Although action movies are not an advantage of Japan, there are also many quality Japanese action movies that attract viewers. If you are a lover of the spirit of Shinto and Samurai, you cannot ignore Japanese action movies. TopList will introduce to you the top 10 best Japanese action movies of all time.
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Battle Royale
Battle Royale is an action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku produced in 2000. The content of the film is set in a ruined period of Japan. The BR Act – brutal law came into being when the country was engulfed in disease, poverty and unemployment. At this time, adults have lost faith in young people, they have decided to take a class to turn the children into professional assassins. High school class 7B is the chosen class this year. After one night, the children wake up in an unfamiliar classroom on a deserted island. Forty-two students are horrified to realize that their teacher has become a monster, very scary, ready to kill two of his students with macabre, cruel methods.
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Zatoichi
The film about the blind swordsman Zatoichi He is a blind masseur, a gambler, but he is an excellent, wonderful swordsman. Zatoichi is a hero, he often helps honest, weak, powerless people in this crazy world. One day, he wandered to a small town, he suddenly realized that there was nothing wrong with this peaceful, peaceful appearance. After that, the Ginzo gang made a big splash, making their heads bleed, killing many merchants, they hired a talented swordsman named Hattori to destroy other rival gangs. Zatoichi befriends a gambler who is always losing money named Shinkichi. He teams up with two geisha who are looking for Ginzo to take revenge because they think they killed their family and parents.
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Rashomon
Rashomon also known by the name La Sinh Mon, is a Japanese psychological action film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The content of the film revolves around a rape case in the forest. A wife of a samurai was raped by a bandit named Tajomaru in the green forest. He then killed his wife with a sword through the chest. The event was narrated to the public through four separate testimonies from insiders and witnesses: the robber Tajomaru, Massago – the raped wife, the deceased Samurai husband, and the woodcutter – the only witness. most at the scene. That’s why viewers seem to be lost in a maze, not knowing where is the truth. This plot is based on a short story called Yabu no naka by writer Atugawa Ryunosuke.
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13 Assassins
13 Assassins is an action adventure film directed by Takashi Miike. The film is played by the cast of Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, and Yusuke Iseya. Set in the Edo period (1603-1868). In Japanese history at that time, the Shogun – the shogun was the person with the most important role, the peacekeeper for the new world, the lord was just a puppet. A country headed by a shogun lost the important role of Samurai warriors, they became worthless. Lord Naritsugu was a very cruel, violent man who made everyone suffer. Thirteen Samurai planned to assassinate this cruel lord for the people. Will their work be successful or not? Let’s watch the movie together.
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Ran (1985)
Movie Ran Produced in 1985 – Lord Hidetora is on the list of the best Japanese action movies of all time. The film was produced by director Akira Kurosawa and cast by Jinpachi Nezu, Tatsuya Nakadai, and Akira Terao. The content of the film revolves around Hidetora, he wants to spend the rest of his time resting, so he decides to cede everything he has to Taro, Jiro, and Saburo – his three sons. However, things became more serious when the 3 cousins were not united. The two older sons tried to flatter their father, so that he would give everything he had to them, the youngest son always warned and reminded him not to naively expect the unity of the three sons. The lord, angered by the youngest son’s criticism, drove him away. And everything happened as the youngest son warned, the eldest son colluded with the second son to take away everything including his title.
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Seven Samurai
Seven Smamurai is a film set in Japan in the 1586th century from 40. It can be said that this is a terrible period of Japanese history, robbery, famine raging and exploitation of the class. feudal domination. The film revolves around a village that is threatened by XNUMX bandits. The whole village sat down to discuss opinions, make the best decision, is it to obey them or to stand up against them? At that time, it was in the ripe rice season, if the villagers did not resist, they would be plundered. The village chief stood up and decided against them. However, everyone in the village is just a farmer, unarmed and unarmed, where do you get warriors and samurai to fight against them? Suddenly seven strangers appeared, headed by an old samurai. The film has many suspenseful, interesting and interesting details.
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Kagemusha
Kagemusha in Japanese is a word used to refer to characters that substitute for shoguns, feudal lords, like a kind of puppet for political reasons. The word “kage” is a shadow and “musha” is a samurai, and the theme of the 1980 film Kagemusha by director Akira Kurosawa does not come out of the literal meaning of the word. Kagemusha is the film that won the Palme d’Or in 1980 as well as the award for best foreign film in 1981. This is the only work among director Kurosawa Akira’s works about Warring States period martial generals. (Sengoku) the largest staging budget in the history of Japanese cinema from before until 1983. Viewers could not help but feel overwhelmed by the grandeur, carefully invested in every historical detail reproduced. realistically expressed through each beautiful image in the film, and this is also the element that makes the famous director Kurosawa’s brand.
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends
Rurouni Kenshin Also known as The Legend Ends is a live action adaptation of the popular manga and anime of the same name. Known as the third part of the film, also the ending for this series. Set during the reign of Emperor Meiji, the film revolves around a former assassin named Himura Kenshin, who wields a reverse blade. Kenshin was originally a Samurai, he decided to give up fame and all profits to become a wandering wanderer for the purpose of helping people. He thinks he needs to do this in order to atone for his mistakes. He met Kaoru and stayed together at her father’s dojo. But then there are many old enemies who have come to him, the pursuits take place often, what will he have to do to not engage in the previous sins anymore. The realistic action scenes in the film make viewers unable to take their eyes off the small screen.
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Yojimbo
Yojimbo is a movie produced in 1961. Yojimbo is considered a masterpiece in the top 250 IMDb. Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Eijiro Tono, Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai. Speaking of Akira Kurosawa, do you feel familiar? It is also the director of the movie Rashoumon – Luo Shengmen mentioned above. Going back to the movie, its content revolves around a wandering martial artist named Sanjuro. He was told by a shop owner that the town he was visiting was divided by two notorious gangs. Sanjuro did not hesitate to stand up for justice, bringing the inherent peace to this town.
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Ichi the Killer
You may not know, Japan is the only country that allows gangsters to co-exist and work together with the state and the people. Ichi the Killer is a film about the Japanese Yakuza – gangsters. The content of the film revolves around a gangster gang and a guy named Ichi with a monstrous personality. Ichi is definitely a professional assassin. And the reason people call him a freak is because he kills people with his feet, not his hands. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? In stark contrast to his weak appearance, he is a cold-blooded assassin, with a merciless killing nature. The film also depicts the character Kakihara, who is also an assassin like Ichi. Both have remarkable “achievements” in the gang’s missions.