swap_horiz Goyokin Alternatives

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Samurai Rebellion

A 1967 Japanese film directed by Masaki Kobayashi, starring Toshiro Mifune as a samurai who defies his feudal lord to pr...

Drama 1960S Edo Period Kobayashi

8.5 Great

2

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Directed by Kenji Misumi, this 1973 Japanese film is the fifth installment in the Lone Wolf and Cub cinematic series, ba...

Action 1970S Assassin Lone Wolf Cub

8.0 Great

3

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Directed by Buichi Saito, this 1972 Japanese chambara film is the fourth installment in the Lone Wolf and Cub series, no...

Action 1970S Assassin Lone Wolf Cub

7.8 Good

4

Hitokiri

A 1969 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha, starring Shintaro Katsu as a manipulated Bakumatsu-era assassin, with Raiz...

Historical 1969 Meiji Era Mifune

7.8 Good

5

Kill!

1968 Japanese comedy-samurai film directed by Kihachi Okamoto in which a cynical ronin and an aspiring farmer inadverten...

Action Comedy 1968 Ronin

7.8 Good

6

Gonza the Spearman

1986 Japanese film by Masahiro Shinoda adapting a Chikamatsu Monzaemon puppet play about a court spearman whose forbidde...

Drama 1986 Edo Period Honor

7.6 Good

7

Hana

2006 Japanese period film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda about a young samurai living among Edo-era commoners in a teneme...

Comedy Drama 2006 Edo Period Ronin

7.6 Good

8

13 Assassins (1963)

A 1963 Japanese chambara film directed by Eiichi Kudo, depicting a group of samurai recruited to assassinate a sadistic...

1960S Ensemble Edo Period Jidaigeki

7.5 Good

9

The Wolves

1971 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha set in the Taisho era, following a released convict who is drawn back into le...

Action 1971 Edo Period Gosha

7.5 Good

10

Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

A 1978 Toei jidaigeki directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring Sonny Chiba as Yagyu Jubei amid Tokugawa-era political conspi...

Political Edo Period 1978 Fukasaku

7.4 Good

11

Shogun's Samurai

A 1978 Toei jidaigeki directed by Kinji Fukasaku, depicting the violent succession struggle within the early Tokugawa sh...

Epic Edo Period Clan War 1978

7.3 Good

12

Hunter in the Dark

A 1979 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha, starring Tatsuya Nakadai as a yakuza-connected swordsman in an Edo-period...

Action Edo Period 1979 Gosha

7.2 Good

13

Ambush at Blood Pass

1970 Japanese samurai film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, notable for featuring both Toshiro Mifune and Shintaro Katsu as...

Action Edo Period 1970 Mifune

7.1 Good

14

Samurai Wolf

A 1966 Japanese chambara film directed by Hideo Gosha, following a wandering swordsman and representing Gosha's gritty,...

Action 1960S Ronin Gosha

7.0 Good

15

Ronin Gai

1990 Japanese period film directed by Kazuo Kuroki following destitute ronin living as social outcasts in a red-light di...

Action Drama Edo Period 1990

7.0 Good

16

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Directed by Kenji Misumi, this 1972 Japanese exploitation film is the first entry in the Hanzo the Razor trilogy, starri...

Action 1970S Edo Period Katsu

6.8 Fair

17

Vendetta for a Samurai

A 1952 Japanese chambara film depicting a renowned 17th-century vendetta, centering on a famous swordfight that became o...

Classic Revenge 1950S Edo Period

6.8 Fair

18

Shogun's Shadow

A 1989 Japanese jidaigeki film featuring Sonny Chiba as a samurai bodyguard tasked with protecting the Tokugawa shogunat...

Action Historical 1989 Edo Period

6.8 Fair

19

Samurai Wolf II

A 1967 Japanese chambara sequel directed by Hideo Gosha, continuing the wandering swordsman's story from the first film...

Action Sequel 1960S Ronin

6.7 Fair

20

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

A 1973 Japanese chambara-exploitation hybrid directed by Teruo Ishii, following a nihilistic swordsman who joins a crimi...

Action Dark 1970S Edo Period

5.8 Mediocre