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The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
Nemuri Kyoshirō, the master of the Engetsu ("Full Moon Cut") sword style, was a wandering "lone wolf" warrior plagued by the fact that he was fathered in less than honorable circumstance by a "fallen" Portuguese priest who had turned to worshipping Satan and a Japanese noblewoman whom the "fallen" priest had seduced and raped as part of a Black Mass and who had committed suicide after ...
Name (birth–death) Shogun from Shogun until 1 Kose no Maro: 709 2 Tajihi no Agatamori: 720 721 3 Ōtomo no Yakamochi (c. 718–785) 784 785 4 Ki no Kosami: 788 789 5 Ōtomo no Otomaro (731–809) 793 794 6 Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758–811) 797 808 7 Funya no Watamaro (765–823) 811 816 8 Fujiwara no Tadabumi (873–947) 940 9 Minamoto no ...
The Twilight Samurai has a rating of 99% at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 70 reviews, and an average rating of 8.1/10, and is certified as "Fresh". The website's critical consensus states, "Samurai epic as a touching drama". [5] Metacritic gave it an overall score of 82 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [6]
Samurai Assassin (1965) Samurai Cop (1991) Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance (2015) Samurai Fiction (1998) Samurai Hustle (2014) Samurai Hustle Returns (2016) Samurai Rebellion (1967) Samurai Reincarnation (1981) Samurai Spy (1965) Samurai Trilogy series: Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) Samurai III ...
13 Assassins (Japanese: 十三人の刺客, Hepburn: Jūsannin no Shikaku) is a 2010 samurai film directed by Takashi Miike, and starring Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Sōsuke Takaoka, Hiroki Matsukata, Kazuki Namioka and Gorō Inagaki.
The Sword of Doom is an adaptation of Daibosatsu Toge (lit. ' Great Bodhisattva Pass '), a novel that has remained popular since its initial release in 1913, a year after the death of the Emperor Meiji, "the ruler who oversaw Japan's transition from hermetically sealed feudal state to modern nation."
In the West, the onna-musha gained popularity when the historical documentary Samurai Warrior Queens aired on the Smithsonian Channel. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Several other channels reprised the documentary. The 56th NHK taiga drama , Naotora: The Lady Warlord , was the first NHK drama where the female protagonist is the head of a samurai clan. [ 45 ]