lion | Kihachi Okamoto | Toshirō Mifune, Shima Iwashita | 1969 | ||
Portrait of Hell | Shirō Toyoda | Hideyo Amamoto, Yōko Naitō, Tatsuya Nakadai | 1969 | ||
Tengu-to | Satsuo Yamamoto | Tatsuya Nakadai, Ayako Wakao, Gō Katō | 1969 | ||
Shinsengumi | Tadashi Sawashima | Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Kinya Kitaoji, Rentarō Mikuni, Yoko Tsukasa | 1969 | ||
The Fort of Death | Eiichi Kudō | Kanjūrō Arashi, Hideo Fujimoto, Teruo Fujinaga | 1969 | ||
Zatoichi meets Yojimbo | Kihachi Okamoto | Toshirō Mifune, Shintarō Katsu, Ayako Wakao | 1970 | ||
The Ambush: Incident at Blood Pass | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshirō Mifune, Yūjirō Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka | 1970 | ||
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival | Kenji Misumi | Shintarō Katsu, Reiko Ōhara, Pîtâ | 1970 | ||
Bakumatsu | Daisuke Itō | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi | 1970 | ||
Onna jigoku uta: Shakuhachi benten | Mamoru Watanabe | Tamaki Katori, Noriko Tatsumi, Rima Aoyama | 1970 | ||
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Shintarō Katsu, Yu Wang, Watako Hamaki | 1971 | Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours | |
Miyamoto Musashi VI | Tomu Uchida | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Rentarō Mikuni, Teruo Matsuyama | 1971 | Awards: 1 Golden Charybdis | |
En toiu onna | Tadashi Imai | Shinjirō Ehara, Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katō | 1971 | ||
Inochi bō ni furō (Inn of Evil) | Masaki Kobayashi | Tatsuya Nakadai, Komaki Kurihara, Wakako Sakai | 1971 | Awards: 5 Mainichi Film Concours, 1 Taormina International Film Festival Award | |
Zatoichi at Large | Kazuo Mori | Shintarō Katsu, Rentarō Mikuni, Hisaya Morishige | 1972 | Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours | |
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance | Kenji Misumi | Tomisaburō Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Tomoko Mayama | 1972 | ||
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx | Kenji Misumi | Tomisaburō Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Akiji Kobayashi | 1972 | ||
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades | Kenji Misumi | Tomisaburō Wakayama, Gō Katō, Yūko Hama | 1972 | ||
Shadow Hunters | Toshio Masuda | Yūjirō Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Ryōhei Uchida | 1972 | Based on the manga series of the same name. | |
Zatoichi in Desperation | Shintarō Katsu | Shintarō Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Kyoko Yoshizawa | 1972 | ||
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny | Toshio Masuda | Yūjirō Ishihara, Ryōhei Uchida, Mikio Narita | 1972 | Based on the manga series of the same name. | |
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril | Takeichi Saitō | Tomisaburō Wakayama, Yoichi Hayashi, Michi Azuma | 1972 | ||
Kogarashi Monjirō | Sadao Nakajima | Bunta Sugawara, Gorō Ibuki, Takayuki Akutagawa | 1972 | ||
Kogarashi Monjirō: kakawari gozansen | Sadao Nakajima | Bunta Sugawara, Etsuko Ichihara, Kunie Tanaka | 1972 | ||
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice | Kenji Misumi | Shintaro Katsu | 1972 | ||
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare | Yasuzo Masumura | Shintaro Katsu | 1973 | ||
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons | Kenji Misumi | Tomisaburō Wakayama, Michiyo Ōkusu, Akihiro Tomikawa | 1973 | ||
Lady Snowblood | Toshiya Fujita | Meiko Kaji | 1973 | Based on the manga series of the same name. | |
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? | Yoshio Inoue | Shintaro Katsu | 1974 | ||
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell | Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Tomisaburō Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi | 1974 | ||
Ryoma Ansatsu | Kazuo Kuroki | Yoshio Harada, Yūsaku Matsuda, Renji Ishibashi, Kaori Momoi | 1974 | ||
