Actor: Tatsuya Nakadai

Kurosawa's 1962 Yojimbo sequel. Mifune returns as the ronin.

Kihachi Okamoto's 1966 nihilist samurai film. Tatsuya Nakadai as soulless killer.

Kurosawa's 1961 samurai-noir. Mifune as the masterless ronin who plays two factions against each other.

Kurosawa's 1985 King Lear in feudal Japan. Three-hour battle epic with armies of 1,400 extras.

Kurosawa's 1963 kidnapping procedural. Mifune as the shoe executive.

Kobayashi's 1962 anti-samurai film. The most ruthless dismantling of bushido ever committed to film.