Historical period drama films set in Asia

Historical period drama is a film genre in which stories are based on historical events and famous persons. Some historical dramas attempt to accurately portray a historical event or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow. Other historical dramas are fictionalised tales that are based on an actual person and their deeds.

Due to the sheer volume of films included in this genre and in the interest of continuity, this list is primarily focused on films pertaining to the history of East Asia, Central Asia, and India. For films pertaining to the history of Near Eastern and Western civilisation, please refer to list of historical period drama films.

The films on this page are divided into regions, and within each region the films are listed chronologically by subject matter.

Central Asia

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Title	Release date	Time period	Setting	Notes
Mongol	2007	1161–1227	Mongolia	based on the early life of Genghis Khan
The Conqueror	1956	1161–1227	Mongolia	universally panned as a terrible film, this English-language film starred John Wayne as Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan	1965	1161–1227	Mongolia	the life and conquests of the Mongol emperor
Genghis Khan	1950	1161–1227	Philippines	Life of the Mongol Emperor and the Succession of his throne.
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea	2007	1161–1227	Mongolia	Japanese-Mongolian film about the life of Genghis Khan
The Golden Horde	1951	1220	Uzbekistan	English-language film about an English knight who leads the defense of Samarkand against Genghis Khan
The Black Rose	1950	1220	China	English-language film about an English Saxon who travels China and meet a Mongol warlord
Tsogt Taij	1945	1634–1637	Mongolia	Mongolian language film about the patriotic struggle of Prince Tsogt Taij (1581–1637).
Queen Mandukhai the Wise	1988	1449–1510	Mongolia	Mongolian language film about the life of Queen Mandukhai (1449–1510) who reunited the Mongols.
Nomad	2006	early 1700s	Kazakhstan	about the early years of Ablai Khan (early 18th century), a Kazakh khan in part of what is now Kazakhstan.
Kundun	1997	1950	Tibet	an American film depicting the early life of the 14th Dalai Lama and the 1950 invasion of Tibet and subsequent events
The Beast	1988	1981	Afghanistan	during the Soviet war in Afghanistan
Kandahar	2001	2000	Afghanistan	Afghanistan during the Taliban regime

South Asia

Indian subcontinent history

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Rajaraja Cholan	1973	947 - 1015 AD	Tamil, About the life history of great king Raja Raja Chola
Veerapandiya Kattabomman	1959	1760 - 1799 AD	Tamil, About the life history of great king Veerapandiya Kattabomman who struggled against British people from Tamil Nadu
Veer Savarkar	2001	1897–1947 AD	about life and times of great revolutionary Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Siddhartha	1972	c. 563-483 BC	about the life of a boy and his search for a meaningful way of life
Khamosh Pani	2003	1979-2002	about a widowed mother and her young son set in a late 1970s village in Punjab, Pakistan which is coming under radical influence
Gautama Buddha	2007	c. 563-483 BC	about the life of Gautama Buddha
Amrapali	1966	c. 500 BC	based on the life of Ambapali in India
Sikandar	1941	326 BC	Indian-made film set in 326 BC, after Alexander the Great has conquered Persia and pertains to his conquest of the kingdoms of Pauravas (in modern Pakistan and northwest India).
Asoka	2001	273–232 BC	fictionalized account of the reign of Ashoka (r. ), of the Mauryan Empire in India
Mayura	1975	345–365	Kannada film based on the Kadamba Dynasty's King Mayurasharma set in India
Ambikapathy	1937	1083	Tamil, a love story set in India in 1083
Urumi	2011	16th century AD	Malayalam, historical fiction on Portuguese in Malabar
Mughal-e-Azam	1960	1569–1605	a fictional story about the Mughal era depicting conflict between King Akbar and his son Crown Prince Salim over Anarkali.
Jodha-Akbar	2008	1556–1605	during the reign of Moghul Emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605), depicts his marriage to a Hindu princess Jodhaa Bai. Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai in leroles.
Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story	2005	1627-58	Directed by Akbar Khan. This movie entails the story of Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58) and his Queen Mumtaz Mahal (1593–1631). Mumtaz was the love of Shah Jahan's life, and the monument this Mughal emperor built to honour his deceased love was the Taj Mahal (constructed from 1632 to 1653).
Paradesi	2013	1930s	Directed by Bala. This movie is based on the lives affected by plantation.
The Deceivers	1988	1825	about Thugees in India in 1825
Veer	2010	1825	set during the 1825 Pindari movement of Rajasthan, when India was ruled by the British. Directed by Anil Sharma stars Salman Khan in lerole.
Shatranj Ke Khiladi	1977	1856	(The Chess Players, 1977) entailing the East India Company's annexation of the kingdom of Oudh (Awadh) from Wajid Ali Shah in 1856 on the eve of the Sepoy Mutiny.
Junoon	1978	1857	about a love story between one of the Rebels of 1857 in Rohilkhand and an Anglo-Indian woman that he has held hostage (along with her mother and grandmother).
Mangal Pandey: The Rising	2005	1857	about Mangal Pandey and the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.
Lagaan	2001	1893	a fictional account of a cricket game between the villagers of Champaner in what is now Gujarat and the local British cantonment played in an effort to cancel the "lagaan" (grain tax levied by the British Raj in India).
Gandhi	1982	1869–1948	Academy Award winning film by Sir Richard Attenborough about the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero	2005	1897–1945	Sachin Khedekar stars as Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose (1897–1945)
Jinnah (film)	1998	1947	Film follows the life of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Dharmputra	1961	1947	about the violence that marked the Partition of India in 1947. Set in Delhi, the movie focuses on two fictional families: that of the Hindu Gulshan Rai and Muslim Nawab Badruddin. Dilip (played by Shashi Kapoor) is the illegitimate son of the nawab's daughter Husn Bano, but he is unaware of it. Dilip grows up to become a Hindu fundamentalist that participates in the communal violence during partition. Will Husn Bano and her Hindu son learn to live with one another in an atmosphere such intense sectarian hatred?
1947 Earth	1998	1947	A partition film, directed by Deepa Mehta
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha	2001	1947	Another movie featuring the 1947 partition starring Sunny Deol and Amisha Patel in a Sikh-Muslim love story.
Pinjar	2003	1947	with regards to the partition of Punjab. This film is based on the Amrita Pritam story of the same name.
Hey Ram	2000	1947–1948	Tamil, A period drama told in flashback, the semi-fictional plot centres on India's Partition and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Partition	2007	1947	one of the more recent films on the Indian partition.
Zubeidaa	2001	1940s and 50s	a semi-biographical account of writer Khalid Mohamed's mother, the actress Zubeida Begum that is set in the late 1940s and the 1950s.
Border	1997	1971	about the Battle of Longewala in the Indo-Pakistani war
1971 (film)	2007	1971	based on the plight of Indian prisoners of war in the aftermath of 1971 war between India and Pakistan
Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja	2009	1795–1805	Malayalam, biopic of Pazhassi Raja—an Indian royal resisting the East India Company
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar	2000	1890s–1950s	Biopic of the first Law Minister and Chairman of the Indian Constitution Drafting Committee. Mammootty played Dr B R Ambedkar.
Sardar	1993	1870s–1950s	Paresh Rawal played the title role of India's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in this biopic of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Kaaviya Thalaivan	2014	1920s	Set in early 20th century, the film is about the lives of two theater artistes played by Siddharth and Prithviraj and the competition that exists between them in a small drama troupe.
Alluri Sita Rama Raju	1974	1897–1924	Historical Telugu language film based on the life of Indian freedom fighter Alluri Sita Rama Raju.
Mohenjo Daro	2016	c. 2600 BC	Upcoming film set in the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro of the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization.

There are many more Indian historical movies which are not on the list, especially if movies concerning what may be called mythological movies, are hundreds. (Which are?)