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki | Yasuzo Masumura | Ryudo Uzaki, Meiko Kaji | 1978 | Based on the play of the same name. | |
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Hideo Gosha | Tatsuya Nakadai, Junko Miyashita | 1978 | ||
Shogun's Samurai | Kinji Fukasaku | Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Shinichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata | 1978 | ||
Hunter in the Dark | Hideo Gosha | Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurō Tanba, Yoshio Harada | 1979 | Awards: 1 Japanese Academy Award | |
The Shogun Assassins | Sadao Nakajima | Hiroki Matsukata, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ichirō Ogura | 1979 | Awards: 1 Japanese Academy Award | |
Swords of Vengeance | Kinji Fukasaku | Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Sonny Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Tetsuro Tamba, Toshirō Mifune | 1978 | ||
G.I. Samurai | Kōsei Saitō | Sonny Chiba | 1979 | ||
Kagemusha | Akira Kurosawa | Tatsuya Nakadai | 1980 | Awards: 2 BAFTA Awards, 1 César Award, 2 David di Donatello Awards, 1 Palme d'Or | |
Tokugawa ichizoku no houkai | Kōsaku Yamashita | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Mikijirō Hira | 1980 | ||
Shogun Assassin | Robert Houston | Tomisaburo Wakayama | 1980 | ||
Shogun's Ninja | Noribumi Suzuki | Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi | 1980 | ||
Sekigahara | Shin'ichi Kamoshita, Ichiro Takahashi | Hisaya Morishige, Gō Katō, Rentarō Mikuni, Toshirō Mifune | 1981 | Television film | |
Kazunomiya sama otome | Kenji Sawai | Shinobu Ōtake, Mitsuko Mori, Kimiko Ikegami | 1981 | Television film | |
Eijanaika | Shohei Imamura | Kaori Momoi, Shigeru Izumiya, Ken Ogata | 1981 | ||
Shikake-nin Baian | Yasuo Furuhata | Katsuo Nakamura | 1981 | ||
Samurai Reincarnation | Kinji Fukasaku | Sonny Chiba, Kenji Sawada | 1981 | ||
Edo Porn | Kaneto Shindō | Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yūko Tanaka | 1981 | Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Hochi Film Award, 2 Japanese Academy Awards, 1 Yokohama Film Festival Award | |
The Bushido Blade | Tom Kotani | Sonny Chiba, Frank Converse, Mako Iwamatsu, Laura Gemser James Earl Jones, Toshiro Mifune | 1981 | ||
The Ninja Wars | Kōsei Saitō | Hiroyuki Sanada, Noriko Watanabe, Jun Miho | 1982 | Awards: 3 Japanese Academy Awards | |
The Ballad of Narayama | Shōhei Imamura | Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari | 1983 | Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Hochi Film Award, 3 Japanese Academy Awards, 2 Mainichi Film Concours, 1 Palme d'Or | |
Legend of the Eight Samurai | Kinji Fukasaku | Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba | 1983 | ||
Hissatsu! | Masahisa Sadanaga | Makoto Fujita, Kunihiko Mitamura, Izumi Ayukawa | 1984 | Based on the television series of the same name. | |
Onna goroshi abura no jigoku | Ben Wada | Yūsaku Matsuda, Tomoko Ogawa, Jiro Sakagami | 1984 | Television film | |
Ran | Akira Kurosawa | Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada | 1985 | Awards: 2 BAFTA Awards | |
Gonza the Spearman | Masahiro Shinoda | Hiromi Go, Shohei Hino, Shima Iwashita | 1986 | Awards: 1 Silver Bear | |
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma | Yoshitaka Kawai | Tetsuya Takeda, Toshio Shiba, Takuro Yoshida | 1986 | Awards: 1 Hochi Film Award | |
Rikyu | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Rentarō Mikuni, Tsutomu Yamazaki | 1989 | ||
Shōgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu | Yasuo Furuhata | Ken Ogata, Norihito Arai, Toshihiro Asari | 1989 | ||
Death of a Tea Master | Kei Kumai | Eiji Okuda, Toshirō Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura | 1989 | Awards: 1 Japanese Academy Award, 1 Kinema Junpo Award, 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award, 1 Silver Hugo, 1 Silver Lion | |
