32 must-see samurai movies for Ghost of Tsushima fans

EntertainmentMoviesGhost of Tsushima32 must-see samurai movies for Ghost of Tsushima fansWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. EntertainmentMoviesGhost of Tsushima32 must-see samurai movies for Ghost of Tsushima fansWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Toho) In 2020, deep in worldwide quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the developers at Sucker Punch Productions unleashed Ghost of Tsushima, the acclaimed open-world samurai adventure that offered cinematic immersion into history like no other. Playing Ghost of Tsushima could easily make anyone eager to seek out the best samurai movies ever made. Unsurprisingly, Sucker Punch took all kinds of inspiration from samurai media, most especially movies. (The game even features a mode called “Kurosawa Mode,” in honor of the filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.) For fans of the game who want more of its vibes in movie form, here are 32 must-see films – including a few Chinese-language wuxia pictures – that show off the ways of the sword. 32. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) (Image credit: Toho) 31. Lady Snowblood (1973) (Image credit: Toho) Gorgeous and arresting, Lady Snowblood from Toshiya Fujita follows a woman in the 19th century who seeks vengeance against her mother’s rapists and half-brother’s murderers. Produced on a low budget (exact figures remain unknown) and designed as a vehicle for actress/singer Meiko Kaji to star, Lady Snowblood is violent poetry in motion, a mesmerizing dance between crimson bloodshed and pure white snowfall. The movie was a major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, and in fact Tarantino instructed his cast and crew to review Lady Snowblood during filming in order to achieve the movie’s vibe. 30. The Hidden Fortress (1958) (Image credit: Toho) 29. Azumi (2003) (Image credit: Toho) Sign up for the Total Film Newsletter Bringing all the latest movie news, features, and reviews to your inbox 28. Blade of the Immortal (2017) (Image credit: Magnolia) In 2017, splatter auteur Takashi Miike showed he hadn’t missed a beat with his ONE HUNDREDTH (you read that right) directorial effort, Blade of the Immortal. Based on the manga series, Blade of the Immortal tells of a swordsman, Manji (Takuya Kimura) who is cursed with immortality until he kills a thousand souls using a cursed blade. Brimming with exquisite violence and loaded with melodrama bemoaning unholy powers, Blade of the Immortal is a bloodsoaked blast from beginning to end. 27. Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021) (Image credit: Paramount Pictures) It failed to relaunch the G.I. Joe franchise and it was wildly unpopular with critics, but Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins should still appeal to Ghost of Tsushima fans in a few important ways. Both feature two protagonists who train in the ways of the sword and have a penchant for black outfits, all while using their new identities to intimidate their foes. Although Snake Eyes suffers from horrid action direction – there’s an unshakable absence of coherence and rhythm – Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding and Warrior’s Andrew Koji together show off unbelievable potential as real action stars the likes of which Hollywood hasn’t seen in years. 26. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) (Image credit: Miramax) Bursting from writer/director Quentin Tarantino, the stylish Kill Bill duology pays affectionate homage to samurai films, yakuza pictures, and Chinese wuxia all in one. Uma Thurman, of course, stars as “The Bride,” a swordswoman out for revenge against assassins who came after her on her wedding day. Like Ghost of Tsushima, The Bride endures a devastating defeat that kicks off a bloody road to vengeance. Kill Bill boasts some of the finest swordplay in movie history, all while giving mainstream audiences a crash course in the aesthetics of East Asian action cinema. 25. Hero (2002) (Image credit: Miramax) Hero$3.29at CDKeys$11.37at AbeBooks Affiliate Program$25.77at AbeBooks Affiliate Program Hero $3.29at CDKeys$11.37at AbeBooks Affiliate Program$25.77at AbeBooks Affiliate Program $3.29at CDKeys $11.37at AbeBooks Affiliate Program $25.77at AbeBooks Affiliate Program 24. Onibaba (1964) (Image credit: Toho) One of the most disturbing supernatural horror movies ever made comes from Japanese director Kaneto Shindō, with his 1964 classic Onibaba (translated as “demon hag”). Set in 14th century Kyoto amid Japanese civil war, two women – a widow and her mother-in-law – lure lost samurai to steal their armaments for money. When a neighbor gets between them, the older woman finds herself succumbing to an unspeakable evil contained in a terrifying demon-like mask. A samurai movie light on action but heavy