Martial arts films from Japan

222 films with Japan as country of origin.

1920s

• Chōkon (1926) – Daisuke Itō
• A Diary of Chuji's Travels (1927) – Daisuke Itō
• Chuji’s Travel Diary I: Koshu tate hen (1927) – Daisuke Itō
• Chuji’s Travel Diary II: Story of Bloody Shinshu (1927) – Daisuke Itō
• Chuji’s Travel Diary III: The Chuji Patrol Episode (1927) – Daisuke Itō

1930s

• The Million Ryo Pot (1935) – Sadao Yamanaka
• Akanishi Kakita (1936) – Mansaku Itami
• The Abe Clan (1938) – Hisatora Kumagai
• The Giant (1938) – Mansaku Itami

1940s

• The 47 Ronin (1941) – Kenji Mizoguchi
• Kurama Tengu (1942) – Daisuke Itō
• Nitôryû kaigen (1943) – Daisuke Itō
• Sanshiro Sugata (1943) – Akira Kurosawa

1950s

• Rashomon (1950) – Akira Kurosawa
• Five Men of Edo (1951) – Daisuke Itō
• Awa Odori Tanuki Battle (1954) – Bin Katō
• Samurai Trilogy (1954) – Hiroshi Inagaki
• Sansho the Bailiff (1954) – Kenji Mizoguchi
• Seven Samurai (1954) – Akira Kurosawa
• Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955) – Tomu Uchida
• Christ in Bronze (1955) – Minoru Shibuya
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) – Hiroshi Inagaki
• Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki (1956) – Sadatsugu Matsuda
• Gonpachi (1956) – Kenji Misumi
• Nazo no yurei-sen (1956) – Sadatsugu Matsuda
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) – Hiroshi Inagaki
• Three Women Around Yoshinaka (1956) – Teinosuke Kinugasa
• Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956) – Teinosuke Kinugasa
• Yagyū Ren'yasai: Hiden Tsukikage-shō (1956) – Katsuhiko Tasaka
• Adauchi sōzenji baba (1957) – Masahiro Makino
• Dai-bosatsu tōge (1957) – Tomu Uchida
• Freelance Samurai (1957) – Kenji Misumi
• Throne of Blood (1957) – Akira Kurosawa
• Rickshaw Man (1958) – Hiroshi Inagaki
• The 7th Secret Courier for Edo (1958) – Kazuo Mori
• The Bored Hatamoto Samurai (1958) – Sadatsugu Matsuda
• Travels of Lord Mito (1958) – Kenji Misumi
• Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959) – Tomu Uchida
• Life of an Expert Swordsman (1959) – Hiroshi Inagaki
• Samurai Vendetta (1959) – Kazuo Mori

1960s

• Akō Rōshi (1961) – Sadatsugu Matsuda
• The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) – Hiroshi Inagaki
• Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) – Hiroshi Inagaki
• Harakiri (1962) – Masaki Kobayashi
• The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) – Kenji Misumi
• 13 Assassins (1963) – Eiichi Kudo
• Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1963) – Tai Katō
• Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963) – Tadashi Imai
• Castle of Owls (1963) – Eiichi Kudo
• Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman (1963) – Tokuzō Tanaka
• New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) – Tokuzō Tanaka
• The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) – Senkichi Taniguchi
• Warring Clans (1963) – Kihachi Okamoto
• Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) – Tokuzō Tanaka
• Zoku Shinobi no Mono (1963) – Satsuo Yamamoto
• Assassination (1964) – Masahiro Shinoda
• Ken (1964) – Kenji Misumi
• Kunoichi ninpō (1964) – Sadao Nakajima
• Nemuri Kyoshiro: She-Devil Slaying Sword (1964) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• On the Road Forever (1964) – Kenji Misumi
• Revenge (1964) – Tadashi Imai
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure (1964) – Kenji Misumi
• The Scarlet Camellia (1964) – Yoshitarō Nomura
• Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) – Hideo Gosha
• Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• Akuto (Film) (1965) – Kaneto Shindō
• Ninpō-chushingura (1965) – Yasuto Hasegawa
• Red Beard (1965) – Akira Kurosawa
• Samurai Spy (1965) – Masahiro Shinoda
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire (1965) – Kenji Misumi
• Sword Devil (1965) – Kenji Misumi
• Sword of the Beast (1965) – Hideo Gosha
• Daimajin (1966) – Kimiyoshi Yasuda
• The Magic Serpent (1966) – Tetsuya Yamanouchi
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps (1967) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• Kill! (1968) – Kihachi Okamoto
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman (1968) – Tokuzō Tanaka
• Goyokin (1969) – Hideo Gosha
• Hiken Yaburi (1969) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• Killer's Mission (1969) – Shigehiro Ozawa
• Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (1969) – Kimiyoshi Yasuda
• Red Lion (1969) – Kihachi Okamoto
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman (1969) – Kazuo Mori
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie (1969) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• The Magoichi Saga (1969) – Kenji Misumi