Sri Lankan history

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Maharaja Gemunu	2015	161-137 BC	based on the odyssey of King Dutugamunu
Wijaya-Kuweni	2012	543-505 BC	based on the historical tale of Wijaya-Kuveni
Siri Parakum	2013	1153A.C–1186A.C	based on the historical legend of King Parakramabahu I the Great
Aba	2008	437–367 BC	based on the historical legend of King Pandukabhaya
Mahindagamanaya	2011	250 BC	based on arrival of Buddhism to Sri Lanka
Siri Dalada Gamanaya	2012	300s	based on venerated of Tooth relic to Sri Lanka
The God King	1974	473	based on the historical clash between brothers Kasyapa and Moggalana on Sigiriya Rock
Kivulegedara Mohottala	1987	1817–1818	based on freedom fighter Kivulegedara Mohottala and Great Rebellion of 1817–1818
Vera Puran Appu	1979	1812–1848	based on freedom fighter Puran Appu

East Asia

Chinese and Taiwanese history

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
The Last Woman of Shang	1964	1075–1046 BC	a Hong Kong film about Daji, a concubine of King Zhou of Shang
Sacrifice	2010	607-581 BC	based on the play The Orphan of Zhao, set in the Jin state during the Spring and Autumn Period
Confucius	1940	551-479 BC	thought to be a lost film, but was rediscovered in 2001 and restored
Confucius	2010	505-479 BC	starring Chow Yun-fat as Confucius
Little Big Soldier	2010	475–221 BC	an action-comedy film set in the Warring States period, about a war between the Liang and Wey states
A Battle of Wits	2006	375–369 BC	set in the reign of King Lie of Zhou
The Warring States	2011	ca. 316 BC	set in the Warring States period (475–221 BC), loosely based on the rivalry between Sun Bin (d. 316 BC) and Pang Juan (d. 342 BC)
The Emperor's Shadow	1996	259–210 BC	about a troubled friendship between Qin Shi Huang and the musician Gao Jianli
Wheat	2009	260 BC	the story of women left behind when their husbands went to war during the Battle of Changping
The Emperor and the Assassin	1998	227 BC	based on the assassination attempt by Jing Ke on Qin Shi Huang
The Great Conqueror's Concubine	1994	206–202 BC	a Hong Kong film set in the Chu–Han Contention
White Vengeance	2011	206–202 BC	loosely based on the Feast at Hong Gate and events in the Chu–Han Contention
The Last Supper	2012	206–202 BC	based on events in the Chu–Han Contention
Red Cliff	2008	winter of 208–209	epic war film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs
The Lost Bladesman	2011	219	a Hong Kong film loosely based on the story of Guan Yu (d. 219) in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon	2008	229	a Hong Kong film about Zhao Yun, loosely based on parts of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms
An Empress and the Warriors	2008	ca. 350	set in the Former Yan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period
Mulan	2009	ca. 386-534	based on the legend of Hua Mulan
Mulan Joins the Army	1939	ca. 567-571	based on the legend of Hua Mulan
Shaolin Temple	1982	619-621	starring Jet Li, based on the story of Shaolin Temple help Li Shimin
The Empress Wu Tse-tien	1939	650-705	based on the story of Wu Zetian
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame	2010	684-690	a Hong Kong film based on a fictional account of Di Renjie, set in the reign of Wu Zetian
Warriors of Heaven and Earth	2003	700	an action-adventure film set in Xinjiang
Trilogy of Swordsmanship (Part 2: The Tigress)	1972	860s	a Hong Kong film (only Part 2) set during Pang Xun's rebellion
General Stone	1976	880s	a Hong Kong film about Li Cunxiao
The Heroic Ones	1970	880s	a Hong Kong film about Li Keyong's generals
All the King's Men	1983	950s	a Taiwanese film about Chai Rong's last days
Great Liao's Empress Dowager	1995	969–982	a Chinese film about Empress Xiao Yanyan
Saving General Yang	2013	980s	a Hong Kong film about the Generals of the Yang Family legends
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter	1983	980s	a Hong Kong film about the Generals of the Yang Family legends
The Eight Diagram Cudgel Fighter	1985	980s	a Hong Kong film about the Generals of the Yang Family legends
Generals of the Yang Family	1984	980s	a Chinese film about the Generals of the Yang Family legends
The Silk Road	1988	1026	a Japanese film about Western Xia
The 14 Amazons	1972	1030s	a Hong Kong film about the Genearals of the Yang Family legends
Legendary Amazons	2011	1030s	a Chinese film about the Genearals of the Yang Family legends
The Journey to Xixia Empire	1997	1087	a Chinese film about Western Xia (Xixia)
Marco Polo	1982	1254–1324	an American-Italian television miniseries about the Venetian explorer who traveled to China and served in the court of Kublai Khan
The Sino-Dutch War 1661	2000	1645–1662	based on the story of Koxinga (1624–1662), with the focus on the Siege of Fort Zeelandia
The Opium War	1997	1839-42	historical epic film about the First Opium War, told through the eyes of Lin Zexu and Charles Elliot
The Warlords	2007	1850–1864	set in the Qing Dynasty during the Taiping Rebellion
The Empress Dowager	1975	1835–1908	a Hong Kong film about Empress Dowager Cixi
Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch	1991	1848–1911	the Qing Dynasty eunuch Li Lianying
Fearless	2006	1868–1910	a biographical film about late Qing Dynasty martial artist Huo Yuanjia
55 Days at Peking	1963	1900	an American film starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven and set during the Boxer Rebellion
Empire of Silver	2009	1899–1901	a Hong Kong film set in the Qing Dynasty during the Boxer Rebellion
Red River Valley	1997	1903–1904	about the British expedition to Tibet
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake	2011	1875–1907	a biographical film about revolutionary Qiu Jin
Road to Dawn	2007	1910	about Sun Yat-sen's life in Penang from July to December 1910
Magnificent 72	1980	1911	about Lin Juemin and the Second Guangzhou Uprising, with a brief scene of Qiu Jin's arrest in 1907
Bodyguards and Assassins	2009	1911	a Hong Kong film set in British colonial Hong Kong near the end of the Qing Dynasty. The events in the film led to the Wuchang Uprising
1911	2011	1911	about the Xinhai Revolution
The Founding of a Party	2011	1921	about the formation of the Communist Party of China in 1921
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale	2011	1930	Film depicting the plight of Taiwanese aborigines of the Seediq tribe during the period of Taiwan under Japanese rule, and their role in the Wushe Incident.
A Murder Beside Yanhe River	2014		based on the murder case of Huang Kegong, who was a general of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
7 Man Army	1976	1933	a Hong Kong film depicting the Defense of the Great Wall
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre	1994	1937	a Hong Kong film about the Nanking Massacre
Don't Cry, Nanking	1995	1937	the Nanking Massacre
City of Life and Death	2009	1937	dealing with the Battle of Nanjing and its aftermath, the Nanking Massacre
John Rabe	2009	1937	a biographical film about John Rabe and his experiences in the Nanking Massacre
The Flowers of War	2011	1937	about a group of escapees caught up in the 1937 Battle of Nanking
The Spring River Flows East	1947	1937–1945	the trials and tribulations of a Chinese family through the Second Sino-Japanese War
On the Mountain of Tai Hang	2005	1937–1945	about the Eighth Route Army, set in the Second Sino-Japanese War
The Children of Huang Shi	2008	1938	about George Hogg leading 60 orphans across China in an effort to save them from conscription during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Bridge	1949	1927–1950	the Chinese Civil War
Yangtse Incident	1957	1927–1950	a British film about the British frigate HMS Amethyst getting caught up in the Chinese Civil War
Tunnel War	1965	1937–1945	about a small town defending itself by use of a network of tunnels during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Hong Kong 1941	1983	1941–1945	a Hong Kong film set in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong during World War II
Men Behind the Sun	1988	1937–1945	a Hong Kong film depicting war atrocities committed by the Japanese Unit 731 during World War II
The Last Emperor	1987	1906–1967	an Academy Award winning film about China's last emperor Puyi
Assembly	2007	1927–1950	epic war film set in the Chinese Civil War
The Soong Sisters	1997	1911–1949	about the Soong sisters
A City of Sadness	1989	1947	Taiwanese historical drama film sets immediately after WWII in the late 1940s. The film was the first to depict the February 28 Incident of 1947, an anti-government uprising that was quelled.
Decisive Engagement(zh)	1991	1949	about Liaoshen Campaign, Huaihai Campaign and Pingjin Campaign
The Founding of a Republic	2009	1949	about the founding of the People's Republic of China
24 City	2008	1958–1980	A docudrama film about the generations of people who worked in state factories during the industrialization and were demolished during the modernization of China.
Forever Enthralled	2008	1894–1961	biographical film about Peking opera artist Mei Lanfang
Tokyo Trial	2006	1904–1973	presenting the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal from the point of view of Mei Ju-ao
Phurbu & Tenzin	2014	1944-1980
Aftershock	2010	1976	the aftermath of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake

Japanese history

Samurai cinema and jidaigeki films

Main articles: Samurai cinema and Jidaigeki

Jidaigeki 時代劇 is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular setting. Jidaigeki show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of their time. Jidaigeki films are sometimes referred to as chambara movies, a word meaning "sword fight", though chambara is more accurately a subgenre of jidaigeki, which equates to historical period drama. In Japan, the term chanbara (チャンバラ), also commonly spelled "chambara", meaning "sword fighting" movies, denotes the genre called samurai cinema in English, and is roughly equivalent to western cowboy and swashbuckler films. Jidaigeki may refer to a story set in an historical period, though not necessarily dealing with a samurai character or depicting swordplay. Jidaigeki rely on an established set of dramatic conventions including the use of makeup, language, catchphrases, and plotlines.

