Films like 13 Assassins
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
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Harakiri
Film · 1962 · also action and dramaDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—...
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Film · 2021 · also action and adventureIn 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Film · 1972 · also action and adventureOgami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
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Killing
Film · 2018 · also action and dramaIn mid-19th century Edo period, a masterless rōnin named Mokunoshin Tsuzuki resides in a peaceful village among those he helps. However, as the prevalent peace and tranqu...
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Film · 2014 · also action and adventureKenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin l...
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Three Outlaw Samurai
Film · 1964 · also action and dramaShiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxe...
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The Challenge
Film · 1982 · also action and dramaRick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who...
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Blade of the Immortal
Film · 2017 · also action and adventureManji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Film · 1972 · also action and adventureOgami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
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Ninja Assassin
Film · 2009 · also action and adventureNinja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan,...
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