Sengoku Jidai (other media)

The specific time period of the Sengoku Jidai in Samurai Warriors is a popular basis or inspiration for many films, novels, anime, and games.

Films

 * Ballad ~ Na mo Naki Koi no Uta, widget
 * Goemon
 * Chacha ~ Tengai no Onna
 * Ganryujima
 * Kagemusha
 * Ran - roughly based on the Mori family
 * Seven Samurai - Kanbei is modeled after Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, Gorobei takes inspiration from Tsukahara Bokuden, and Kyuzo is based on Musashi
 * Hidden Fortress - followed by its 2008 remake The Last Princess
 * Makai Tensho
 * Sword of the Stranger - the story is roughly set during this time period
 * Sengoku Jieitai 1549 and G.I. Samurai
 * Samurai trilogy
 * Azumi
 * Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
 * Samurai Fiction and its prequel Red Shadow
 * Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!
 * Rikyu
 * Samurai Spy
 * Owls' Castle
 * Samurai Banners (1992)
 * Shin Kage no Gundan series
 * Sarutobi Sasuke Yami no Gundan series
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu and His Three Ladies (2008)
 * Nobunaga no Hitsugi (2006)
 * Nin x Nin Ninja Hattori-Kun (2004)
 * Warai no Daigaku: University of Laughs (2004 film)
 * Katana-Man - Hanzo and Nobunaga are characters. As a side note, Himiko and Yoshitsune also appear.
 * Abe Clan (1995)
 * Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi (1992)
 * Sengoku Ranse no Abarenbo Saito Dosan (1991)
 * Heaven and Earth (1990)
 * Jyokei Kasuga no Tsubone (1990)
 * Maboroshi no Mizunoumi (1982) - Oichi and Nobunaga make appearances in this film
 * Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzo (1980)
 * Sanada Yukimura no Boryakusetsu (1979)
 * Okinsama (1978)
 * Chinmoku (1971)
 * Abare Goemon (1966)
 * Golden Ninja (1966)
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965, 1988)
 * Shinobi no Mono ~ Kirigakure Saizo two-part series (1964)
 * Daisan no Ninja (1964)
 * Shikon Mado: Dai Tatsumaki also known as Whirlwind (1964)
 * Shin Shinobi-mono (1963)
 * Senguko Yaro (1963)
 * Castle of Owls (1963)
 * Lady Sen and Hideyori (1962)
 * Tekka Daimyo (1961) - takes places after the Osaka battle
 * Akai Kageboshi (1961)
 * Osakajo no Monogatari (1961)
 * Hangyakuji (1961)
 * Kaizoku Bahansen (1960)
 * Teiki wa Honnoji ni ari (1960)
 * Castle of Hansom Men (1959) - also known as The Forbidden Castle
 * Oda Nobunaga (1959, 1992)
 * Shikihi no Nobunaga (1959)
 * Fuuunji Oda Nobunaga (1959)
 * Wakaki Hi no Nobunaga (1959)
 * Magic Boy
 * Areba Daimyo (1959)
 * Ken Wa Shitte Ita: Kogan Muso Ryu (1958)
 * Sasaki Kojiro (1957, 1967)
 * Hayato-zoku no Hanran (1957)
 * Ninjutsu Gozen-Jiai (1957)
 * Tegokou Taikouki (1953)
 * Miyamoto Musashi (1944)
 * Fuunji Nobunaga (1940)
 * Taikouki Tokichiro Shusehyaku no Maki (1934)
 * Mori Ranmaru (1930)
 * Shunbunen (1924)
 * Date Masamune (1912, 1915, 1919, 1993)