Title	Director	Notable cast	Released	Time period	Notes
Kōchiyama to Nao-zamurai		Ichitarō Kataoka, Matsunosuke Onoe, Kijaku Ōtani	1916		Based on the play of the same name.
Nao-zamurai	Jiro Yoshino	Shirogoro Sawamura	1922		Based on the play of the same name.
A Diary of Chuji's Travels	Daisuke Itō	Denjirō Ōkōchi	1927		Awards: 1 Kinema Junpo Award
Sword of Penitence	Yasujirō Ozu	Saburo Azuma, Kunimatsu Ogawa, Kanji Kawahara, Shoichi Nodera	1927
Jobless Samurai	Masahiro Makino	Kōmei Minami, Tōichirō Negishi, Tsuyako Okajima	1928		Awards: 1 Kinema Junpo Award
Jirokichi the Rat	Daisuke Itō	Denjirō Ōkōchi, Naoe Fushimi, Nobuko Fushimi	1931
Chūshingura - Zempen: Akahokyō no maki	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Tomio Aoki, Juzaburo Bando, Kōtarō Bandō	1932
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen	Daisuke Itō	Shinpachirō Asaka, Satoko Date, Sannosuke Fujikawa	1934
The Million Ryo Pot	Sadao Yamanaka	Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kiyozo, Kunitarō Sawamura	1935
Daibosatsu tōge: dai-ippen - Kōgen itto-ryū no maki	Hiroshi Inagaki	Fujiko Fukamizu, Ranko Hanai, Takako Irie	1935
The Avenging Ghost of Yokinojo, Parts 1 and 2	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Kazuo Hasegawa, Tokusaburo Arashi, Akiko Chihaya	1935
The Avenging Ghost of Yukinojo, Part 3	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Kazuo Hasegawa, Tokusaburo Arashi, Akiko Chihaya	1936
Daibosatsu tōge: Suzuka-yama no maki - Mibu Shimabara no maki	Hiroshi Inagaki	Fujiko Fukamizu, Kobunji Ichikawa, Momonosuke Ichikawa	1936
Humanity and Paper Balloons	Sadao Yamanaka	Chojuro Kawarazaki, Kanemon Nakamura, Shizue Yamagishi	1937	1700s
Chikemuri Takadanobaba	Hiroshi Inagaki, Masahiro Makino	Tsumasaburō Bandō, Tokuma Dan, Komako Hara	1937
Chushingura, Part One	Kajirō Yamamoto	Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kazuo Hasegawa, Yatarō Kurokawa	1939	1701
Chushingura, Part Two	Kajirō Yamamoto	Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kazuo Hasegawa, Yatarō Kurokawa	1939	1701
Singing Lovebirds	Masahiro Makino	Chiezō Kataoka, Takashi Shimura	1939
The Color Print of Edo: Hatamoto to Machiyakko	Kazuo Mori	Shinpachirō Asaka, Utaemon Ichikawa, Yaeko Kumoi	1939
The 47 Ronin	Kenji Mizoguchi	Chojuro Kawarasaki, Kanemon Nakamura, Kunitaro Kawarazaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Daisuke Katō	1941	1701
Kikuchi sembon-yari: Shidonî tokubetsu kōgeki-tai	Tomiyasu Ikeda, Sentarō Shirai	Kanzo Yoshii, Utaemon Ichikawa, Kusuo Abe	1944
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo	Mikio Naruse	Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sensho Ichikawa	1945
Utamaro and His Five Women	Kenji Mizoguchi	Minosuke Bandō, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kōtarō Bandō	1946	1880s
Surōnin makaritōru	Daisuke Itō	Tsumasaburō Bandō, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Kusuo Abe	1947
Waga Koi wa Moenu	Kenji Mizoguchi	Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake	1949
Ore wa yojinbo	Hiroshi Inagaki	Chiezō Kataoka, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Achako Hanabishi	1950
Senritu	Hideo Sekigawa	Utaemon Ichikawa, Haruyo Ichikawa	1950
Wakasama samurai torimonochō: nazo no nōmen yashiki	Nobuo Nakagawa	Yatarō Kurokawa, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Seizaburō Kawazu	1950
Rashomon	Akira Kurosawa	Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura	1950
Kanketsu Sasaki Kojirō: Ganryū-jima kettō	Hiroshi Inagaki	Tomoemon Otani, Toshiro Mifune, Hisako Yamane	1951
Five Men of Edo	Daisuke Itō	Tsumasaburō Bandō, Utaemon Ichikawa, Isuzu Yamada	1951
Vendetta of a Samurai	Kazuo Mori	Toshirō Mifune, Yuriko Hamada, Takashi Shimura	1952		Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Mainichi Film Concours
The Life of Oharu	Kenji Mizoguchi	Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirō Sugai, Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura	1952
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail	Akira Kurosawa	Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Kenichi Enomoto	1952
Sword for Hire	Hiroshi Inagaki	Rentarō Mikuni, Danshirō Ichikawa, Shirley Yamaguchi	1952
Tsukigata Hanpeita	Kokichi Uchide	Hiroshi Aoyama, Masao Aoyama, Michiyo Azuma	1952
Ugetsu Monogatari	Kenji Mizoguchi	Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō, Kinuyo Tanaka	1953		Based on the novel of the same name.
Gate of Hell	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyō	1953		Awards: 2 Academy Awards, 1 Golden Leopard, 1 New York Film Critics Circle Award, Palme d'Or,
Sansho the Bailiff	Kenji Mizoguchi	Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō	1954		Awards: 1 Silver Lion
Seven Samurai	Akira Kurosawa	Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune	1954		Awards: 2 Jussi Awards, 1 Mainichi Film Award, 1 Silver Lion
Akō gishi	Ryohei Arai	Yatarō Kurokawa	1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshiro Mifune, Rentarō Mikuni	1954	Awards: 1 Academy Award
The Crucified Lovers	Kenji Mizoguchi	Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō	1954	Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award
The Playful Fox and the Thousand Cherry Trees	Torajiro Saito	Takashi Wada, Yumiko Hasegawa	1954
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji	Tomu Uchida	Chiezo Kataoka, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa	1955	Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshiro Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta	1955
The Lone Journey	Hiroshi Inagaki	Ryō Ikebe, Mariko Okada, Akihiko Hirata	1955
Tales of the Taira Clan	Kenji Mizoguchi	Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizō Ichikawa, Tatsuya Ishiguro	1955	Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshiro Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta	1956
Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki	Sadatsugu Matsuda	Harue Akagi, Ryūtarō Aoyagi, Ushio Akashi	1956
Yagyū Ren'yasai: Hidentsuki Kageshō	Katsuhiko Tasaka	Raizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu, Yataro Kurokawa, Ryosuke Kagawa	1956
Ghost of Hanging in Utusunomiya	Nobuo Nakagawa	Hiroshi Ogasawara, Akemi Tsukushi, Tetsurō Tanba	1956
Dandy Sashichi Detective Story: Six Famous Beauties	Nobuo Nakagawa	Tomisaburō Wakayama, Keiko Hibino, Misako Uji	1956
Throne of Blood	Akira Kurosawa	Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura	1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshirō Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Kuga, Mariko Okada, Denjiro Okochi, Kyoko Kagawa	1957
The Idle Vassal: House of the Snake Princess	Yasushi Sasaki	Utaemon Ichikawa	1957
Adauchi sōzenji baba	Masahiro Makino	Ryūtarō Ōtomo	1957
Sword in the Moonlight	Tomu Uchida	Chiezo Kataoka, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yumiko Hasegawa	1957	Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours
Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate	Yuzo Kawashima	Frankie Sakai, Yōko Minamida, Sachiko Hidari, Yujiro Ishihara	1957	Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Kinema Junpo Award, 1 Mainichi Film Concours
A Matter of Valor	Tatsuyasu Osone	Ineko Arima, Junzaburō Ban, Minosuke Bandō	1957
The Prodigal Son	Hiromichi Horikawa	Senjaku Nakamura, Ganjirō Nakamura, Eiko Miyoshi	1957
Momotarō-zamurai	Kenji Misumi	Raizō Ichikawa, Yōko Uraji, Seizaburō Kawazu	1957	Based on the novel of the same name.
Ohtori-jo hanayome	Sadatsugu Matsuda	Harue Akagi, Ushio Akashi	1957
Akadō Suzunosuke: Tsukiyo no kaijin	Bin Kado	Masaji Umeiwa, Narutoshi Hayashi, Tamao Nakamura	1957
Akadō Suzunosuke: Shingetsu-to no yōki	Bin Kado	Masaji Umeiwa, Narutoshi Hayashi, Tamao Nakamura	1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part II	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshirō Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Kuga, Mariko Okada, Nobuko Otowa, Eijirō Tōno	1957
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War	Kunio Watanabe	Kanjūrō Arashi, Kusuo Abe, Minoru Takada	1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin	Kunio Watanabe	Kazuo Hasegawa, Shintaro Katsu, Kōji Tsuruta, Raizō Ichikawa, Machiko Kyō	1958
The Ballad of Narayama	Keisuke Kinoshita	Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuuko Mochizuki	1958	Awards: 3 Kinema Junpo Awards, 3 Mainichi Film Concours
The 7th Secret Courier for Edo	Kazuo Mori	Raizo Ichikawa, Michiko Ai, Tokiko Mita	1958
The Hidden Fortress	Akira Kurosawa	Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara	1958	Awards: 1 Silver Bear Award
Akadō Suzunosuke: Mitsume no chōjin	Kazuo Mori	Masaji Umeiwa, Narutoshi Hayashi, Yatarō Kurokawa	1958
Hibari torimonocho: Kanzashi koban	Tadashi Sawashima	Hibari Misora, Kōtarō Satomi, Chiyonosuke Azuma	1958
Doku-ganryu Masamune	Toshikazu Kōno	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Keiko Ogawa, Yoshiko Sakuma	1959
Life of an Expert Swordsman	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa	1959
The Ghost of Yotsuya	Nobuo Nakagawa	Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Katsuko Wakasugi	1959
Kagero ezu	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Raizō Ichikawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Osamu Takizawa	1959
Shoretsu shinsengumi - bakumatsu no doran	Ko Sasaki	Chiezo Kataoka, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Yatarō Kurokawa	1960
The Story of Osaka Castle	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshiro Mifune, Kyōko Kagawa, Akihiko Hirata	1961
Akō Rōshi	Sadatsugu Matsuda	Kusuo Abe, Kyōko Aoyama, Chiyonosuke Azuma	1961
Yojimbo	Akira Kurosawa	Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada	1961
Miyamoto Musashi	Tomu Uchida	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Akiko Kazami, Wakaba Irie	1961
Hangyakuji	Daisuke Itō	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Chiyonosuke Azuma	1961	Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Mainichi Film Concours
Hatamoto kenka taka	Nobuo Nakagawa	Utaemon Ichikawa, Ryūji Shinagawa, Atsushi Watanabe	1961
Sanjuro	Akira Kurosawa	Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama	1962	Sequel to the 1961 film Yojimbo.
In Search of Mother	Tai Katō	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Michiyo Kogure	1962
The Tale of Zatoichi	Kenji Misumi	Shintaro Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryuzo Shimada, Hajime Mitamura, Shigeru Amachi	1962
Harakiri	Masaki Kobayashi	Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarō Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama	1962
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues	Kazuo Mori	Shintarō Katsu, Yoshie Mizutani, Masayo Banri, Tomisaburō Wakayama	1962
Chushingura	Hiroshi Inagaki	Matsumoto Hakuō I, Yūzō Kayama, Toshiro Mifune, Chūsha Ichikawa, Akira Kubo	1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights	Tomu Uchida	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Isao Kimura	1962
Shiro Amakusa, the Christian Rebel	Nagisa Oshima	Hashizō Ohkawa, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Satomi Oka	1962
Shinobi no Mono	Satsuo Yamamoto	Raizō Ichikawa, Yūnosuke Itō, Shiho Fujimura	1962	Based on the novel of the same name.
Sen-hime to Hideyori	Masahiro Makino	Hibari Misora, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura	1962
Shinsengumi Chronicles	Kenji Misumi	Shigeru Amachi, San'emon Arashi, Saburō Date	1963
An Actor's Revenge	Kon Ichikawa	Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto	1963	Remake of the 1935 film An Actor's Revenge.
The New Tale of Zatoichi	Tokuzo Tanaka	Shintaro Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi	1963
Escape from Hell	Kazuo Inoue	Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Takahiro Tamura	1963
Sengoku Yaro	Kihachi Okamoto	Yūzō Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satō	1963
Seventeen Ninja	Yasuto Hasegawa	Kōtarō Satomi, Jūshirō Konoe, Yuriko Mishima	1963
Bushido	Tadashi Imai	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Eijirō Tōno, Kyōko Kishida	1963
Brave Records of the Sanada Clan	Tai Kato	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Misako Watanabe	1963
Zatoichi the Fugitive	Tokuzo Tanaka	Shintaro Katsu, Miwa Takada, Sachiko Murase	1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance	Satsuo Yamamoto	Raizō Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura	1963	Based on the novel of the same name.
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel Against Yagyu	Tomu Uchida	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Isao Kimura	1963
Zatoichi on the Road	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	Shintarō Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Ryūzō Shimada	1963
The Lost World of Sinbad	Senkichi Taniguchi	Toshirō Mifune, Tadao Nakamaru, Mie Hama	1963
Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Chinese Jade	Tokuzō Tanaka	Raizō Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Shinobu Araki	1963
13 Assassins	Eiichi Kudo	Chiezo Kataoka, Kō Nishimura, Ryōhei Uchida	1963
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi	Shigehiro Ozawa	Utaemon Ichikawa, Takeshi Katō, Kei Satō	1963
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection	Kazuo Mori	Raizō Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Saburō Date	1963
Castle of Owls	Eiichi Kudō	Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Minoru Ōki, Hizuru Takachiho	1963
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure	Kenji Misumi	Raizō Ichikawa, Kōichi Aihara, San'emon Arashi	1964
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold	Kazuo Ikehiro	Shintarō Katsu, Shōgo Shimada, Mikiko Tsubouchi	1964
Three Outlaw Samurai	Hideo Gosha	Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirō Hira, Yoshiko Kayama	1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	Raizō Ichikawa, Kyooko Azuma, Ryonosuke Azuma	1964
Assassination	Masahiro Shinoda	Tetsuro Tamba, Shima Iwashita	1964
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege	Tokuzo Tanaka	Raizō Ichikawa, Saburō Date, Midori Isomura	1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Seduction	Kazuo Ikehiro	Raizō Ichikawa, Michiko Ai, Akira Amemiya	1964
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight	Kenji Misumi	Shintarō Katsu, Nobuo Kaneko, Gen Kimura	1964
Adauchi	Tadashi Imai	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Takahiro Tamura, Tetsurō Tanba	1964
Onibaba	Kaneto Shindo	Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō	1964
Kwaidan	Masaki Kobayashi	Rentarō Mikuni, Keiko Kishi, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai	1964
Adventures of Zatoichi	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	Shintarō Katsu, Miwa Takada, Eiko Taki	1964
Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari	Tai Katō	Sumiko Fuji, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Isao Kimura	1964	Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijoji	Tomu Uchida	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Isao Kimura	1964
Shinobi no Mono 5: zoku kirigakure Saizo	Kazuo Ikehiro	Raizō Ichikawa, Yukiko Fuji, Shiho Fujimura	1964
Warrior of the Wind	Tai Katō	Hashizō Ohkawa, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Naoko Kubo	1964
Samurai Assassin	Kihachi Okamoto	Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yunosuke Ito, Michiyo Aratama	1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire	Kenji Misumi	Raizō Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Sanae Nakahara	1965
The Scarlet Camellia	Yoshitarō Nomura	Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katō, Sachiko Hidari	1965	Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award
Red Beard	Akira Kurosawa	Toshiro Mifune, Yūzō Kayama	1965
Zatoichi's Revenge	Akira Inoue	Shintarō Katsu, Norihei Miki, Mikiko Tsubouchi	1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	Raizō Ichikawa, Michiko Saga, Machiko Hasegawa	1965
Shinobi no Mono 6: Iga Mansion	Kazuo Mori	Raizō Ichikawa, Kaoru Yachigusa, Isao Yamagata	1965
Muhomatsu no issho	Kenji Misumi	Shintarō Katsu, Ineko Arima, Ken Utsui	1965
Yotsuya Kaidan	Shirō Toyoda	Tatsuya Nakadai, Mariko Okada, Junko Ikeuchi	1965
Sword of the Beast	Hideo Gosha	Mikijirō Hira, Go Kato	1965
Miyamoto Musashi: Musashi vs. Kojiro	Tomu Uchida	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Wakaba Irie	1965
Akuto	Kyoko Kishida	Kaneto Shindo	1965
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man	Kazuo Mori	Shintarō Katsu, Kanbi Fujiyama, Eiko Taki	1965
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert	Kenji Misumi	Shintarō Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi	1965
Samurai Spy	Masahiro Shinoda	Kōji Takahashi	1965
Shinobi no Mono 7: shin kirigakure Saizo	Kazuo Mori	Raizō Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Yūko Kusunoki	1966
The Sword of Doom	Kihachi Okamoto	Tatsuya Nakadai, Yūzō Kayama, Michiyo Aratama, Toshiro Mifune	1966	Based on the novel of the same name.
The Magic Serpent	Tetsuya Yamauchi	Hiroki Matsukata, Tomoko Ogawa, Ryūtarō Ōtomo	1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Mask of the Princess	Akira Inoue	Raizō Ichikawa, Yaeko Mizutani, Ichirō Nakatani	1966
Daimajin	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Jun Fujimaki	1966
Zatoichi's Vengeance	Tokuzō Tanaka	Shintarō Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Jun Hamamura	1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage	Kazuo Ikehiro	Shintarō Katsu, Michiyo Ōkusu, Kunie Tanaka	1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Villainy	Kenji Misumi	Raizō Ichikawa, Shigeru Amachi, Shiho Fujimura	1966
Samurai Wolf	Hideo Gosha	Isao Natsuyagi, Ryōhei Uchida, Junko Miyazono	1966
Shinobi no Mono 8: A New Beginning	Kazuo Ikehiro	Raizō Ichikawa, Manami Fuji, Michiyo Ōkusu	1966
The Blazing Sword	Hirokazu Ichimura	Tetsuko Kobayashi, Asahi Kurizuka, Shun'ya Wazaki	1966
Kutsukake Tokijiro: Yukyo Ippiki	Tai Katō	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Junko Ikeuchi	1966
Zenigata Heiji	Tetsuya Yamauchi	Kazuo Funaki, Asao Koike, Akitake Kōno	1966
