Summary: Satire in which a skillful but slovenly samurai comes to the aid of a group of naive young warriors fighting their corrupt clan leaders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SANSummary: Whilst wandering war torn country during the Sengoku period, a nameless ronin stumbles upon a young boy by the name of Kotaro, his dog and the many Chinese assassins dispatched to claim the boy in some strange ritual for immortality. Seeing something of his own past within the child, the nameless swordsman chooses to act his bodyguard, but can he truly keep Kotaro from the clutches of the Ming...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Funimation 2016
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SWOSummary: An impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. In order to survive in feudal Japan, they are forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain, then they dump their corpses down a deep, dark hole.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Homevision 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONISummary: In war-torn medieval Japan, a military hero is sent to a small village to dispatch a malevolent spirit that has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. and discovers that he must face his own personal demons as well.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KURSummary: The animated series follows the tales of a young samurai that was cast far into the future by the evil shape shifting wizard Aku. Watch Samurai Jack on his quest to return to the past and undo the destruction that Aku has brought upon the land.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Welcome to the Meiji era. Japan is a land experiencing times of troubled peace and renewal after a long and bloody civil war. Lurking in the shadows are many survivors of the revolution awaiting their chance for vengeance. Only Kenshin, the former government assassin can keep the peace. He gives up the life of "Battousai the man slayer" and sets off as a lone wanderer to start life over. Can he...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anime Works 2005
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME RURKurosawa, Akira
Summary: While young Sanshiro is enrolled in a jujitsu school, he also secretly studies the more spiritual art of judo; follows the stories of several female volunteer workers at an optics plant during World War II; Sanshiro becomes the target of revenge; Lord Yoshitsune and his samurai bodyguards dress as monks in order to pass through enemy territory.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the wake of a brutal civil war, the legendary and feared killer Kenshin Himura throws down his sword and vows to turn his back on bloodshed. Choosing instead to live his life as a peaceful wanderer, Kenshin soon finds that the world around him is rapidly changing and not for the better. A sadistic drug lord, Kanryu, oppresses the people, poisoning them with opium and stealing what little...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN RURYakusho, Koji
Summary: A penniless samurai during a time of peace asks to commit ritual suicide in the courtyard of the House of Ii, but is instead told the story of the fate of another warrior who came with a similar request, but was actually hoping to get money instead.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HARSummary: Kenshin has learned the ultimate sword technique of the Hiten Mitsurugi Style and defeated his enemies from the time of the Revolution. Now he is a man ready to face the new era of Japan. Along with the Meiji Era comes a host of allies and dangerous opponents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anime Works 2005
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME RURSummary: In the midst of epic violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN GATSummary: In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GATSummary: After an evil wizard named Aku conquers his land, Jack is sent away as a young boy to train as a samurai and save his people. When Jack is banished to the bleak future, his physical discipline and stoic nature make his a timeless hero.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2017
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVDE ANIME SAMSummary: Kai is an outcast who joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. They embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE FORSummary: SAMURAI WOLF: Isao Natsuyagi stars as Kiba, a charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that's more than meets the eye. After dispatching a pair of highway criminals seen robbing a courier wagon, Kiba agrees to assist a beautiful blind woman who runs the local shipping company. SAMURAI WOLF 2: HELL CUT: Charismatic ronin Kiba returns, once again...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN SAMSummary: Kenshin has set off on the long road to Kyoto where past and present wil clash as war looms. Shadows of the revolution threaten to topple the Meiji government and one man stands at the forefront of this plot: Battosai's successor, Makoto Shishio. He has returned to disrupt the peace of the Meiji era and reconstruct Japan to fit his own twisted vision. Yahiko and Sanosuke hope they can aid their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anime Works 2005
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME RURSummary: Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLASummary: The adventures of Jack, a young samurai and prince whose family has fought the evil demon Aku for control of their kingdom and continues to do so when he mysteriously travels to a future city where Aku and his henchmen-robots rule.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SAMSummary: A young waitress asks two very different warriors, one rash and animalistic, the other cool and composed to accompany her on a journey in search of a mysterious samurai.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: FUNimation 2011
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SAMSummary: Thirteen brave samurai must face overwhelming odds in an epic battle against a sadistic lord and his army of 200 to prevent him from plunging Japan into war.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD 13ACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THISummary: Hard-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PAWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAWSummary: John Blackthorne is a ship-wrecked English navigator who becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes in Japan during the Tokugawa, or, Edo period. Toranaga is a feuding warlord vying to become the supreme military dictator, or shōgun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and becomes determined to be the first foreigner to become a samurai warrior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2003