on atmospheric dread, Onibaba is a terrifying classic that surely played an influence over Ghost of Tsushima’s supernatural-oriented multiplayer mode. 23. Yojimbo (1961) and Sanjuro (1962) (Image credit: Toho) 22. Casshern (2004) (Image credit: Shochiku) A visual effects-heavy spectacle from director Kazuaki Kiriya, Casshern is a stylish live-action adaptation of the classic ninja superhero anime Neo-Human Casshern. Set in the distant future, an artificially-designed hero named Casshern rises from the grave to save the world from tearing itself apart. (Such a story should be very familiar to Ghost of Tsushima fans.) Although it offers plenty more style than substance, Casshern is a rollicking two hours of fist-pumping goodness, with imagination bursting at the seams while tossing any sense of realism far out the window. 21. Versus (2000) (Image credit: Arrow Video) 20. Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013) (Image credit: Millennium Films) A throwback to the ninja craze of the ‘90s, Scott Adkins reprises his role as orphaned American ninja Casey Bowman, from the 2009 direct-to-DVD film Ninja, for its butt-kicking 2013 sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear. After Casey’s domestic life is brutally shattered, Casey teams up with an old friend, Nakabara (actor and real-life ninjutsu expert Kane Kosugi) to hunt down those responsible. Scott Adkins has long reigned as one of Hollywood’s nearly-extinct heroes of B-movie action, and Ninja: Shadow of a Tear features Adkins proving his dominance. 19. Silence (2016) (Image credit: Paramount Pictures) 18. Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) (Image credit: Shochiku) The code of Bushidō is field tested in Hideo Gosha’s chanbara classic Three Outlaw Samurai, a feature film prequel to the hit TV series from Japan. The show’s stars Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, and Mikijirō Hira reprise their roles to reveal how their characters met: A ronin (Tamba) is hired with two other swordsmen (Nagato and Hira) to execute the peasants who’ve kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt official. Ruminations over what is right and what is just are probed at blade-point, and Three Outlaw Samurai is a deeply engaging counterpoint to the famous films of Akira Kurosawa, with broader archetypical samurai who each feel alive in their own ways. 17. Bunraku (2010) (Image credit: ARC Entertainment) A bizarre, under-the-radar feature with a star-studded cast, Guy Moshe’s Bunraku tells of a cowboy without a gun (Josh Hartnett) and a samurai without a sword (Gackt) who team up in this post-apocalyptic future to seek vengeance against a powerful crime boss known as “The Woodcutter” (Ron Perlman). Woody Harrelson, Kevin McKidd, and Demi Moore round out the cast in this highly-stylized action movie that takes its name from Japanese puppet theater. The movie lives up to its title to often feel more like a stage play than a movie, but that’s hardly a bad thing when it’s also so much fun. Ghost of Tsushima fans, you’re in for a treat. 16. Mortal Kombat (2021) (Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures) Mortal Kombat$10.49at Amazon$14.99at Amazon$16.50at Walmart Mortal Kombat $10.49at Amazon$14.99at Amazon$16.50at Walmart $10.49at Amazon $14.99at Amazon $16.50at Walmart 15. 47 Ronin (2013) (Image credit: Universal Pictures) 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves was one of the biggest box office bombs of the 2010s, so much so that it left Universal Studios in debt at the end of the year. But as a heightened fantasy brimming with monsters, 47 Ronin is an unintentionally great video game movie that should definitely appeal to fans of Ghost of Tsushima. Keanu Reeves is finely attuned to his wavelengths here as a half-Japanese, half-English samurai who joins 46 other masterless samurai in seeking revenge against a tyrant. While the legend of the true 47 Ronin deserves a better, more honorable movie, what Reeves delivers – alongside Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa – is nothing short of pure entertainment. 14. Shadow (2018) (Image credit: Well Go USA) In Ghost of Tsushima, players can turn on a feature called “Kurosawa Mode,” which renders the game to look like a black-and-white samurai film from the ‘50s and ‘60s. While it’s nothing more than a visual filter, it is still a novel experiment. Fans of the game should then consider checking out Zhang Yimou’s Chinese blockbuster Shadow, released to acclaim in 2018. While shot in color, the movie’s production design is completely black and white, from sets to costumes, in order to evoke the feel of Chinese ink paintings. (Its story is also great, being a Kagemusha-like tale of political intrigue and identity deception.) The movie is spectacular in every regard, especially its action, but seek it out in 4K. Whereas Ghost of Tsushima simply turns down the color, Shadow immerses viewers into something else entirely. 