Heaven and Earth | Haruki Kadokawa | Enoki Takaaki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi, Nomura Hironobu | 1990 | ||
Sengoku Ransei no Abarenbo Saito Dosan Doto no Tenka Tori | Eiichi Kudō | Kumiko Akiyoshi, Shin'ichi Chiba, Ken Matsudaira | 1991 | Television film | |
Journey of Honor | Gordon Hessler | Sho Kosugi, David Essex, Kane Kosugi | 1991 | ||
Bakumatsu jyunjyoden | Mitsuyuki Yakushiji | Ken Watanabe, Riho Makise, Tetta Sugimoto | 1991 | ||
Mangetsu: Mr. Moonlight | Kazuki Ohmori | Saburō Tokitō, Bin Amatsu, Leo Morimoto | 1991 | ||
Gō-hime | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Rie Miyazawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiya Nagasawa | 1992 | Awards: 2 Japanese Academy Awards | |
The Oil-Hell Murder | Hideo Gosha | Kanako Higuchi, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi | 1992 | ||
Ihen kaidō | Kōsei Saitō | Ikkō Furuya, Mariko Fuji, Shōhei Hino | 1993 | Television film | |
Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjiro | Kon Ichikawa | Atsuo Nakamura, Ryōko Sakaguchi, Ittoku Kishibe | 1993 | ||
Crest of Betrayal | Kinji Fukasaku | Kōichi Satō, Saki Takaoka, Keiko Oginome, Tsunehiko Watase, Eriko Watanabe | 1994 | ||
47 Ronin | Kon Ichikawa | Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai | 1994 | ||
Sharaku | Masahiro Shinoda | Hiroyuki Sanada, Frankie Sakai, Shima Iwashita, Tsurutarō Kataoka | 1995 | ||
Bungo torimono ezu - Harikomi | Keiichi Ozawa | Hashinosuke Nakamura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sayuri Kokushō | 1996 | Television film | |
Reborn From Hell: Samurai Armageddon | Kazumasa Shirai | Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yūko Moriyama | 1996 | Remake of the 1981 film Samurai Reincarnation. | |
Legend of the Devil | Masaru Tsushima | Masaki Kyōmoto, Atsuo Nakamura, Daisuke Ryū | 1996 | ||
Samurai Fiction: Episode One | Hiroyuki Nakano | Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tomoyasu Hotei | 1998 | Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours, 1 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Award, 2 Sitges Awards | |
Kunoichi ninpō-chō: Yagyū gaiden, Edo-bana jigoku-hen | Hitoshi Ozawa | Ryūshi Mizukami, Yūko Moriyama, Hitoshi Ozawa | 1998 | ||
After the Rain | Takashi Koizumi | Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shiro Mifune, Mieko Harada, Tatsuya Nakadai | 1999 | ||
Owls' Castle | Masahiro Shinoda | Kiichi Nakai, Mayu Tsuruta, Riona Hazuki | 1999 | Based on the novel under the same name. | |
Gohatto | Nagisa Oshima | Ryuhei Matsuda, Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano | 1999 | ||
Dora-Heita | Kon Ichikawa | Kōji Yakusho, Yūko Asano, Tsurutarō Kataoka | 2000 | ||
Gojoe | Sogo Ishii | Tadanobu Asano, Masatoshi Nagase, Daisuke Ryu, Jun Kunimura | 2000 | Awards: 1 Hochi Film Award | |
Kewaishi | Mitsutoshi Tanaka | Kippei Shîna, Miho Kanno, Chizuru Ikewaki | 2001 | Awards: 1 Tokyo International Film Festival Award | |
Onmyoji | Yōjirō Takita | Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Ito, Hiroyuki Sanada | 2001 | ||
Chūshingura 1/47 | Shunsaku Kawamo | Takuya Kimura, Kōichi Satō | 2001 | Television film. Remake of the 1932 film Chūshingura - Zempen: Akahokyō no maki. | |
Kikuchi-jō monogatari - sakimori-tachi no uta | Takashi Miike | Tōru Emori, Renji Ishibashi, Jinpachi Nezu | 2001 | ||
Zuiketsu gensō - Tonkararin yume densetsu | Takashi Miike | Mikijirō Hira | 2001 | ||
Onna kunishuu ikki | Takashi Miike | Mihoko Abe, Noriko Aota, Ayumi Asakura | 2002 | ||
Sabu | Takashi Miike | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Satoshi Tsumabuki | 2002 | Television film | |
The Sea Is Watching | Kei Kumai | Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tōno, Masatoshi Nagase | 2002 | ||
