Roningai (浪人街 第一話、第二話, Roningai Daiichiwa Dainiwa), also known as Samurai Town: Story 1 and Story 2, are respectively 1928 and 1929 black and white Japanese silent films directed by Masahiro Makino. Serving as parts of a 3-part series, the first and second installments are representative films of Masahiro Makino, the son of Shozo Makino (considered the 'father of Japanese film'). These films lent status to ensemble casts and did not rely on famous stars. The film was known for its depiction of the unique setting of the ronin town as well as for the exquisite camera work and fast-paced sword fighting scenes.
Suggestions of similar film to Samurai Town Story Part I
There are 6 films with the same director, 70359 with the same cinematographic genres (including 7514 with exactly the same 2 genres than Samurai Town Story Part I), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.
If you liked Samurai Town Story Part I, you will probably like those similar films :
, 1h9 Directed byMasahiro Makino OriginJapon GenresComedy, Musical theatre, Musical ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Musical films ActorsChiezō Kataoka, Takashi Shimura, Haruyo Ichikawa, Ryosuke Kagawa Rating69% Oharu is the daughter of Kyōsai Shimura, a rōnin who now makes his living making umbrellas. She is in love with another rōnin, Reisaburō Asai, who lives next door, but he is being pursued by two of the town beauties, Otomi and Fujio. To make things even more difficult for Oharu, her father is obsessed with antiques, buying them even though he has little money and even when most of them eventually turn out to be fakes. A mistake, however, puts him deeply in debt to the local lord, Tanbanokami Minezawa, and he is confronted with having to sell Oharu in order to pay it off.
, 2h35 Directed bySiva GenresDrama, Comedy, Fantasy, Action ActorsRavi Teja, Taapsee Pannu, Prabhu, Sayaji Shinde, Brahmanandam, M. S. Narayana Rating53% The film's story is similar to fantasy films like Yamaleela, Yamudiki Mogudu, Yamagola and Yamadonga. Bullet Raja (Ravi Teja) is a small time crook with a good heart. He bumps into Swetha (Taapsee Pannu) at a function and falls in love with her. But Swetha is already engaged to Harbour Babu (Sushant Singh), a powerful local goon. One day, using Swetha's dance master Vidya Balan (Brahmanandam), Bullet Raja And Swetha manage to run away from Babu to reach a hill-top. But Babu tracks them down and is severely beaten by Bullet Raja. But at the last moment, Babu uses his Scorpio car to hit Raja off the hill-top. Raja clings on to a branch growing on the hill but slips off it and falls down but still manages to survive. But just then Chitragupta (M. S. Narayana) again changes the story and the car that was stuck on the edge of the hill falls down and Bullet Raja And blasts, thus killing him.
, 1h55 Directed byRichard Berry OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ThemesMafia films, La provence, Gangster films ActorsJean Reno, Kad Merad, Richard Berry, Marina Foïs, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, JoeyStarr Rating66% Three years ago mafia boss Charly Matteï retired and left the business to his old friend Tony Zacchia, and has led a peaceful life since, devoting himself to his wife and two children. His past catches up with him when he is ambushed by an eight-man hit squad in a parking lot and left for dead with 22 bullets in his body. Against all odds, he survives to take revenge on his killers.