Japan Synopsis
赤毛
Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt officials.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Red Lion. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedThe Twilight Samurai
★ 7.7 · Japan
3 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
★ 7.3 · Japan
3 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
★ 7.2 · Japan
3 sharedThe Tale of Zatoichi
★ 7.2 · Japan
3 sharedSamurai Assassin
★ 7.2 · Japan
2 sharedRurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
★ 7.6 · Japan
Other Titles From TOHO
Action + Comedy in Japan
429 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Red Lion itself).
The 1968–1970 Japan Window
Red Lion holds position #41 of 65 Japan films in the 1968–1970 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Red Lion premiered alongside 25 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 25 other Japan films in 1969.
The 321st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
20 audience reviews — more than 36% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 23th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Red Lion, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- government corruption · 4
- tokugawa shogunate · 2
- tragicomedy · 1
- mother son relationship · 21
- chanbara · 14
- meiji period · 7
- jidaigeki · 61
- sword fight · 56
- 19th century · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,621 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (21st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.7 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,414 of 1,714 (top 82%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | October 10, 1969 |
| IMDb | tt0063995 |