Band of Ninja	Nagisa Oshima	Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Toshirō Hayano, Hikaru Hayashi	1967
Samurai Wolf II	Hideo Gosha	Isao Natsuyagi, Ichirō Nakatani, Bin Amatsu	1967
Samurai Rebellion	Masaki Kobayashi	Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa	1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps	Kazuo Ikehiro	Raizō Ichikawa, Nobuo Kaneko	1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw	Satsuo Yamamoto	Shintarō Katsu, Rentarō Mikuni, Kō Nishimura	1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka	Yasuzō Masumura	Raizō Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Hideko Takamine	1967	Based on the novel of the same name.
Eleven Samurai	Eiichi Kudo	Isao Natsuyagi, Kōtarō Satomi, Kōji Nanbara	1967
Bakumatsu: Tenamonya daizōdō	Kengo Furusawa	Makoto Fujita, Minoru Shiraki, Kei Tani	1967
Zatoichi Challenged	Kenji Misumi	Shintarō Katsu, Jūshirō Konoe, Miwa Takada	1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman	Tokuzō Tanaka	Raizō Ichikawa, Miwa Takada, Yaeko Mizutani	1968
Kuroneko	Kaneto Shindō	Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satō	1968	Awards: 2 Mainichi Film Concours
Sleepy Eyes of Death: In the Spider's Lair	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	Raizō Ichikawa, Mako Midori, Maka Sarijo	1968
Botan Dōrō	Satsuo Yamamoto	Miyoko Akaza, Kōjirō Hongō, Hajime Koshikawa	1968	Based on the short story of the same name.
Kill!	Kihachi Okamoto	Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Naoko Kubo, Shigeru Kōyama	1968
The Silent Stranger	Luigi Vanzi	Tony Anthony, Kenji Ohara, Rita Mura, Lloyd Battista	1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie	Kazuo Ikehiro	Raizō Ichikawa, Naoko Kubo, Shiho Fujimura	1969
Samurai Banners	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshiro Mifune, Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Akihiko Hirata	1969
Bakuto Ichidai Chimatsuri Fudo	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	Saburō Date, Tatsuo Endō	1969
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman	Sadatsugu Matsuda	Yōko Matsuyama, Chizuko Arai, Jun Tatara	1969
Goyokin	Hideo Gosha	Tatsuya Nakadai, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Tetsuro Tanba	1969	Awards: 2 Mainichi Film Concours
Double Suicide	Masahiro Shinoda	Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita	1969	Based on the play of the same name.
Devil's Temple	Kenji Misumi	Shintarō Katsu, Hideko Takamine, Michiyo Aratama	1969
Hitokiri	Hideo Gosha	Shintaro Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukio Mishima	1969
Retsuden shumei tobaku	Keiichi Ozawa	Chieko Matsubara, Tatsuya Fuji, Meiko Kaji	1969
Red Lion	Kihachi Okamoto	Toshirō Mifune, Shima Iwashita	1969
Portrait of Hell	Shirō Toyoda	Hideyo Amamoto, Yōko Naitō, Tatsuya Nakadai	1969
Tengu-to	Satsuo Yamamoto	Tatsuya Nakadai, Ayako Wakao, Gō Katō	1969
Shinsengumi	Tadashi Sawashima	Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Kinya Kitaoji, Rentarō Mikuni, Yoko Tsukasa	1969
The Fort of Death	Eiichi Kudō	Kanjūrō Arashi, Hideo Fujimoto, Teruo Fujinaga	1969
Zatoichi meets Yojimbo	Kihachi Okamoto	Toshirō Mifune, Shintarō Katsu, Ayako Wakao	1970
The Ambush: Incident at Blood Pass	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshirō Mifune, Yūjirō Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka	1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival	Kenji Misumi	Shintarō Katsu, Reiko Ōhara, Pîtâ	1970
Bakumatsu	Daisuke Itō	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi	1970
Onna jigoku uta: Shakuhachi benten	Mamoru Watanabe	Tamaki Katori, Noriko Tatsumi, Rima Aoyama	1970
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	Shintarō Katsu, Yu Wang, Watako Hamaki	1971	Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours
Miyamoto Musashi VI	Tomu Uchida	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Rentarō Mikuni, Teruo Matsuyama	1971	Awards: 1 Golden Charybdis
En toiu onna	Tadashi Imai	Shinjirō Ehara, Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katō	1971
Inochi bō ni furō (Inn of Evil)	Masaki Kobayashi	Tatsuya Nakadai, Komaki Kurihara, Wakako Sakai	1971	Awards: 5 Mainichi Film Concours, 1 Taormina International Film Festival Award
Zatoichi at Large	Kazuo Mori	Shintarō Katsu, Rentarō Mikuni, Hisaya Morishige	1972	Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance	Kenji Misumi	Tomisaburō Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Tomoko Mayama	1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx	Kenji Misumi	Tomisaburō Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Akiji Kobayashi	1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades	Kenji Misumi	Tomisaburō Wakayama, Gō Katō, Yūko Hama	1972
Shadow Hunters	Toshio Masuda	Yūjirō Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Ryōhei Uchida	1972	Based on the manga series of the same name.
Zatoichi in Desperation	Shintarō Katsu	Shintarō Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Kyoko Yoshizawa	1972
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny	Toshio Masuda	Yūjirō Ishihara, Ryōhei Uchida, Mikio Narita	1972	Based on the manga series of the same name.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril	Takeichi Saitō	Tomisaburō Wakayama, Yoichi Hayashi, Michi Azuma	1972
Kogarashi Monjirō	Sadao Nakajima	Bunta Sugawara, Gorō Ibuki, Takayuki Akutagawa	1972
Kogarashi Monjirō: kakawari gozansen	Sadao Nakajima	Bunta Sugawara, Etsuko Ichihara, Kunie Tanaka	1972
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice	Kenji Misumi	Shintaro Katsu	1972
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare	Yasuzo Masumura	Shintaro Katsu	1973
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons	Kenji Misumi	Tomisaburō Wakayama, Michiyo Ōkusu, Akihiro Tomikawa	1973
Lady Snowblood	Toshiya Fujita	Meiko Kaji	1973	Based on the manga series of the same name.
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?	Yoshio Inoue	Shintaro Katsu	1974
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell	Yoshiyuki Kuroda	Tomisaburō Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi	1974
Ryoma Ansatsu	Kazuo Kuroki	Yoshio Harada, Yūsaku Matsuda, Renji Ishibashi, Kaori Momoi	1974
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki	Yasuzo Masumura	Ryudo Uzaki, Meiko Kaji	1978	Based on the play of the same name.
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron	Hideo Gosha	Tatsuya Nakadai, Junko Miyashita	1978
Shogun's Samurai	Kinji Fukasaku	Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Shinichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata	1978
Hunter in the Dark	Hideo Gosha	Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurō Tanba, Yoshio Harada	1979	Awards: 1 Japanese Academy Award
The Shogun Assassins	Sadao Nakajima	Hiroki Matsukata, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ichirō Ogura	1979	Awards: 1 Japanese Academy Award
Swords of Vengeance	Kinji Fukasaku	Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Sonny Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Tetsuro Tamba, Toshirō Mifune	1978
G.I. Samurai	Kōsei Saitō	Sonny Chiba	1979
Kagemusha	Akira Kurosawa	Tatsuya Nakadai	1980	Awards: 2 BAFTA Awards, 1 César Award, 2 David di Donatello Awards, 1 Palme d'Or
Tokugawa ichizoku no houkai	Kōsaku Yamashita	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Mikijirō Hira	1980
Shogun Assassin	Robert Houston	Tomisaburo Wakayama	1980
Shogun's Ninja	Noribumi Suzuki	Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi	1980
Sekigahara	Shin'ichi Kamoshita, Ichiro Takahashi	Hisaya Morishige, Gō Katō, Rentarō Mikuni, Toshirō Mifune	1981	Television film
Kazunomiya sama otome	Kenji Sawai	Shinobu Ōtake, Mitsuko Mori, Kimiko Ikegami	1981	Television film
Eijanaika	Shohei Imamura	Kaori Momoi, Shigeru Izumiya, Ken Ogata	1981
Shikake-nin Baian	Yasuo Furuhata	Katsuo Nakamura	1981
Samurai Reincarnation	Kinji Fukasaku	Sonny Chiba, Kenji Sawada	1981
Edo Porn	Kaneto Shindō	Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yūko Tanaka	1981	Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Hochi Film Award, 2 Japanese Academy Awards, 1 Yokohama Film Festival Award
The Bushido Blade	Tom Kotani	Sonny Chiba, Frank Converse, Mako Iwamatsu, Laura Gemser James Earl Jones, Toshiro Mifune	1981
The Ninja Wars	Kōsei Saitō	Hiroyuki Sanada, Noriko Watanabe, Jun Miho	1982	Awards: 3 Japanese Academy Awards
The Ballad of Narayama	Shōhei Imamura	Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari	1983	Awards: 1 Blue Ribbon Award, 1 Hochi Film Award, 3 Japanese Academy Awards, 2 Mainichi Film Concours, 1 Palme d'Or
Legend of the Eight Samurai	Kinji Fukasaku	Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba	1983
Hissatsu!	Masahisa Sadanaga	Makoto Fujita, Kunihiko Mitamura, Izumi Ayukawa	1984	Based on the television series of the same name.
Onna goroshi abura no jigoku	Ben Wada	Yūsaku Matsuda, Tomoko Ogawa, Jiro Sakagami	1984	Television film
Ran	Akira Kurosawa	Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada	1985	Awards: 2 BAFTA Awards
