swap_horiz Ronin Gai 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

Goyokin

1969 Japanese samurai film directed by Hideo Gosha, starring Tatsuya Nakadai as a ronin who uncovers a corrupt official'...

Action Political Edo Period 1969

8.2 Great

3

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

4

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

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

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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

Bushido: Samurai Saga

Japanese period film examining how the bushido code functions as a mechanism of exploitation, tracing its destructive ef...

Drama Anthology 1963 Imai

7.6 Good

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Samurai Spy

1965 Japanese espionage-samurai film directed by Masahiro Shinoda, depicting a ninja spy navigating treacherous factiona...

Drama Espionage 1965 Shinoda

7.6 Good

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Cruel Story of Bushido

1963 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai that critiques the samurai code by tracing a family's exploitation under bus...

Drama Historical 1963 Imai

7.6 Good

10

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

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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

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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

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

16

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

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Band of Assassins

Japanese period film set during the Bakumatsu era, depicting a group of skilled swordsmen employed by the shogunate to s...

Drama Historical 1962 Edo Period

6.8 Fair

18

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

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Samurai Marathon

2019 Japanese film directed by Bernard Rose based on the true 1855 story of a foot race organized by the Annaka domain a...

Drama Historical 2019 Race

6.2 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