Samurai Detective Onihei: True Master vs The Arena
Samurai Detective Onihei: True Master has the higher audience score (9.3/10 against 3.2/10 for The Arena). The Arena is the older of the two (2001 against 2024). Both are action movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Samurai Detective Onihei: True Master
The Arena| Samurai Detective Onihei: True Master | The Arena | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.3/10 | ★ 3.2/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2001 |
| Length | – | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Action, TV Movie | Action |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomohiko Yamashita | Timur Bekmambetov |
| Main cast | Kazuki Namioka, Tokio Emoto, Isao Hashizume, Yuri Nakamura, Soko Wada | Viktor Verzhbitskiy, Natalya Surkova, Karen McDougal, Lisa Dergan, Olga Sutulova |
Synopsis
Samurai Detective Onihei: True Master
The story follows detective Heizo, played by Koshiro Matsumoto, who investigates Tanbei Chigashira, a notorious thief. Kumehachi, a former member of Tanbei's gang, claims that their former leader is an impostor. The real Tanbei Chigashira followed three strict rules: do not kill, do not rape women, and do not steal from the poor.
The Arena
In an age of Gladiators, the power that was Rome held its empire together with the might of its armies, the sweat and tears of its conquests, and the cheers and bloodlust of its citizens – glorified in the deadly spectacle of The Arena. Stolen from their homelands, the fiery Druid maiden Bodicia, exotic slave girl Jessemina, and the powerful barbarian Flavius, are pitted against each other as gladiators by the sadistic Roman Governor Timarchus…
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