Japan Synopsis
ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道
A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
The 1972–1974 Japan Window
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight holds position #27 of 69 Japan films in the 1972–1974 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Japan films in 1973.
The 387th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
24 audience reviews — more than 42% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 51th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- porno · 3
- eroticism · 25
- bushi · 9
- bushido · 7
- jidaigeki · 61
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,214 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (52nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #893 of 1,714 (top 52%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 21m |
| Release Date | February 3, 1973 |
| IMDb | tt0142773 |