TV series

 * Mori Ranmaru (1955)
 * Kurenai no Kao Wakamusha ~ Oda Nobunaga (1955)
 * Teiki wa Honnoji ni ari (1960, 2007)
 * Sho ~ Shinobu no Michi (1963)
 * Sore kara no Musashi (1964, 1981, 1996)
 * Nyonin Musashi (1965)
 * Sanada Yukimura (1966)
 * Kamen no Ninja Akage (1967)
 * Tokugawa Hidetada no Tsuma (1969)
 * Osakajo no Onna (1970)
 * Shishoukai Taikouki (1973)
 * Kamen Rider X - Goemon appears in this series (1974)
 * NHK Ningenkyo ~ Sanada Juyushi (1975~1977)
 * Shogun - features characters based on Mitsunari and Garasha
 * Shogun's Samurai (1978); original title: Yagyuichizoku no Inbou
 * Shadow Warriors
 * Fujin no Mon (1980)
 * Sekigahara (1981)
 * Sengoku no Onnatachi (1982)
 * Fuun Yagyu Bugencho (1985)
 * Fuun Edojyo Douto no Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu (1987)
 * Fuun! Sanada Yukimura (1989)
 * Saito Dosan (1991)
 * Mori Ranmaru ~ Sengoku wo Kakemuketa Wakajishi (1993)
 * Tokugawa Bugecho ~ Yagyu no Sandai no Ken (1993)
 * Oda Nobunaga (1994; TV Tokyo World Drama)
 * Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994~1995)
 * Nihon no Rekishi (1995)
 * Toyotomi Hideyoshi ~ Tenka wo Toru! (1995; TV Tokyo World Drama)
 * Kagemusha Oda Nobuanga (1996)
 * Kagemusha Ieyasu
 * Kagahyakumango Monogatari ~ Haha to Ko no Sengoku Survival (1999)
 * Hero's HERO 〜Gackt ga Hanasuru Eiyudensetsu (August 7, 2002)
 * Taikouki ~ Saru to Yobareta Otoko (2003)
 * Kunitori Monogatari (2005; TV Tokyo World Drama)
 * Nobunaga no Hiki (2006)
 * Tenka wo Souran ~ Tokugawa Sandai no Inpon (2006)
 * Taikouki ~ Tenka wo Touru Otoko: Toyotomi Hideyoshi (2006)
 * Akechi Mitsuhide ~ Kami ni Aisarenakata Otoko (2007)
 * Yume wo Kanaeru zo (2008)
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu Fuunroku (2008)
 * Nene: Onna Taikōki (2009)

NHK Taiga Dramas /TBS Taiga Dramas

 * Taikouki (1965)
 * Ten to Chi to (1969)
 * Momi no Ki wa Kouta (1970)
 * Haru no Saku Michi (1971)
 * Kunitori Monogatari (1973)
 * Ougon no Hibi (1978)
 * Onna Taikouki (1981}
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983; NHK Taiga drama)
 * Miyamoto Musashi (1984)
 * Sanada Taiheki (1985)
 * Onna Fūrin Kazan (1986)
 * Dokuganryu Masamune (1987)
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu (1988)
 * Takeda Shingen (1988; NHK Taiga drama)
 * Oda Nobunaga (1989)
 * Kasuga no Tsubone (1989)
 * Takeda Shingen (1991)
 * Nobunaga ~ King of Zipang (1992)
 * Ryukyu no Kaze ~ Dragon Spirit (1993)
 * Tenka wo Touru Otoko: Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1993)
 * Ai to Kibou no Dokuganryu: Date Masamune (1995)
 * Hideyoshi (1996)
 * Oda Nobunaga ~ Tenka wo Totta Baka (1998)
 * Aoi ~ Tokugawa Sandai (2000)
 * Toshiie to Matsu ~ Kagahyakumango Monogatari (2002)
 * MUSASHI (2003)
 * Komyou ga Tsuji (2006)
 * Fūrin Kazan (2007)
 * Tenchijin (2009)

Animated Shows

 * Sengoku Rasen Dullahan
 * Sengoku Basara
 * Musashi ~ Souken ni wa Saseru Yume
 * Musashi Gundoh
 * Musashi, the Samurai Lord - official site
 * Samurai Champloo
 * Basilisk - mostly for the first episode; Nobunaga, Hanzo and Ieyasu make appearances
 * Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl
 * Ronin Warriors or Samurai Troopers
 * Yōtōden
 * Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma
 * Manga Sarutobi Sasuke
 * Sanada Juyushi - 12 episode anime series
 * Shonen Tokugawa Ieyasu
 * Musashi, the Samurai Lord
 * Pokémon - a few characters in the anime take their namesakes from select historical figures, namely Musashi (Jessie) and Kojiro (James).
 * Yatterman - for some characters in the 2008 adaption
 * Sarada Juyushi Tomatoman
 * Nintama Rantarō
 * Sasuke (1968)

Theatre

 * Sengoku Basara
 * Sanada Yukimura ~ Yume, Moeru
 * Musashi - starring Tatsuya Fujiwara as Musashi and Shun Oguri as Kojiro
 * Furyu Yume Daimyo ~ Hana no Keijiro
 * Hosokawa Garasha - written by Vincenzo Cimatti
 * Gion Sairei Shinkouki
 * Kinmon Gosan no Kiri

CDs / Songs

 * Vi - Kenshin makes an appearance
 * Kawa no Ishikawa Goemon - by Eiichi Ohtaki; parodied by Pink Lady in their song, Nagisa No Sindbad
 * Oda Nobunaga - by Seikima-II
 * Akechi Mitsuhide - by Kouji Hamakita
 * Musashi - by Jiro Kanmura
 * Naoe Kanetsugu - by Tenkouken Mangetsu

Games

 * Sengoku Basara series; first game was localized as Devil Kings in Western ports
 * Onimusha series
 * Sengoku Rance
 * Sengokuhime ~ Ransei ni Maou Otometachi
 * Sengoku Otome
 * Tenka Touitsushiriitsu series
 * Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!
 * Tenkabito
 * Ikusagami
 * Vasara and Vasara II
 * Twelve ~ Houshinden
 * THE Ochimusha; news article
 * THE Kessen Sekigahara
 * THE Bushido ~ Tsugi Kiri Ichidai
 * Sengoku vs Gendai
 * Sengoku Gaiden series
 * Tenka Toitsu ~ Koi no Rei - by Voltage
 * Tenkaichi ~ Sengoku Lovers
 * Atashi Sengoku Kanjo
 * Hajimete Sengoku Ouji, news article
 * Red Ninja
 * Odama - promotional site
 * Sengoku Ace series; the other titles are called Sengoku Blade and Sengoku Cannon
 * Hototogisu Ran
 * Tenka Kikka
 * Oni Zero ~ Sengoku Ransei Shiroi Hana Ryouran
 * Tenka Fubu series
 * Takeda series
 * Brave Fencer Musashi
 * Toki no Tabibito - Nobunaga makes an appearance in this game
 * Rekishigunzo Presents Sengokoou
 * Legend of the Five Rings
 * Fuun! Dairojo
 * Sengoku Mahjong
 * Sengoku Douran
 * Kessen Stadium
 * Hagyo series
 * IKUSA ~Sengoku no Kaze
 * Sengokushi
 * Zan ~ Kagero no Toki
 * Sanada Juyushi
 * Sengoku Cyber ~ Fujimaru Jigokuhen
 * Kenshin vs Shingen
 * Sengoku Daimyo
 * Sengoku Kumogen
 * Sengoku Sanin Taisei Hanafuda
 * Mahjong ~ Kunitori Monogatari
 * Makai Tensho
 * Shogun: Total War
 * Edomono
 * Kōjō no tsuki - prototype name
 * Akudaigan series
 * Kengo series
 * Hana no Keiji Pachinko series - Zan's website
 * The Last Blade series - Musashi appears as a sub-boss
 * Samurai Shodown series - the following characters are based on historical figures from this time era: Haohmaru, Tachibana Ukyo, Hattori Hanzo, Yagyu Jubei, Wan-fu and Gaoh
 * Sengoku 3 - Okuni is based on Izumo no Okuni
 * World Heroes series - specifically Hanzo and Fuuma
 * Ninja Master's - features Goemon, Nobunaga and Ranmaru
 * Sakura Taisen V ~ Saraba Itoshiki Hito yo
 * Ruroni Kenshin ~ Juyushi Inbounhen, part 2 (るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 十勇士陰謀編)

