Samurai Assassin is a 1965 Japanese movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yunosuke Ito, and Michiyo Aratama.

Samurai Assassin is set in 1860, immediately before the Meiji Restoration changed Japanese society forever by doing away with the castes in society and reducing the position of the samurai class. It is a typical samurai movie, with lots of conversation, beautiful black and white photography and a swordfight at the end. This movie is rather quiet in as far as the main part of the action goes.

The film tells the story of Niiro Tsurichiyo (Mifune) as the illegitimate son of a powerful nobleman, and the way of his life that made him a swordfighter but also a social outcast. The film is based on a novel, which in turn was inspired by a real event: the assassination of feudal lord Ii Naosuke outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.

Samurai is a Tamil language film released in 2002. The film was directed by then debutante, Balaji Sakthivel and produced by S Dhanu under the Alayam Banner. The film starred Vikram, Anita, Jayaseel and Sriya Reddy in the lead roles. Vadivvukarsai, Nassar and Chinni Jayanth all play in other roles. The film's music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film released in November, 2002 became a super hit in most areas raising business for the lead actors.

Thiagu is a school teacher by day and a 'Samurai' by night. He and his gang abduct corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who go free because of the loopholes in the legal system. Ofcourse there is a tragic background to all this. Anitha, a schoolgirl is love with Vikram. There is the honest cop Nassar who goes by the rulebook. Cop versus Samurai goes on with finally the Samurai being brought to court. Written by RC

February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status. With American ships in Japan's harbors, cynicism among the assassins, and change in the air, Niiro resolves to reach ends that may prove ephemeral. Written by

Lee Toshido Cantrell's mother and father were Japanese and American respectively. He was born in Japan and lived there till he was ten. Then they moved to San Francisco. Accompanying him is his martial arts teacher, Takeo, he would train him to atain the level of a Samurai. Lee would become a lawyer and works as a prosecutor. At night he uses his Samurai skills to apprehend criminals. Currently, he is looking into why some men broke into a warehouse, the owner said that they were there to blow it up. It seems that someone wants to buy his property and he refused. Lee investigates and discovers that a wealthy and powerful businessman wants to develop that area. Lee tells his boss of his suspicions but tells Lee that this man is too powerful for them, unless they have rock solid evidence, the man will lash back at them. Written by

Lee Cantrell works as a San Francisco district attorney by day. By night he dons a samurai uniform, mask and sword and battles crime where he takes on a power-mad tycoon ploting to destroy the city with a earthquake machine in this pilot for a prospective martial arts TV series that never took off. Written by Anonymous

A young Japanese-American orphan in California is taken in by a priest who is actually a Japanese secret agent and a samurai warrior. Due to the samurai's training, the boy murders his English teacher, kills the American parents who have adopted him, smuggles Japanese secret plans into the country, and eventually becomes the governor of California with plans to infiltrate Japanese spies into the state so they can take over. Written by Anonymous