13. Killing (2018) (Image credit: Nikkatsu) 12. Revenge of the Ninja (1983) (Image credit: MGM) When the Japanese ninja briefly overtook the American imagination, indie studio Cannon Films unleashed an anthology series of cult ninja flicks. The best of them is 1983’s Revenge of the Ninja, starring real-life ninjutsu expert Sho Kosugi. The story tells of a ninja master who uses his ancient skills in the late 20th century, to protect his son from ruthless gangsters on both sides of the Pacific. Sho Kosugi is simply one of the best to ever do it and deserves more recognition than he enjoys now. Find out why in Revenge of the Ninja. 11. The Last Samurai (2003) (Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures) While The Last Samurai is a rather thorny movie, being an example of America’s historical fetishizing of Japan, it doesn’t stop Edward Zwick’s Oscar-nominated film from hitting where it counts. Though primarily a work of fiction, The Last Samurai drops audiences into the heart of Meiji Restoration-era Japan, the turning point for the country’s modernization away from feudal to centralized rule. This is not to forget a fundamentally cultural paradigm shift as well, with the “samurai” era and all it stands for coming to an end. While Ghost of Tsushima takes place many centuries before the Meiji Restoration, the game deals with similar themes about the end of eras. 10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) (Image credit: Sony Pictures Classics) 9. Zatoichi (2003) (Image credit: Shochiku) 8. The Wolverine (2013) (Image credit: 20th Century Studios) 7. Harakiri (1962) (Image credit: Shochiku) Masaki Kobayashi’s Harakiri is simply regarded as one of the best samurai movies ever made, and required viewing for everyone if you’ve never touched a PlayStation controller. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Harakiri is about a ronin who requests to commit ritual suicide, or harakiri, before a feudal lord, but not before explaining his story that led him to this dark point. Soon enough, an earth-shattering revelation ignites conflict. In a 2020 interview with Criterion, Ghost of Tsushima directors Nate Fox and Jason Connell specifically named Harakiri as a major inspiration. Said Fox: “They pose, swords come out, they pass, and then the music begins. It was important because it showed the negative space involved in fighting—not the cling-clang of swords but the attention and the anticipation and the pageantry of two people sizing each other up, which is so powerful and unique to these films.” 6. Kagemusha (1980) (Image credit: 20th Century Studios) 5. The Samurai Trilogy (1954-1956) (Image credit: Toho) 4. The Sword of Doom (1966) (Image credit: Toho) Just as the movies got comfortable with samurai as heroic figures, in came Kihachi Okamoto with his transgressive, spiritually bleak feature The Sword of Doom. Tatsuya Nakadai stars as Ryunosuke, a bloodthirsty ronin with a legitimately unsettling gaze, who uses an unorthodox method of swordplay to cut down all who stand before him. Undiscriminating over who he kills – he murders everyone from innocent old men to drunks – The Sword of Doom posits that it is entirely possible to lose oneself to your own reputation. Haunted and blistering, The Sword of Doom shows the true dark side of the blade. 3. Throne of Blood (1957) (Image credit: Toho) 2. 13 Assassins (2010) (Image credit: Magnet Releasing) Takashi Miike’s incredible remake of Eiichi Kudo’s 1963 movie follows 13 killers who plot to kill a dangerous samurai lord on the cusp of being appointed to a higher position. While Miike unleashes his signature flavor of underground movie bloodlust, 13 Assassins also features Miike striving for prestige ambition, with a larger-than-possible scope and sense of awe that climaxes with an elongated final act sequence of the samurai fighting to their dying breath. 13 Assassins is simply so overloaded with action that it can render anyone feeling totally winded. 1. Seven Samurai (1954) (Image credit: Toho) Those cowboys wouldn’t be magnificent without the samurai assembling as one. Akira Kurosawa’s towering masterpiece Seven Samurai is still one of his best works to date and one of the finest films ever made. With its prototypical tale of seven samurai lending their abilities out to a poor village at the mercy of bandits, Seven Samurai forever cemented the world’s romantic perception of samurai as noble, altruistic heroes who stand against evil. (That’s historically inaccurate, of course, but as far as movies go, it works.) An influence over everything from Star Wars to The Avengers, Seven Samurai is seminal in the history of movies, and Ghost of Tsushima players would be wise to see it for themselves. 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