Samurai Fiction

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

Runtime

2h

Director

Ang Lee

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat, Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Sofia Coppola

Cast

Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Runtime

2h 58m

Director

Mel Gibson

Cast

Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Steven Spielberg

Cast

Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and t...

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Edward Zwick

Cast

Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall