Films like Ran

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   Throne of Blood

   Film · 1957 · also drama and history

   Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes...

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   11 Rebels

   Film · 2024 · also action and drama

   When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army.

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   Hamlet

   Film · 1990 · also drama and history

   Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

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   47 Ronin

   Film · 2013 · also action and drama

   Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind....

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   New Tale of Zatoichi

   Film · 1963 · also action and drama

   Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.

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   Buddha: The Great Departure

   Film · 2011 · also drama and history

   Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader an...

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   Scarlet

   Film · 2025 · also action and drama

   After failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge...

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   The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

   Film · 1959 · also drama and history

   After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants...

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   The Hidden Fortress

   Film · 1958 · also action and drama

   In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fort...

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    Bushido

    Film · 2024 · also drama and history

    Kakunoshin, renowned for his skills with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the samurai code. Falsely accused of a theft, he is forced to become a lowly ronin. Years...

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