Bushido Man
2013 1h 28m movie Film Japan

Bushido Man

ブシドーマン

Synopsis

ブシドーマン

Toramaru, lord of integrated martial arts Mugen-ga-ryu, ends his training journey and visits his master, Gensai. "You have to duel with every martial arts master and win, in order to obtain their esoteric books of martial secrets." Receiving such an order from Gensai, Toramaru makes a pilgrimage around Japan and spends a year fighting. Through his fights with genuine masters in every martial arts such as kung-fu, stick fighting, sword fighting, and nunchaku, this film passionately tells what "Budo" is and what Bushido is. Full of fierce and diverse action! The original fighting movie is finally born here!

The 2012–2014 Japan Window

In the crowded 2012-2014 Japan release window, Bushido Man sits at #490 of 530. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Solitary Gourmet
    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012
  2. Attack on Titan
    #2

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013
  3. High School D×D
    #3

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  4. Haikyu!!
    #4

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  5. Your Lie in April
    #5

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Bushido Man premiered alongside 177 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 177 other Japan films in 2013.

The 2734th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

14
Reviews
23rd
Review-volume percentile
6th
Popularity percentile

14 audience reviews — more than 23% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 6th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

5.6
TMDB Rating
14
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #4,176 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (9th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,605 of 1,714 (top 94%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesTwo Guns Film
Runtime1h 28m
Release DateFebruary 23, 2013
IMDbtt2748546
Official Sitebushidoman.tumblr.com

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