Warring Clans
1963 1h 38m movie Film Japan

Warring Clans

戦国野郎

Synopsis

戦国野郎

A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack…

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Warring Clans. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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 Warring Clans itself).

The 1962–1964 Japan Window

Warring Clans holds position #32 of 58 Japan films in the 1962–1964 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Harakiri
    #1

    Harakiri

    ★ 8.4 · 1962
  2. High and Low
    #2

    High and Low

    ★ 8.3 · 1963
  3. Sanjuro
    #3

    Sanjuro

    ★ 7.9 · 1962
  4. An Autumn Afternoon
    #4

    An Autumn Afternoon

    ★ 7.8 · 1962
  5. Onibaba
    #5

    Onibaba

    ★ 7.7 · 1964
  6. Kwaidan
    #6

    Kwaidan

    ★ 7.7 · 1964
  7. Three Outlaw Samurai
    #7

    Three Outlaw Samurai

    ★ 7.5 · 1964
  8. Revenge
    #8

    Revenge

    ★ 7.5 · 1964

The 1960s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Warring Clans premiered alongside 14 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 14 other Japan films in 1963.

The 175th 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
5th
Popularity percentile

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

Popularity sits at the 5th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Warring Clans, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • pirate · 20
  • sengoku period · 14
  • chambara · 12
  • bandit · 12
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • samurai · 128
  • jidaigeki · 61
  • ninja · 36

Reception Benchmarks

6.8
TMDB Rating
14
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,650 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (42nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,046 of 1,714 (top 61%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesTOHO
Runtime1h 38m
Release DateMarch 23, 1963
IMDbtt0057489