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover | Jun Ichikawa | Noritake Kinashi, Kiichi Nakai, Kyōka Suzuki | 2002 | Awards: 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award | |
The Twilight Samurai | Yoji Yamada | Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa | 2002 | Awards: 12 Japanese Academy Awards | |
When the Last Sword Is Drawn | Yōjirō Takita | Kiichi Nakai, Kōichi Satō, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata | 2003 | ||
Aragami | Ryuhei Kitamura | Takao Osawa, Masaya Kato, Kanae Uotani, Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki | 2003 | Awards: 1 Silver Raven | |
Makai Tenshō | Hideyuki Hirayama | Yōsuke Kubozuka, Kumiko Asō, Tetta Sugimoto | 2003 | ||
Azumi | Ryuhei Kitamura | Aya Ueto | 2003 | Based on the manga series of the same name. | |
Zatōichi | Takeshi Kitano | Beat Takeshi, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa | 2003 | ||
Onmyoji 2 | Yōjirō Takita | Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Itō, Eriko Imai, Kyoko Fukada, Hayato Ichihara | 2003 | ||
Warau Iemon | Yukio Ninagawa | Toshiaki Karasawa, Koyuki, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi | 2004 | Awards: 2 Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards, 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award | |
Werewolf Warrior | Tomo'o Haraguchi | Ryūji Harada, Nozomi Andō, Tatsuo Higashida | 2004 | ||
Izo | Takashi Miike | Kazuya Nakayama, Takeshi Kitano, Bob Sapp | 2004 | ||
The Hidden Blade | Yoji Yamada | Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Yukiyoshi Ozawa | 2004 | ||
Azumi 2: Death or Love | Shusuke Kaneko | Aya Ueto | 2005 | Based on the manga series of the same name. | |
Ashura | Yōjirō Takita | Somegorō Ichikawa, Rie Miyazawa, Kanako Higuchi | 2005 | Awards: 1 Hochi Film Award, 1 Kinema Junpo Award, 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award, 1 Yokohama Film Festival Award | |
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 | Masaaki Tezuka | Yōsuke Eguchi, Kyōka Suzuki, Haruka Ayase | 2005 | Awards: 1 Asia-Pacific Film Festival Award | |
Hana | Hirokazu Koreeda | Jun'ichi Okada, Rie Miyazawa, Arata Furuta | 2006 | Awards: 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award | |
Love and Honor | Yoji Yamada | Kimura Takuya, Dan Rei, Takashi Sasano | 2006 | ||
Kaidan | Hideo Nakata | Kumiko Asō, Takaaki Enoki, Reona Hirota | 2007 | Awards: 1 Yokohama Film Festival Award | |
Sukiyaki Western Django | Takashi Miike | Hideaki Ito, Kōichi Satō, Yusuke Iseya | 2007 | ||
Chacha | Hajime Hashimoto | Ryōko Gi, Mieko Harada, Takehiro Hira | 2007 | ||
Yamazakura | Tetsuo Shinohara | Rena Tanaka, Noriyuki Higashiyama, Tetsuya Chiba | 2008 | ||
Geisha Assassin | Gō Ohara | Minami Tsukui, Shigeru Kanai, Nao Nagasawa | 2008 | ||
Ichi | Fumihiko Sori | Takao Osawa, Haruka Ayase, Shido Nakamura, Yosuke Kubozuka | 2008 | ||
Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf | Kurando Mitsutake | Kurando Mitsutake, Jeffrey James Lippold, Domiziano Arcangeli | 2009 | ||
Ballad: Na mo naki koi no uta | Takashi Yamazaki | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yui Aragaki, Akashi Takei | 2009 | ||
Castle Under Fiery Skies | Mitsutoshi Tanaka | Toshiyuki Nishida, Shōzō Endō, Saki Fukuda | 2009 | ||
Sword of Desperation | Hideyuki Hirayama | Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Koji Kikkawa | 2010 | ||
13 Assassins | Takashi Miike | Kōji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yūsuke Iseya, Goro Inagaki, Masachika Ichimura, Mikijirō Hira | 2010 | Remake of the 1963 film 13 Assassins. | |
Ōoku | Fuminori Kaneko | Ko Shibasaki, Kazunari Ninomiya, Hiroshi Tamaki | 2010 | Based on the manga series of the same name. | |
Sakurada Gate Incident | Junya Sato | Takao Ohsawa, Kyoko Hasegawa, Minosuke Bandō | 2010 | ||
Abacus and Sword | Yoshimitsu Morita | Masato Sakai, Yukie Nakama, Kimimaro Ayanokōji | 2010 | ||
Scabbard Samurai | Hitoshi Matsumoto | Masatō Ibu, Jun Kunimura, Itsuji Itao | 2010 | ||
Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya | Nopporn Watin | Seigi Ozeki, Kanokkorn Jaicheun, Sorapong Chatree | 2010 | Awards: 1 Thailand National Film Association Award | |
The Winter Butterfly | Marcus Tozini | Sam Aoyama, Ikuma Isaac Fryman, Sharon Gee | 2010 | ||
At River's Edge | Tetsuo Shinohara | Noriyuki Higashiyama, Rinko Kikuchi | 2011 | ||
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | Takashi Miike | Ichikawa Ebizō XI, Eita, Kōji Yakusho | 2011 | Remake of the 1962 film Harakiri. | |
Shinobido | Toshiyuki Morioka | Aimi Satsukawa, Ryōichi Yuki, Ayaka Kikuchi | 2012 | ||
Rurouni Kenshin | Keishi Ōtomo | Takeru Sato, Emi Takei | 2012 | Based on the manga series of the same name. | |
The Dry Blade | Michael Fredianelli | Michael Nosé, Henry Lee, Carl Schreiber | 2012 | ||
The Floating Castle | Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo | Mansai Nomura | 2012 | ||
Unforgiven | Lee Sang-il | Ken Watanabe, Kōichi Satō, Akira Emoto | 2013 | Based on the 1992 American western of the same name. | |
Masterless | Craig Shimahara | Adam LaVorgna | 2014 | ||
Mission Impossible: Samurai | Katsuhide Motoki | Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyoko Fukada, Tsuyoshi Ihara | 2014 | [2] | |
Zakurozaka no Adauchi | Setsurō Wakamatsu | Kiichi Nakai, Hiroshi Abe, Ryōko Hirosue | 2014 | [3] | |
Kakekomi | Masato Harada | Yo Oizumi, Erika Toda, Hikari Mitsushima | 2015 | [4] |
Other adaptations
Title | Release date | Time period | Notes on setting |
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Shōgun | 1980 | 1600 | American mini-series based on the novel by James Clavell, loosely based on William Adams, the English navigator who served as a key advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu beginning in 1600. |
The 47 Ronin | 1941 | 1701–1703 | released just before the attack on Pearl Harbor and depicting the famous actions of the Forty-seven Ronin in 1701–1703. |
Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki | 1962 | 1701–1703 | another film about the Forty-seven Ronin |
Bushido Blade | 1981 | 1854 | about the forced opening of Japan in 1854. |
The Last Samurai | 2003 | 1877 | fictional story based around the Satsuma Rebellion |
Tora! Tora! Tora! | 1970 | 1941 | detailing the events leading up to and including the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. |
Midway | 1976 | 1942 | about the Battle of Midway between Japan and the United States in 1942. |
The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | 1942–1945 | about allied prisoners of war forced to work on the Burma Railway during World War II. |
Letters from Iwo Jima | 2006 | 1945 | Japanese-language film directed by Clint Eastwood about the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. |
Hiroshima | 1995 | 1945 | docu-drama about the events leading up to the use of the first atomic weapons in 1945. |
Korean and South Korean history
Title | Release date | Time period | Notes on setting |
---|---|---|---|
Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield | 2003 | 660 | set during the Battle of Hwangsanbeol |
A Frozen Flower | 2008 | 1330–1374 | set during the late Goryeo Dynasty. |
The Divine Weapon | 2008 | 1418–1450 | set during the reign of Sejong the Great. |
The King and the Clown | 2005 | 1494–1506 | set during the reign of Yeonsangun of Joseon. |
Musa (film) | 2001 | 1375 | story about diplomatic mission from the Goryeo travels to Ming China. |
Blades of Blood | 2010 | 1500s | set during the 16th century. |
Sword in the Moon | 2003 | ca. 1600 | set during the beginning of the 17th century. |
War of the Arrows | 2011 | 1636-7 | set during the second Manchu invasion of Korea. |
Shadows in the Palace | 2007 | 1600s | set during the 17th century. |
Chi-hwa-seon | 2002 | 1843–1897 | about the life of Korean painter Oh-won. |
The Sword with No Name | 2009 | 1800s | set during the 19th century. |
