History Main / JidaiGeki

Though it may seem American and European directors have been [[strike:pilfering]] borrowing these conventions -- sometimes whole ''plots'' -- for years, Jidai Geki pieces have long borrowed in equal measure from westerns and [[FilmNoir noir]]; Kurosawa himself was known to be a fan of director Creator/JohnFord. Creator/GeorgeLucas took some inspiration from this cross-pollination while writing ''Franchise/StarWars'' -- guess where he got the word "Jedi".

For Western depictions of Japanese historical periods, see MedievalJapan. See also {{Wutai}} for FantasyCounterpartCultures that are based upon Japan.

For Western depictions of Japanese historical periods, see MedievalJapana. See also {{Wutai}} for FantasyCounterpartCultures that are based upon Japan.

A subtrope of PeriodPiece.

Roughly equivalent to 'Feudal Japan', any series set before (or around the beginning of) the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_period Meiji era]] when the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun Shoguns]] were deposed. The time subdivisions most often found in Japanese media include the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period Sengoku period]] (the "Warring States" era of civil war, from about 1467-1573), the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period Edo period]] (after Japan was united under the Tokugawa shogunate, 1603-1868)[[note]]For the curious, the 30 years in between those two is called the Azuchi-Momoyama period; important in history, not so much in media[[/note]], and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Tokugawa_shogunate Bakumatsu/early Meiji era]] (see above). Think Creator/AkiraKurosawa.

** IshikawaGoemon

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* ''JyukenSentaiGekiranger''. At least for two episodes.

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* ''ShuraNoToki'''s anime adaptation has its first two arcs set in this period.

** Taira no Kagekiyo

* {{Literature/Taiko}}

* ''Literature/Taiko''

* ''Kanshakudama nage Kantarō no Tokaidō Gojūsan-tsugi'', a Creator/{{Sunsoft}} game for the Famicom based on a famous series of woodblock prints from the period.

* ''{{VideoGame/Kenseiden}}'' in which Benkei shows up as a boss and the final boss is an indeterminate individual named "Yonensai".

* ''VideoGame/KidNikiRadicalNinja'' clearly takes place in some sort of feudal Japanese setting.

* ''TheLegendOfKage 2''

* ''Kid Niki'', despite the TotallyRadical American marketing, clearly takes place in some sort of medieval Japanese setting.

* ''Manga/{{Ooku}}: the Inner Chambers'' is an AlternateHistory take on the early part of this era.

* '''Genpei War''':