The groundbreaking classic reshaped action filmmaking and earned international acclaim that still holds today.

While there are more fantastic Japanese films than one list can cover, here are the highest-rated on IMDb.

Seven Samurai can be considered the best action movie of time because of its stakes, characters, and the way it feels epic and intimate all at once.

Sanjuro shows how simple storytelling can create timeless cinema.

This balance is wonderfully executed in Eiichi Kudo’s thematic trilogy, which features some of the director’s most iconic ...

Tatsuya Nakadai is backlit by sun as the counterfeit leader in Kagemusha - Toho Akira Kurosawa was one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the world when, in the mid-1960s, he decided to leave his ...

Clint Eastwood's William Munny looks off into the distance against a blue sky in Unforgiven - Warner Bros. Westerns have been linked with Japanese samurai films since before World War II. In fact, ...