Gonza the Spearman	Masahiro Shinoda	Hiromi Go, Shohei Hino, Shima Iwashita	1986	Awards: 1 Silver Bear
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma	Yoshitaka Kawai	Tetsuya Takeda, Toshio Shiba, Takuro Yoshida	1986	Awards: 1 Hochi Film Award
Rikyu	Hiroshi Teshigahara	Rentarō Mikuni, Tsutomu Yamazaki	1989
Shōgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu	Yasuo Furuhata	Ken Ogata, Norihito Arai, Toshihiro Asari	1989
Death of a Tea Master	Kei Kumai	Eiji Okuda, Toshirō Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura	1989	Awards: 1 Japanese Academy Award, 1 Kinema Junpo Award, 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award, 1 Silver Hugo, 1 Silver Lion
Heaven and Earth	Haruki Kadokawa	Enoki Takaaki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi, Nomura Hironobu	1990
Sengoku Ransei no Abarenbo Saito Dosan Doto no Tenka Tori	Eiichi Kudō	Kumiko Akiyoshi, Shin'ichi Chiba, Ken Matsudaira	1991	Television film
Journey of Honor	Gordon Hessler	Sho Kosugi, David Essex, Kane Kosugi	1991
Bakumatsu jyunjyoden	Mitsuyuki Yakushiji	Ken Watanabe, Riho Makise, Tetta Sugimoto	1991
Mangetsu: Mr. Moonlight	Kazuki Ohmori	Saburō Tokitō, Bin Amatsu, Leo Morimoto	1991
Gō-hime	Hiroshi Teshigahara	Rie Miyazawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiya Nagasawa	1992	Awards: 2 Japanese Academy Awards
The Oil-Hell Murder	Hideo Gosha	Kanako Higuchi, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi	1992
Ihen kaidō	Kōsei Saitō	Ikkō Furuya, Mariko Fuji, Shōhei Hino	1993	Television film
Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjiro	Kon Ichikawa	Atsuo Nakamura, Ryōko Sakaguchi, Ittoku Kishibe	1993
Crest of Betrayal	Kinji Fukasaku	Kōichi Satō, Saki Takaoka, Keiko Oginome, Tsunehiko Watase, Eriko Watanabe	1994
47 Ronin	Kon Ichikawa	Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai	1994
Sharaku	Masahiro Shinoda	Hiroyuki Sanada, Frankie Sakai, Shima Iwashita, Tsurutarō Kataoka	1995
Bungo torimono ezu - Harikomi	Keiichi Ozawa	Hashinosuke Nakamura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sayuri Kokushō	1996	Television film
Reborn From Hell: Samurai Armageddon	Kazumasa Shirai	Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yūko Moriyama	1996	Remake of the 1981 film Samurai Reincarnation.
Legend of the Devil	Masaru Tsushima	Masaki Kyōmoto, Atsuo Nakamura, Daisuke Ryū	1996
Samurai Fiction: Episode One	Hiroyuki Nakano	Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tomoyasu Hotei	1998	Awards: 1 Mainichi Film Concours, 1 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Award, 2 Sitges Awards
Kunoichi ninpō-chō: Yagyū gaiden, Edo-bana jigoku-hen	Hitoshi Ozawa	Ryūshi Mizukami, Yūko Moriyama, Hitoshi Ozawa	1998
After the Rain	Takashi Koizumi	Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shiro Mifune, Mieko Harada, Tatsuya Nakadai	1999
Owls' Castle	Masahiro Shinoda	Kiichi Nakai, Mayu Tsuruta, Riona Hazuki	1999	Based on the novel under the same name.
Gohatto	Nagisa Oshima	Ryuhei Matsuda, Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano	1999
Dora-Heita	Kon Ichikawa	Kōji Yakusho, Yūko Asano, Tsurutarō Kataoka	2000
Gojoe	Sogo Ishii	Tadanobu Asano, Masatoshi Nagase, Daisuke Ryu, Jun Kunimura	2000	Awards: 1 Hochi Film Award
Kewaishi	Mitsutoshi Tanaka	Kippei Shîna, Miho Kanno, Chizuru Ikewaki	2001	Awards: 1 Tokyo International Film Festival Award
Onmyoji	Yōjirō Takita	Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Ito, Hiroyuki Sanada	2001
Chūshingura 1/47	Shunsaku Kawamo	Takuya Kimura, Kōichi Satō	2001	Television film. Remake of the 1932 film Chūshingura - Zempen: Akahokyō no maki.
Kikuchi-jō monogatari - sakimori-tachi no uta	Takashi Miike	Tōru Emori, Renji Ishibashi, Jinpachi Nezu	2001
Zuiketsu gensō - Tonkararin yume densetsu	Takashi Miike	Mikijirō Hira	2001
Onna kunishuu ikki	Takashi Miike	Mihoko Abe, Noriko Aota, Ayumi Asakura	2002
Sabu	Takashi Miike	Tatsuya Fujiwara, Satoshi Tsumabuki	2002	Television film
The Sea Is Watching	Kei Kumai	Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tōno, Masatoshi Nagase	2002
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover	Jun Ichikawa	Noritake Kinashi, Kiichi Nakai, Kyōka Suzuki	2002	Awards: 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award
The Twilight Samurai	Yoji Yamada	Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa	2002	Awards: 12 Japanese Academy Awards
When the Last Sword Is Drawn	Yōjirō Takita	Kiichi Nakai, Kōichi Satō, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata	2003
Aragami	Ryuhei Kitamura	Takao Osawa, Masaya Kato, Kanae Uotani, Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki	2003	Awards: 1 Silver Raven
Makai Tenshō	Hideyuki Hirayama	Yōsuke Kubozuka, Kumiko Asō, Tetta Sugimoto	2003
Azumi	Ryuhei Kitamura	Aya Ueto	2003	Based on the manga series of the same name.
Zatōichi	Takeshi Kitano	Beat Takeshi, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa	2003
Onmyoji 2	Yōjirō Takita	Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Itō, Eriko Imai, Kyoko Fukada, Hayato Ichihara	2003
Warau Iemon	Yukio Ninagawa	Toshiaki Karasawa, Koyuki, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi	2004	Awards: 2 Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards, 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award
Werewolf Warrior	Tomo'o Haraguchi	Ryūji Harada, Nozomi Andō, Tatsuo Higashida	2004
Izo	Takashi Miike	Kazuya Nakayama, Takeshi Kitano, Bob Sapp	2004
The Hidden Blade	Yoji Yamada	Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Yukiyoshi Ozawa	2004
Azumi 2: Death or Love	Shusuke Kaneko	Aya Ueto	2005	Based on the manga series of the same name.
Ashura	Yōjirō Takita	Somegorō Ichikawa, Rie Miyazawa, Kanako Higuchi	2005	Awards: 1 Hochi Film Award, 1 Kinema Junpo Award, 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award, 1 Yokohama Film Festival Award
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549	Masaaki Tezuka	Yōsuke Eguchi, Kyōka Suzuki, Haruka Ayase	2005	Awards: 1 Asia-Pacific Film Festival Award
Hana	Hirokazu Koreeda	Jun'ichi Okada, Rie Miyazawa, Arata Furuta	2006	Awards: 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award
Love and Honor	Yoji Yamada	Kimura Takuya, Dan Rei, Takashi Sasano	2006
Kaidan	Hideo Nakata	Kumiko Asō, Takaaki Enoki, Reona Hirota	2007	Awards: 1 Yokohama Film Festival Award
Sukiyaki Western Django	Takashi Miike	Hideaki Ito, Kōichi Satō, Yusuke Iseya	2007
Chacha	Hajime Hashimoto	Ryōko Gi, Mieko Harada, Takehiro Hira	2007
Yamazakura	Tetsuo Shinohara	Rena Tanaka, Noriyuki Higashiyama, Tetsuya Chiba	2008
Geisha Assassin	Gō Ohara	Minami Tsukui, Shigeru Kanai, Nao Nagasawa	2008
Ichi	Fumihiko Sori	Takao Osawa, Haruka Ayase, Shido Nakamura, Yosuke Kubozuka	2008
Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf	Kurando Mitsutake	Kurando Mitsutake, Jeffrey James Lippold, Domiziano Arcangeli	2009
Ballad: Na mo naki koi no uta	Takashi Yamazaki	Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yui Aragaki, Akashi Takei	2009
Castle Under Fiery Skies	Mitsutoshi Tanaka	Toshiyuki Nishida, Shōzō Endō, Saki Fukuda	2009
Sword of Desperation	Hideyuki Hirayama	Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Koji Kikkawa	2010
13 Assassins	Takashi Miike	Kōji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yūsuke Iseya, Goro Inagaki, Masachika Ichimura, Mikijirō Hira	2010	Remake of the 1963 film 13 Assassins.
Ōoku	Fuminori Kaneko	Ko Shibasaki, Kazunari Ninomiya, Hiroshi Tamaki	2010	Based on the manga series of the same name.
Sakurada Gate Incident	Junya Sato	Takao Ohsawa, Kyoko Hasegawa, Minosuke Bandō	2010
Abacus and Sword	Yoshimitsu Morita	Masato Sakai, Yukie Nakama, Kimimaro Ayanokōji	2010
Scabbard Samurai	Hitoshi Matsumoto	Masatō Ibu, Jun Kunimura, Itsuji Itao	2010
Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya	Nopporn Watin	Seigi Ozeki, Kanokkorn Jaicheun, Sorapong Chatree	2010	Awards: 1 Thailand National Film Association Award
The Winter Butterfly	Marcus Tozini	Sam Aoyama, Ikuma Isaac Fryman, Sharon Gee	2010
At River's Edge	Tetsuo Shinohara	Noriyuki Higashiyama, Rinko Kikuchi	2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai	Takashi Miike	Ichikawa Ebizō XI, Eita, Kōji Yakusho	2011	Remake of the 1962 film Harakiri.
Shinobido	Toshiyuki Morioka	Aimi Satsukawa, Ryōichi Yuki, Ayaka Kikuchi	2012
Rurouni Kenshin	Keishi Ōtomo	Takeru Sato, Emi Takei	2012	Based on the manga series of the same name.
The Dry Blade	Michael Fredianelli	Michael Nosé, Henry Lee, Carl Schreiber	2012
The Floating Castle	Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo	Mansai Nomura	2012
Unforgiven	Lee Sang-il	Ken Watanabe, Kōichi Satō, Akira Emoto	2013	Based on the 1992 American western of the same name.
Masterless	Craig Shimahara	Adam LaVorgna	2014
Mission Impossible: Samurai	Katsuhide Motoki	Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyoko Fukada, Tsuyoshi Ihara	2014
Zakurozaka no Adauchi	Setsurō Wakamatsu	Kiichi Nakai, Hiroshi Abe, Ryōko Hirosue	2014
Kakekomi	Masato Harada	Yo Oizumi, Erika Toda, Hikari Mitsushima	2015