1970s

• Bakumatsu (1970) – Daisuke Itō
• Machibuse (1970) – Hiroshi Inagaki
• Onna Gokuakuchō (1970) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• Yakuza deka (1970) – Yukio Noda
• Hissatsu Shikakenin (1972) – Kinji Fukasaku
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) – Kenji Misumi
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) – Buichi Saitō
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972) – Kenji Misumi
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) – Kenji Misumi
• Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973) – Teruo Ishii
• Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) – Eiichi Kudo
• Hissatsu shikakenin (1973) – Yūsuke Watanabe
• Karate Kiba (1973) – Ryūichi Takamori
• Kiso Kaido Isogitabi (1973) – Kazuo Mori
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) – Kenji Misumi
• Professional Killers Assassins Quarry (1973) – Yūsuke Watanabe
• Executioner (1974) – Teruo Ishii
• Hanuman and the Five Riders (1974) – Sompote Sands
• Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) – Yoshiyuki Kuroda
• Professional Killers Assignment By Night (1974) – Masahisa Sadanaga
• Return of the Street Fighter (1974) – Shigehiro Ozawa
• Sister Street Fighter (1974) – Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
• Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974) – Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
• The Return of the Sister Street Fighter (1974) – Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
• The Street Fighter (1974) – Shigehiro Ozawa
• Edo no Kaze (1975) – Kazuo Mori
• Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975) – Eiichi Kudo
• Sister Street Fighter – Fifth Level Fist (1975) – Shigehiro Ozawa
• Dragon Princess (1976) – Yutaka Kohira
• Hissatsu Karakurinin Keppūhen (1976) – Eiichi Kudo
• Karate Warriors (1976) – Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
• Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger? (1976) – Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
• Karate for Life (1977) – Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
• Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) – Hideo Gosha
• Budo: The Art of Killing (1978) – Masayoshi Nemoto
• Shogun's Samurai (1978) – Kinji Fukasaku
• G.I. Samurai (1979) – Kōsei Saitō
• Jigoku no mushi (1979) – Tatsuo Yamada

1980s

• Shogun Assassin (1980) – Robert Houston
• Shogun's Ninja (1980) – Noribumi Suzuki
• Ninja Wars (1982) – Kōsei Saitō
• Roaring Fire (1982) – Noribumi Suzuki
• Hissatsu: Sure Death (1984) – Masahisa Sadanaga
• Fist of the North Star (1986) – Toyoo Ashida
• Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka (1986) – Eiichi Kudo
• Sure Death 4: Revenge (1987) – Kinji Fukasaku
• Mirai Ninja (1988) – Keita Amemiya
• Dotsuitarunen (1989) – Junji Sakamoto
• Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) – Daisuke Nishio

1990s

• Sure Death 5 (1991) – Toshio Masuda
• The Great Shogunate Battle (1991) – Toshio Masuda
• Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō (1993) – Kon Ichikawa
• Ninja Scroll (1993) – Yoshiaki Kawajiri
• 47 Ronin (1994) – Kon Ichikawa
• Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage (1994) – Takashi Miike
• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) – Gisaburō Sugii
• Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage 2 (1995) – Takashi Miike
• Tokyo Fist (1995) – Shinya Tsukamoto
• Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu (1996) – Masahisa Sadanaga
• Kids Return (1996) – Takeshi Kitano
• Tekken: The Motion Picture (1998) – Kunihisa Sugishima
• After the Rain (1999) – Takashi Koizumi
• Hissatsu! Shamisenya no Yuji (1999) – Shigeru Ishihara
• Owls' Castle (1999) – Masahiro Shinoda

