Top 10 Best Samurai Films Of The 21st Century 

Most underrated channel of RU-vid. Always love your content and am excited each time I see an upload. Wish more people would talk about Samurai history on the platform.

Wow! This made made my evening! Great list man. The few films here I haven't seen have now moved up to top priority.

Great Recommendations, will certainly be watching these! Thanks 🙂

Found some new ones I hadn’t heard of before to seek out. As ever, thanks for your good work, sir. 🍻

Excellent choice for no. 1. I totally agree. These films are so beautiful

Thanks for the reviews I'm definitely going to try to watch a few of these

Great Video thank you for this. Have a lot to go through 😅. Havent seen any of them. But will seek them out.

I'm currently on a Samurai movie binge and as much as I appreciate being recommended the classics and while they are definitely fun to watch and interesting in terms of the cinematography despite the limitations of the films being black and white, I would say a lot of the ones I like the most are the modern ones. Probably because I'm more into the tear jerkers. I've already seen half of these but I'm glad I stumbled upon this video.

Great list, well presented. Thanks for all your efforts in putting this together and as an older guy who's been stuck in classic Samurai film limbo, I'm really looking forward to watching these movies. Thank you again, you've got a new subscriber and fan of the channel!

I do love that some of the old western movies have "written by Akira Kurosawa" in the credits. [Solo]

Wow, there is a lots modern samurai film i haven't watched i gotta catch up lol. And also thanks for the nice video 👍

I was not ready for how different RK The Beginning was going to be from the other movies in the series - and I have to say I love it for that.

Oh yes!!! Awesome list!!!

Thank you for the recommendations,i cant wait for lumberjack monster by Takashi Miike,anyway ur video is good man keep up the good work

This was awesome. Before I even watched this, the Yoji Yamada trilogy was my favorite samurai movies, but there are some movies on your list that I haven't watched yet, so I am looking forward to it. Thank you.

I1v seen feew of the mention,but others no,so i start with one....Sword of desperation.....what a treat,what a treat...thank you. On to the next one :)

So glad I found this channel

Blade of the immortal is underrated. Better than live action Rurouni Kenshin

I also recommend the 2007 movie DORORO if you haven't seen it. It's a bonkers adaptation of the manga by Osamu Tezuka (ASTRO BOY, BLACK JACK), which btw was a major influence on the manga and film BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL. It's plot is that during the Sengoku period a samurai Warlord bargains his unborn son's body parts to 48 demons in exchange for power. Since this was a magical bargain the baby was born, minus these 48 parts, yet still alive! The warlord commanded his wife to dispose of the child but she pulled a Moses and sent it down the river in a basket. The baby was found by an alchemist and medicine man who crafted artificial body parts for the child in order for it to grow into a man! Twenty years later the young man, now named Hyakkimaru, seeks to kill the 48 demons and reclaim his true body using a magical sword that is literally inside his artifical arm! Joining Hyakkimaru in this quest in the tomboy thief and title character Dororo. She wants the magic sword Hyakkimaru has and keeps telling him she will steal it someday. The movie is like a cross between the Yokai monster films of the 60's and chambara films. Adding to this fantasy atmosphere is that it was shot in New Zealand in several of the same locations as LORD OF THE RINGS.

True, the west influenced / technology / films / clothes trends to Japan. My science teacher in a discussion stated Japan was generally a huge copycat but made things to seem original by changing small things or adding elements to create something interesting that is derived by western tech. However it's not like the blatant carbon copy methods of China without suffering from litigations we have today. I think Tomisaburô Wakayama is the best in samurai dynamic action scenes.

I really loved that baragaki film. It was surprisingly exquisite, especially for shinsengumi fans, who don't mind getting hammered with one Easter egg after another.

Good list😊

I believe the reason why Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning worked so well as an adaptation is because the OVA (Tsuiokuhen) it is based on is much more serious than the anime show. It is very dramatic and violent.

I can't believe Nakadaya is still alive. This is super good news to me!

All of them are awesome I love the 1960s samurai movies definitely my favorite is The spectacular showdown with Otomo Ryutaro very popular samurai actor of the 1960s definitely my favorite the sword fight at the end is awesome also stars Tomisaburo Wakayama have you seen that one its so good

I'm more interested in the samurai way of life and art. Certain films are excellent and truly epic. However, it's lovely to witness how they go about their daily lives. It's also lovely to see how the samurai use the art of sword fighting. It's a martial art that has a lot of deep meaning. It’s like an art. Akin to Kung Fu.