Other adaptations

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Shōgun	1980	1600	American mini-series based on the novel by James Clavell, loosely based on William Adams, the English navigator who served as a key advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu beginning in 1600.
The 47 Ronin	1941	1701–1703	Released just before the Attack on Pearl Harbor and depicting the famous actions of the Forty-seven Ronin in 1701–1703.
Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki	1962	1701–1703	Another film about the Forty-seven Ronin
Bushido Blade	1981	1854	About the forced Opening of Japan in 1854.
The Last Samurai	2003	1877	Fictional story based around the Satsuma Rebellion
KanColle: The Movie	2016	1939-1991	Based on Kantai Collection and true events of World War II and Cold War.
Tora! Tora! Tora!	1970	1941	Detailing the events leading up to and including the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Midway	1976	1942	About the Battle of Midway between Japan and the United States in 1942.
The Bridge on the River Kwai	1957	1942–1945	About allied prisoners of war forced to work on the Burma Railway during World War II.
Letters from Iwo Jima	2006	1945	Japanese-language film directed by Clint Eastwood about the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
Hiroshima	1995	1945	Docu-drama about the events leading up to the use of the first atomic weapons in 1945.
Climber's High	2008	1985	Historical drama about Japan Airlines Flight 123.
Shizumanu Taiyō	2009	1985	Historical drama about Japan Airlines Flight 123.
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi	2016	1988-2006	Based on Boku Dake ga Inai Machi.
A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies	2007	2004-2007	Based on true events of 2004 Chūetsu earthquake.
Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku	2016	2004-2009	Based on a manga series and true events of 2004 Chūetsu earthquake to Financial crisis of 2007–08.
Corpse Party	2015	2004	Based on Corpse Party by Team GrisGris
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation	2016	2004-2006	Based on the movie Swing Girls by Shinobu Yaguchi.
Assassination Classroom: Graduation	2016	2004-2012	Based on the manga and true events of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook and Akihabara massacre.
Joshikō	2016	2008	Based on true events of Akihabara massacre.
Tōkyō Mukokuseki Shōjo	2015	2008	Based on true events of Financial crisis of 2007–08 and Akihabara massacre.
Persona 3 Films	2013-2016	2009	Based on Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 during the Financial crisis of 2007–08.
Devil Survivor 2: The Animation	2013	2011	Based on Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 during 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Kagerou Daze -in a days-	2016	2011-2014	Based on Kagerou Project during 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Godzilla Resurgence	2016	2011-2014	Based on Godzilla films.