Books

 * "The Political Posture of Oda Nobunaga" Japan Before Tokugawa Political Consolidation and Economic Growth, 1500 to 1650
 * Warlords, Artists, and Commoners in the Sixteenth Century Japan
 * The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu
 * The Naval Campaign in the Korean War of Hideyoshi
 * Japanese Expansion on the Asiatic Continent
 * A History of Japan 1334-1615
 * 101 Letters of Hideyoshi
 * The Influence of the Sea on the Political History of Japan
 * Korean Impact on Japanese Culture: Japan's Hidden History
 * Secrets of the Samurai
 * Lives of Master Swordsmen
 * Tanegashima: The Arrival of Europe in Japan
 * Weapons and Fighting Techniques of the Samurai Warrior 1200-1877 AD
 * Hideyoshi
 * Hagakure
 * The Life-Giving Sword
 * A Journey to the World of Ninja and Kengo - A Guide to the Kansai Area
 * The Samurai Sourcebook
 * Samurai: The Warrior Tradition
 * Samurai Warfare
 * Samurai Invasion - Japan's Korean War 1592 -1598
 * The Samurai: A Military History
 * The Book of the Samurai, the Warrior Class of Japan
 * The Samurai
 * Japonius Tyrannus
 * Warriors of Japan as Portrayed in the War Tales
 * The Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes of History of Japan
 * Book of Five Rings
 * Musashi's Book of Five Rings: The Definitive Interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
 * The Book of Five Rings for Executives: Musashi's Classic Book of Competitive Tactics
 * Samurai Strategies: 42 Martial Secrets from Musashi's Book of Five Rings
 * A BOOK OF FIVE RINGS: A Practical Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi
 * Martial Artist's Book of Five Rings
 * The Book of the Five Rings: The Art of Armed Combat in the Period of the Samurai
 * Miyamoto Musashi's "The Book of Five Rings": A Modern-day Interpretation of a Military Classic (Infinite Success Series)
 * Way to Victory : Miyamoto Musashi's Book Of Five Rings
 * A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Text of Principles, Craft, Skill and Samurai Strategy that Changed the American Way of Doing Business
 * The Unfettered Mind
 * Osprey Publishing - a book publisher specializing in military history. The following listed below focus on events that take place in this era, famous individuals and groups, architecture and other important military advancements.
 * Samurai Armies 1467-1649
 * Samurai - The World of the Warrior
 * Osaka 1615
 * Sekigahara 1600
 * The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592-98
 * Nagashino 1575
 * Kawanakajima 1553-64
 * Samurai Commanders (2)
 * Samurai Commanders (1)
 * Samurai Heraldry
 * Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603
 * Ninja AD 1460-1650
 * Ashigaru 1467-1649
 * Samurai 1550-1600
 * Japanese Castles AD 250-1540
 * Japanese Castles 1540-1640
 * Japanese Castles in Korea 1592-98
 * Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710-1602
 * Fighting Ships of the Far East (2)
 * Siege Weapons of the Far East (2)
 * War in Japan 1467-1615
 * Samurai - The World of the Warrior
 * The Samurai and the Sacred
 * The Samurai
 * Nobunaga to Juujika
 * Nobunaga no Sensoo
 * Sengoku Zenshi
 * Imagawa Yoshimoto no Subete
 * Imagawa Yoshimoto
 * Shinchoo-Koo ki
 * Oda Nobunaga Soogyoo Jiten
 * Oda Nobunaga Jiten
 * Nobunaga no Nazo
 * Rekishi no Documento: Okehazama no Tatakai
 * Fuunji Nobunaga to Hiun no Onnatachi
 * Oda Nobunaga to Azuchijo
 * Nobunaga wa honto ni tensai no ka?
 * Nobunaga to Kieta Kashintachi
 * Nobunaga no Shineitai
 * Nagashino Shitaragahara no tatakai
 * Sengoku 10 Dai Kassen no Nazo
 * Ikko-ikki no Kenkyu
 * Ireasuto Saigen: Takeda Shingen, Sono Gundan to Tatakai
 * Koyo Gunkan
 * Kawanakajima no Tatakai
 * Oda Nobunaga no Subete
 * Sengoku Gassen Gaido
 * Senryaku, Senjutsu, Heiki: Nihon Sengoku Hen
 * Boryaku! Sekigahara kara Osaka no Jin e
 * Nihon Shi Tanbo: Sekigahara to Osaka no Jin
 * Gakken Rekishi Gunzo series
 * Shingen Takeda
 * Furin Kazan
 * Sanada Gunki
 * Kenshin Uesugi
 * Oda Nobunaga
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu
 * Sanada Yukimura to Osaka no Jin
 * Sanada San Dai
 * Nagashino no Tatakai
 * Sekigahara no Tatakai

