Films like The Twilight Samurai
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, c...
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Love and Honor
Film · 2006 · also drama and romanceA look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
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Samurai Rebellion
Film · 1967 · also dramaThe mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to r...
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Film · 2021 · also drama and romanceBefore he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden...
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Blade of the Immortal
Film · 2017 · also dramaManji, 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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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Film · 2014 · also dramaKenshin 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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Samurai Marathon
Film · 2019 · also dramaWhen feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded...
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Taboo
Film · 1999 · also dramaSet during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are br...
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13 Assassins
Film · 2010 · also dramaA 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 a...
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Harakiri
Film · 1962 · also 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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The Hidden Blade
Film · 2004 · also drama and romanceSet in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is...
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