Samurai Wolf II
1967 1h 12m movie Film Japan

Samurai Wolf II

牙狼之介 地獄斬り

Synopsis

牙狼之介 地獄斬り

Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Samurai Wolf II. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Toei Company

Action + Adventure in Japan

1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Samurai Wolf II itself).

The 1966–1968 Japan Window

Samurai Wolf II holds position #23 of 70 Japan films in the 1966–1968 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Ultra Q
    #1

    Ultra Q

    ★ 8.4 · 1966
  2. Samurai Rebellion
    #2

    Samurai Rebellion

    ★ 8.2 · 1967
  3. Ultraman
    #3

    Ultraman

    ★ 8.2 · 1966
  4. Two in the Shadow
    #4

    Two in the Shadow

    ★ 7.9 · 1967
  5. The Sword of Doom
    #5

    The Sword of Doom

    ★ 7.7 · 1966
  6. Ultraseven
    #6

    Ultraseven

    ★ 7.7 · 1967
  7. Farewell to the Summer Light
    #7

    Farewell to the Summer Light

    ★ 7.7 · 1968
  8. Red Angel
    #8

    Red Angel

    ★ 7.6 · 1966

The 1960s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Samurai Wolf II premiered alongside 20 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 20 other Japan films in 1967.

The 265th 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
17th
Popularity percentile

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

Popularity sits at the 17th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
14
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,257 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #905 of 1,714 (top 53%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesToei Company
Runtime1h 12m
Release DateMay 13, 1967
IMDbtt0199681