Novels

 * Shingen Ninpoucho
 * Onna Nobunaga
 * Hao no Yume
 * Momoyama Beat Drive
 * Hannibal Rising - a character is a supposed descendant of Masamune

Manga

 * Brave 10
 * Samurai Deeper KYO
 * Naruto - Kotaro's mentioned in various places
 * Yaiba
 * Fūma no Kojirō
 * Nabari no Ou
 * Vagabond
 * Sengoku Strays
 * Sengoku Sukuna
 * Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu - illustrated by Tetsuo Hara
 * Hana no Keiji - '' ; also has a spin-off Gifu Dodo!! Naoe Kanetsugu~Maeda Keiji Gatari
 * Sakon - ''
 * Sengoku Basara (and Sengoku Basara 2)
 * Tenjho Tenge - features some characters that are from this time period and flashback sequences.
 * Doubutsu no Mori ~ Hohinda Mura da yori
 * Bokura no Sengoku Hyakkuuden
 * The Shoubu!!
 * Watari
 * The Sword of Shibito - by Shiro Ono
 * Maeda Toshiie - by Go Nagai
 * Toshiie to Matsu
 * Satsuma Gishiden
 * Samurai Legend
 * Hana no Kimi Mairu ~ Uesugi Kagekatsu, Kikuhime
 * Sanada Juyushi (by Miyamoto Hiroshi)
 * Sanada Juyushi (by Sasawa Saho and Okumura Kenji)
 * Kagefuma Hayase
 * Uesugi Kenshin
 * Akechi Mitsuhide
 * Sanada Yukimura
 * Sekigahara Eiketsuden ~ Nishigun no Bushitachi
 * Drifters
 * Karakuri no Kimi
 * Kaze ga Gotoku
 * Mister Zipang
 * Nobunaga-kun series
 * Hyouge-mono
 * Ikusagamiden Battle Commander
 * Iga Ninpocho
 * Sengoku
 * Kyomu Senki
 * Tsuki no Shippo
 * Hime Bushotatsu Date ~ Bontan!!
 * Sengoku Anthology - series of original one-shot stories compiled in one book
 * Aizouhan
 * Ten to Chi
 * Iga no Kagemaru - by Mitsuteru Yokoyama
 * Kamen no Akakage - ''
 * Ninpou Juban Shobu - ''
 * Yami no Doki - ''
 * Oda Nobunaga - ''
 * Toyotomi Hideyoshi - ''
 * Date Masamune - ''
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu - ''
 * Tono to Isshou!
 * Yuki no Toke ~ Tsurugi no Mai
 * Naigaku Soridaijin Oda Nobunaga

Misc

 * Hikonyan - mascot character for Ii Naosuke
 * Ishida Mitsunyan, Shima Sakonyan, Otaninyanbu - mascot characters
 * Karasu Tengu Ujyu - mascot character
 * Masamune - pro-wrestler with Masamune as his namesake
 * Date Mikio - Japanese comedian who also took his alias from Masamune
 * 6859 Datemasamune - name for an asteroid belt
 * 10583 Kanetugu - asteroid belt named after Kanetsugu
 * Toru Komura - a man who raised horses exactly in the same manner as Masamune until his passing
 * Keijiro Maeda - named after Keiji
 * Takezo Musashi - rock band
 * Sengoku Maid Cafe and Bar ~Mononopu
 * Musashi - name of an Australian food supplement company