Taegukgi | 2004 | 1950–1953 | set during the Korean War |
Welcome to Dongmakgol | 2005 | 1950–1953 | set during the Korean War |
71: Into the Fire | 2010 | 1950–1953 | set during the Korean War |
The Front Line | 2011 | 1953 | during the Korean War ceasefire. |
Silmido | 2003 | 1970s | based on a military uprising on Silmido island |
The Good, the Bad, the Weird | 2008 | 1920–1930 | loosely based on the seizure of 150,000 won in Manchuria. |
The Admiral: Roaring Currents | 2014 | 1597 | Battle of Myeongnyang: naval battle between Japan and Korea |
Southeast Asia
Philippine history
Title | Release date | Time period | Setting | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aguila (Eagle) | 1980 | 1989–1940s | Philippines | Philippine History. |
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita (Aishite Imasu 1941: I Love You) | 2004 | 1941–1945 | Philippines | About the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines in World War II. |
Amaya | 2010 | 1400–1521 | Philippines | The film depicting the Philippines during the Classical Period. |
Amigo (Friend) | 2010 | 1900s | Philippines | Philippine–American War |
Tiniente Rosario (Sgt. Rosario) | 1937 | 1898–1901 | Philippines | The Story about the Philippine Revolutionary Army and its Female Sargent officer.[5] |
Baler | 2008 | 1898 | Philippines | During the Siege of Baler. |
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky | 1974 | c. 500 BC. | Philippines | The film depicts the Prehistory of the Philippines, and the construction of the Banaue Rice Terraces. |
Bayani (Hero) | 1992 | 1863–1897 | Philippines | The life of Andres Bonifacio. |
Alab ng Lahi | 2003 | 1945 | Philippines | The film depicts the Filipino Filipino Guerilas's During the end of Second World War lead by gergorio Magtangol and the friendship between the Japanese and Filipino soldier . |
Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo (Bonifacio: The First President) | 2014 | 1872-1897 | Philippines | The life of Philippine Revolutionary Andres Bonifacio from his founding of the Katipunan to his eventual execution. The film focused on the hypothesis that he, not Emilio Aguinaldo, was the first President of the Philippines. |
Aguila (Eagle) | 1980 | 1989–1940s | Philippines | Philippine history |
Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill, the Arturo Porcuna Story | 2013 | 1960s | Philippines | The life and death of Arturo "Boy Golden" Porcuna, who rose through the Manila underworld in the 1960s until his eventual murder. |
Dekada '70 (The 70s) | 2002 | 1970s | Philippines | Based on the novel of the same name by Lualhati Bautista. The setting is period of Martial law. |
El Presidente (The President) | 2012 | 1886–1962 | Philippines | The life of the first president of the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo which spans the Philippine Revolution, Philippine-American War, up to the full restoration of Philippine independence on July 4, 1946. |
Felix Manalo | 2015 | 1900s | Philippines | The life of Felix Manalo, founder and pioneer Executive Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, which spans from his early life up to the establishment of the church on July 27, 1914. |
Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon? (This is how we were, How are you doing now?) | 1970 | 1870–1895 | Philippines | The film depicts the Hispinized Society of the Philippines during the Spanish Period. |
Heneral Luna (General Luna) | 2015 | 1898-1903 | Philippines | The biography of General Antonio Luna's career up to his assassination. |
Ikaw Lamang (Only You) | 2014 | 1960s–1980s | Philippines | The film depicts the lifestyle of the wealthy Filipino landowners during the 1960s up to 1980s. |
Ilustrado | 2014 | 1860s–1890s | Philippines | The film tells the story about José Rizal's early life as a teenager and his tragic first love. |