2000s

• Gojoe (2000) – Gakuryū Ishii
• Sakuya: Slayer of Demons (2000) – Tomoo Haraguchi
• Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation (2000) – Shigeyasu Yamauchi
• Versus (2000) – Ryuhei Kitamura
• Chūshingura 1/47 (2001) – Shunsaku Kawake
• I Went To (2001) – Kon Ichikawa
• Kah-chan (2001) – Kon Ichikawa
• Onmyōji (2001) – Yōjirō Takita
• Red Shadow (2001) – Hiroyuki Nakano
• The Princess Blade (2001) – Shinsuke Sato
• Aiki (2002) – Daisuke Tengan
• Muscle Heat (2002) – Ten Shimoyama
• Vengeance for Sale (2002) – Kihachi Okamoto
• Aragami (2003) – Ryuhei Kitamura
• Azumi (2003) – Ryuhei Kitamura
• Onmyoji 2 (2003) – Yōjirō Takita
• Samurai Resurrection (2003) – Hideyuki Hirayama
• Cutie Honey (2004) – Hideaki Anno
• Izo (2004) – Takashi Miike
• Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie (2004) – Masayuki Suzuki
• The Hidden Blade (2004) – Yōji Yamada
• Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005) – Shūsuke Kaneko
• Death Trance (2005) – Yūji Shimomura
• Nagurimono: Love & Kill (2005) – Hideaki Sunaga
• Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005) – Ten Shimoyama
• Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005) – Ikuo Kuwana
• Master of Thunder (2006) – Kenji Tanigaki
• Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006) – Kenta Fukasaku
• Black Belt (2007) – Shunichi Nagasaki
• Dororo (2007) – Akihiko Shiota
• Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong Kong Decisive Battle (2007) – Shōjirō Nakazawa
• Three for the Road (2007) – Hideyuki Hirayama
• Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007) – Yoshimitsu Morita
• Hana no Hokori (2008)
• Kung Fu Kun (2008) – Issei Oda
• Shaolin Girl (2008) – Katsuyuki Motohiro
• Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009) – Fuminori Kizaki
• Goemon (2009) – Kazuaki Kiriya
• High Kick Girl! (2009) – Fuyuhiko Nishi
• Kamui Gaiden (2009) – Yoichi Sai

2010s

• 13 Assassins (2010) – Takashi Miike
• Saya Zamuraï (2010) – Hitoshi Matsumoto
• Sword of Desperation (2010) – Hideyuki Hirayama
• Karate Girl (2011) – Yoshikatsu Kimura
• Ninja Kids!!! (2011) – Takashi Miike
• The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl (2011) – Seiji Chiba
• A Tale of Samurai Cooking (2013) – Yūzō Asahara
• Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) – Masahiro Hosoda
• 100 Yen Love (2014) – Masaharu Take
• High Kick Angels (2014) – Kazuhiro Yokoyama
• The Ninja War of Torakage (2014) – Yoshihiro Nishimura
• A DUEL TALE (2015) – Shigemichi Sugita
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015) – Tadayoshi Yamamuro
• Onmyōji (2015) – Tomohiko Yamashita
• Samurai Hustle Returns (2016) – Katsuhide Motoki
• Sanada 10 Braves (2016) – Yukihiko Tsutsumi
• Tatara Samurai (2016) – Yoshinari Nishikoori
• Mumon: The Land of Stealth (2017) – Yoshihiro Nakamura
• Batman Ninja (2018) – Junpei Mizusaki
• Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~ (2018) – Wataru Takahashi
• Falling Camellia (2018) – Daisaku Kimura
• Flea-picking Samurai (2018)
• First Love (2019) – Takashi Miike

2020s

• Kimi no me ga toikaketeiru (2020) – Takahiro Miki
• Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021) – Masato Harada
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) – Keishi Ōtomo
• Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022) – Tetsuro Kodama
• Small, Slow But Steady (2022) – Shō Miyake
• Okiku and the World (2023) – Junji Sakamoto
• A Samurai in Time (2024) – Jun'ichi Yasuda
• Muromachi Burai (2025) – Yū Irie
• Revenge In Kobikicho (2026) – Takashi Minamoto
• The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026) – Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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