Kenji Misumi
Director · 63 credits · 22 in highly-rated films
Best known for Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Best Kenji Misumi movies by genre
Directed movies (63 total, ranked by score)
1Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972 · ★ 7.4 (196 votes)
Action, Drama, Adventure
2Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972 · ★ 7.4 (250 votes)
Drama, Action, Adventure
3The Tale of Zatoichi
1962 · ★ 7.3 (158 votes)
Adventure, Action, Drama
4Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973 · ★ 7.2 (138 votes)
Action, Crime, Thriller
5Shogun Assassin
1980 · ★ 6.9 (192 votes)
Action, Adventure
6Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
1972 · ★ 7.1 (165 votes)
Drama, Action, Adventure
7Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963 · ★ 6.5 (11 votes)
Action, Thriller, War
8Princess Sen in Edo
1960
Drama
9Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
1965
10The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
1971
Action, Crime, Drama
11A Thousand Flying Cranes
1959
12The Magoichi Saga
1969 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)
Action, Drama
13Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964 · ★ 6.8 (60 votes)
Adventure, Action, Drama
14Zatoichi Challenged
1967 · ★ 7.0 (42 votes)
Adventure, Action, Drama
15Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970 · ★ 6.8 (46 votes)
Adventure, Action, Drama
16The Two Bodyguards
1968
Action, Drama
17Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
1965 · ★ 6.7 (43 votes)
Adventure, Action, Drama
18The Last Samurai
1974 · ★ 7.7 (20 votes)
Drama, Action
19The Homely Sister
1967
20Samaritan Zatoichi
1968 · ★ 6.8 (43 votes)
Adventure, Action, Drama
21The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
1958 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Horror
22Maiko and the Assassin
1963
History, Romance
23Dynamite Doctor
1966
Action, Crime
24The Lord Pretends
1959
25Ken
1964 · ★ 7.7 (15 votes)
Drama
26Gonpachi
1956
27Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972 · ★ 6.3 (48 votes)
Action, Drama
28The Sisters and I
1967
Drama
29Return of Giant Majin
1966 · ★ 6.2 (66 votes)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
30Buddha
1961 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.