Indio | 2011 | 1601–1677 | Philippines | An Epic Historical-fiction story about the Spanish Conquest and Philippine revolts against Spain. |
José Rizal | 1998 | 1861–1896 | Philippines | The life of the Philippine National Hero, José Rizal. |
Katipunan | 2013 | 1892–1897 | Philippines | Tells the how the Katipunan was formed from Andres Bonifacio's perspective. |
Lapu-Lapu | 1955 | 1491–1542 | Philippines | The life of Lapu-Lapu and death of Magellan. |
Lapu-Lapu | 2002 | 1491–1542 | Philippines | A remake of the 1955 film that tells the life of Lapu-Lapu. |
Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story | 2011 | 1951 | Philippines | The criminal life of Asiong Salonga that led to his assassination on October 7, 1951. |
Rosario | 2010 | 1920s | Philippines | The life of Rosario, a girl during the American Occupation Period. She was Manuel V. Pangilinan's grandmother. |
Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (Three Godless Years) | 1972 | 1942–1945 | Philippines | Philippines during World War II |
Tirad Pass: The Story of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar | 1997 | December 2, 1899 | Philippines | About the Battle of Tirad Pass, Philippine Campaign Against Americans leby General Gregorio Del Pilar. |
Santiago! | 1970 | 1941–1945 | Philippines | Depicting the Philippine campaign during World War II |
Mainland and Maritime Southeast Asia
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Title | Release date | Time period | Setting | Notes |
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Blood Letter | 2011 | c. 1442 | Vietnam | About the retaliation of Tran Nguyen Vu (Nguyen Trai's grandchild) for his grandfather death in 1442. The movie was based on Bui Anh Tan's bestselling of the same name. |
King Naresuan (film) | 2007 | 1555–1592 | Thailand (Siam) | The film is set after event in The Legend of Suriyothai about Naresuan, the King of Siam who was executes the plotters and ceremoniously declares Ayutthaya free and sovereign from Hanthawadi |
Krakatoa, East of Java | 1969 | 1883 | Indonesia | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, featured the 1883 eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa. |
The Rebel | 2007 | 1920s | Vietnam (French Indochina) | Set in Vietnam in 1920s, under colonial French rule. |
Indochine (film) | 1992 | 1930s | Vietnam (French Indochina) | French film set in the twilight of colonial French Indochina during the 1930s. |
Paradise Road | 1997 | 1939–1945 | Indonesia | About the event of World War II on the island of Sumatra. |
Leftenan Adnan | 2000 | 1940s | Malaysia | About the experiences of Adnan bin Saidi as a soldier during World War II. |
The Merdeka Trilogy: Merah Putih | 2009 | 1947 | Indonesia | About the struggles of the Indonesians throughout the Indonesian National Revolution. |
The Merdeka Trilogy: Darah Garuda | 2010 | 1947 | Indonesia | About the struggles of the Indonesians throughout the Indonesian National Revolution. |
The Scent of Green Papaya | 1993 | 1950s | Vietnam | Set in 1950s Saigon. |
The Quiet American | 2002 | 1952 | Vietnam | Set in Vietnam in 1952, and pertaining to emerging violent factions in the area and early CIA involvement. |
The Year of Living Dangerously | 1982 | 1960s | Indonesia | Directed by Peter Weir, about the Transition to the New Order or vivere pericolosamente. |
The White Silk Dress | 2006 | 1968 | Vietnam | Directed by Luu Huynh. It is about a tragedy in Vietnam War. |
The Killing Fields | 1984 | 1973 | Cambodia | About the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. The film begins in 1973. |
See also
References
- ↑ Hill (2002).
- ↑ 超高速!参勤交代(2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ 柘榴坂の仇討(2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ "駆込み女と駆出し男(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791585/
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