RAN (1985)
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he underestimated how power will corrupt them...
YOJIMBO (1961)
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
KAGEMUSHA (1980)
A petty thief who resembles a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double, but when the warlord dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.