I watched "after ther rain" , excellent. I have the Yamada trilogy, excellent choice for #1. . I wish there where more like these.

Will you ever do a top 10 best Samurai Characters of all time?

Suprised not to see The Twilight Samurai 2002. Excellent movie. Hiroyuki Sanada is brilliant as always.

Have u seen Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi reimagination? It also stars Tadabonu Asano.

I have seen maybe the half of the list this week, others are just not uploaded to torrent :'(

Your reviews are awesome ... but I can't shake the idea that you sound just like Ray Liota in Goodfellas.

Next step was Unforgiven fallow by Uzumasa Limelight .........woww

I must have a birthday present for my son, he will be 24.....he's very much into the Kurosawa movies/time period/Toshiro Mifune etc. So something like The return and more of these could be something.

The Twilight samurai...

Blade of the immortal anime is closer to the manga. All 3 are entertaining, The last samurai would’ve been awesome if Russell Crowe would have starred in it.

I alway thought sinsen gumi are really dangerous untill i watch gintama

God of War is also worth watching even though it's Hong Kong/Chinese movie. Yasuaki Kurata plays the general of the Japanese army and despite him being in his 70s he has a great one vs one with Vincent Zhao.

thanks 🙂

It's completely fascinating that so many samurai films can be translated into westerns and vice versa.

Where can I watch these films ?

Maybe a different list focusing on movies with an Edo period setting, might just be me but most of these movies take place after or very closely to the Meiji Restoration.

Among them, Baragaki (燃えよ剣, 2021) is very Japanese, even to the extent that most Japanese today had forgotten and cannot fully understand the intention of the film under those epic Shinsengumi killings and Bakumatsu (the end of Edo era) chaotic battle storyline.

Im watching the series shogun and its bad ass so im looking for samuray movies now

Have u seen Mumon: The Land of Stealth? It's an action/comedy but still very good and has some good fight scenes.

The Swordsman is another good one

Just watched the unforgiven, i dont understand about japonese culture, but why he did not return to the kids?

I own the Film 13 Assassin's the newest version but I can't find it

Glad i clicked on this video was starting to lose hope trying to find when the last sword is drawn I seen it 2014 on Netflix I remember the cover just couldn’t think of the name

What was the name of the 3rd film?

If you read manga check out Ichigeki. It is simply superb.

I think it’s kind of poetic that a Japanese film remade a Clint Eastwood into samurai movie. Full circle.

The legend of maula jatt is a masterpiece , it’s a pakistan western movie , like a samurai movie . It’s a must watch , most recommended for all the samurai fans

Have you seen the AZUMI duology?

I HAVE THE ONE WITH TOM CRUISE IN IT ON DVD

THANK YOU! I have always meant to find out what the top 10 are and don't have the patience to search-search! ↑ Comment for your algorithm + *👍 'd* + _previously _*_Sub'd!_* #OldManPaxus Rating: ★★★★★

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The last samurai is the best

This is the 1st list on Samurai I've seen that doesn't have an Akira movie on the list.

no way that last samurai is in top 10 no way

Don't let Hollywood film directors and producers take over or get involved in the making of samurai films. The originality of the samurai art will be lost and damaged by raising actors only from the west as the hero of a film. All greatness is only from the west. for example, if a film based on the historical facts of the 16th or 19th century involves westerners, let the Japanese director who knows the history of his country and choose actors to play important roles and foreigners only as assistants even if they are famous. There are already samurai films featuring western actors as the main characters and it should be stopped. Samurai and Bushido are only for Japanese people.

Tatara samurai give us lecture about katana yo gaes...

Azumi 1, 2 ?

What about shogun assassin ???

watch the swordman you wont regreat it

Thanks

Azumi 1 and 2 just saying this samurai movies because it not very well known. Also not as good on this list but still a decent samurai movies.

Sorry mate but putting 13 Assasins at 5th, now thats a crime. İt should be at no 1

Hey, do you know of cool ninja movies? Not modern times, but historical

Great list, except "The Last Samurai" shouldn't even be on the honorable mention.

Not for nothing, but just in your intro there, Samurai films inspired westerns, not the other way around.

Last Samurai, Blade of the Immortal and Kenshin? C'mon, man, are you a kid?🤦‍♂️

Blade of the Immortal movie I didn't like as much as the anime.

Blade of the immortal anime is good

Where can I watch these I can’t find most of them

Last samurai not No1 lolol