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Killing
Killing, also known by its Japanese title Zan, is a 2018 Japanese film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. Set during the late Edo period, it follows Tsuzuki, a young swordsman who has not yet experienced battle, as social unrest and approaching violence challenge his intentions. The film treats samurai c...
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The top alternative to Killing in 2026 is Seven Samurai with a score of 9.50/10, followed by Humanity and Paper Balloons (9.05) and The Crucified Lovers (9.02).
Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai follows a farming village that recruits samurai to defend it against bandits in...
Humanity and Paper Balloons
Set in an impoverished district of Edo, Humanity and Paper Balloons follows people whose daily survival is constrained b...
The Crucified Lovers
Set in the Edo period, The Crucified Lovers follows Mohei, a worker in a printing business, and Osan, the wife of a weal...
The 47 Ronin
Kenji Mizoguchi's The 47 Ronin presents the Ako revenge story through formal compositions and restrained pacing. Release...
Kill!
1968 Japanese comedy-samurai film directed by Kihachi Okamoto in which a cynical ronin and an aspiring farmer inadverten...
Hana
Hana is a 2006 Japanese period comedy-drama directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Set among common residents of an Edo tenement...
Incident at Blood Pass
"Incident at Blood Pass" is a 1970 jidaigeki film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and produced by Toho. The film stars Toshi...
Machibuse
Machibuse, also released internationally as Ambush, is a 1970 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Hi...
Samurai Wolf
Samurai Wolf is a 1966 Japanese chambara film directed by Hideo Gosha. It follows a wandering swordsman and uses the con...
Ronin Gai
Ronin Gai is a 1990 Japanese period film directed by Kazuo Kuroki. Set during the late Edo period, it follows impoverish...
Samurai Wolf II
Samurai Wolf II is a 1967 Japanese action drama directed by Hideo Gosha and the second, final film in the Samurai Wolf s...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Chinese Jade
Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Chinese Jade is a 1963 Japanese period film and the first entry in Daiei's Sleepy Eyes of Deat...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Seduction
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Seduction is part of Daiei Film's Nemuri Kyoshiro chambara series, which starred Raizō Ic...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman is an entry in Daiei Film's Nemuri Kyoshiro series of Japanese period action films...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing is one of the Japanese period films in the Nemuri Kyoshiro series produced by...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan is a Japanese chambara film from 1965 and the sixth entry in the Daiei series featu...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure
One of twelve Daiei Film chambara installments starring Raizo Ichikawa as the cynical half-European swordsman Nemuri Kyo...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Mask of the Princess
Daiei Film Nemuri Kyoshiro installment starring Raizo Ichikawa as the brooding half-Portuguese swordsman, part of a popu...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire
Daiei Film production in the long-running Nemuri Kyoshiro series, with Raizo Ichikawa as the nihilistic ronin whose sign...
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Villainy
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Villainy is a Japanese period film from the Nemuri Kyoshiro series, based on the novels b...
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