Korean and South Korean history

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield	2003	660	set during the Battle of Hwangsanbeol
A Frozen Flower	2008	1330–1374	set during the late Goryeo Dynasty.
The Divine Weapon	2008	1418–1450	set during the reign of Sejong the Great.
The King and the Clown	2005	1494–1506	set during the reign of Yeonsangun of Joseon.
Musa (film)	2001	1375	story about diplomatic mission from the Goryeo travels to Ming China.
Blades of Blood	2010	1500s	set during the 16th century.
The Admiral: Roaring Currents	2014	1597	Battle of Myeongnyang: naval battle between Japan and Korea
Sword in the Moon	2003	ca. 1600	set during the beginning of the 17th century.
War of the Arrows	2011	1636-7	set during the second Manchu invasion of Korea.
Shadows in the Palace	2007	1600s	set during the 17th century.
Chi-hwa-seon	2002	1843–1897	about the life of Korean painter Oh-won.
The Sword with No Name	2009	1800s	set during the 19th century.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird	2008	1920–1930	loosely based on the seizure of 150,000 won in Manchuria.
Taegukgi	2004	1950–1953	set during the Korean War
Welcome to Dongmakgol	2005	1950–1953	set during the Korean War
71: Into the Fire	2010	1950–1953	set during the Korean War
The Front Line	2011	1953	during the Korean War ceasefire.
Silmido	2003	1970s	based on a military uprising on Silmido island

Southeast Asia

Philippine history

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Title	Release date	Time period	Setting	Notes
Aguila (Eagle)	1980	1899–1940s	Philippines	Philippine History.
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita (Aishite Imasu 1941: I Love You)	2004	1941–1945	Philippines	About the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines in World War II.
Amaya	2010	1400–1521	Philippines	The film depicting the Philippines during the Classical Period.
Amigo (Friend)	2010	1900s	Philippines	Philippine–American War
Tiniente Rosario (Sgt. Rosario)	1937	1898–1901	Philippines	The Story about the Philippine Revolutionary Army and its Female Sargent officer.
Baler	2008	1898	Philippines	During the Siege of Baler.
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky	1974	c. 500 BC.	Philippines	The film depicts the Prehistory of the Philippines, and the construction of the Banaue Rice Terraces.
Bayani (Hero)	1992	1863–1897	Philippines	The life of Andres Bonifacio.
Alab ng Lahi	2003	1945	Philippines	The film depicts the Filipino Filipino Guerilas's During the end of Second World War lead by gergorio Magtangol and the friendship between the Japanese and Filipino soldier .
Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo (Bonifacio: The First President)	2014	1872-1897	Philippines	The life of Philippine Revolutionary Andres Bonifacio from his founding of the Katipunan to his eventual execution. The film focused on the hypothesis that he, not Emilio Aguinaldo, was the first President of the Philippines.
Aguila (Eagle)	1980	1899–1945	Philippines	Philippine history
Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill, the Arturo Porcuna Story	2013	1960s	Philippines	The life and death of Arturo "Boy Golden" Porcuna, who rose through the Manila underworld in the 1960s until his eventual murder.
Dekada '70 (The 70s)	2002	1970s	Philippines	Based on the novel of the same name by Lualhati Bautista. The setting is period of Martial law.
El Presidente (The President)	2012	1886–1962	Philippines	The life of the first president of the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo which spans the Philippine Revolution, Philippine-American War, up to the full restoration of Philippine independence on July 4, 1946.
Felix Manalo	2015	1900s	Philippines	The life of Felix Manalo, founder and pioneer Executive Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, which spans from his early life up to the establishment of the church on July 27, 1914.
Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon? (This is how we were, How are you doing now?)	1970	1870–1895	Philippines	The film depicts the Hispinized Society of the Philippines during the Spanish Period.
Heneral Luna (General Luna)	2015	1898-1903	Philippines	The biography of General Antonio Luna's career up to his assassination.
Ikaw Lamang (Only You)	2014	1960s–1980s	Philippines	The film depicts the lifestyle of the wealthy Filipino landowners during the 1960s up to 1980s.
Ilustrado	2014	1860s–1890s	Philippines	The film tells the story about José Rizal's early life as a teenager and his tragic first love.
Indio	2011	1601–1677	Philippines	An Epic Historical-fiction story about the Spanish Conquest and Philippine revolts against Spain.
José Rizal	1998	1861–1896	Philippines	The life of the Philippine National Hero, José Rizal.
Katipunan	2013	1892–1897	Philippines	Tells the how the Katipunan was formed from Andres Bonifacio's perspective.
Lapu-Lapu	1955	1491–1542	Philippines	The life of Lapu-Lapu and death of Magellan.
Lapu-Lapu	2002	1491–1542	Philippines	A remake of the 1955 film that tells the life of Lapu-Lapu.
Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story	2011	1951	Philippines	The criminal life of Asiong Salonga that led to his assassination on October 7, 1951.
Rosario	2010	1920s	Philippines	The life of Rosario, a girl during the American Occupation Period. She was Manuel V. Pangilinan's grandmother.
Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (Three Godless Years)	1972	1942–1945	Philippines	Philippines during World War II
Tirad Pass: The Story of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar	1997	December 2, 1899	Philippines	About the Battle of Tirad Pass, Philippine Campaign Against Americans leby General Gregorio Del Pilar.
Santiago!	1970	1941–1945	Philippines	Depicting the Philippine campaign during World War II

Mainland and Maritime Southeast Asia

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Title	Release date	Time period	Setting	Notes
Blood Letter	2011	c. 1442	Vietnam	About the retaliation of Tran Nguyen Vu (Nguyen Trai's grandchild) for his grandfather death in 1442. The movie was based on Bui Anh Tan's bestselling of the same name.
King Naresuan (film)	2007	1555–1592	Thailand (Siam)	The film is set after event in The Legend of Suriyothai about Naresuan, the King of Siam who was executes the plotters and ceremoniously declares Ayutthaya free and sovereign from Hanthawadi
Krakatoa, East of Java	1969	1883	Indonesia	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, featured the 1883 eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa.
The Rebel	2007	1920s	Vietnam (French Indochina)	Set in Vietnam in 1920s, under colonial French rule.
Indochine (film)	1992	1930s	Vietnam (French Indochina)	French film set in the twilight of colonial French Indochina during the 1930s.
Paradise Road	1997	1939–1945	Indonesia	About the event of World War II on the island of Sumatra.
Leftenan Adnan	2000	1940s	Malaysia	About the experiences of Adnan bin Saidi as a soldier during World War II.
The Merdeka Trilogy: Merah Putih	2009	1947	Indonesia	About the struggles of the Indonesians throughout the Indonesian National Revolution.
The Merdeka Trilogy: Darah Garuda	2010	1947	Indonesia	About the struggles of the Indonesians throughout the Indonesian National Revolution.
The Scent of Green Papaya	1993	1950s	Vietnam	Set in 1950s Saigon.
The Quiet American	2002	1952	Vietnam	Set in Vietnam in 1952, and pertaining to emerging violent factions in the area and early CIA involvement.
The Year of Living Dangerously	1982	1965	Indonesia	Directed by Peter Weir, about the Transition to the New Order or vivere pericolosamente.
1965 (film)	2015	1963-1966	Singapore	Singapore in Malaysia, 1964 race riots in Singapore and National Day of 1965
The White Silk Dress	2006	1968	Vietnam	Directed by Luu Huynh. It is about a tragedy in Vietnam War.
The Killing Fields	1984	1973	Cambodia	About the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. The film begins in 1973.

See also

• List of World War II films