swap_horiz Shinsengumi Alternatives

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Samurai Rebellion

Samurai Rebellion is a 1967 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi, featuring acclaimed actor Toshiro Mifu...

Drama 1960S Edo Period Kobayashi

8.5 Great

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Chushingura

Chushingura is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and also known as Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Y...

Epic Ensemble 1962 Toei

8.5 Great

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Goyokin

Goyokin is a 1969 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Hideo Gosha and starring Tatsuya Nakadai. The narrative follows a...

Action Political Edo Period 1969

8.2 Great

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Chushingura (1962)

Chushingura is a 1962 Japanese epic film produced by Toho and directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. The film presents the traditi...

Epic Historical 1960S Inagaki

7.8 Good

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Hitokiri

Hitokiri is a 1969 Japanese historical drama film directed by Hideo Gosha. The narrative is set during the Bakumatsu per...

Historical 1969 Meiji Era Mifune

7.8 Good

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Fall of Ako Castle

Fall of Ako Castle is a 1978 Japanese historical film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, also known by the Japanese title Akō-j...

Epic Historical 1970S Toei

7.7 Good

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Taboo (Gohatto)

Taboo, released in Japan as Gohatto, is a 1999 Japanese historical drama directed by Nagisa Oshima. Set in Kyoto during...

Historical Romance 1990S Shinsengumi

7.7 Good

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The Fall of Ako Castle

"The Fall of Ako Castle" is a 1978 Japanese historical drama produced by the Toei Company and directed by Kinji Fukasaku...

Epic Historical 1978 Fukasaku

7.5 Good

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Samurai Assassin

"Samurai Assassin" is a 1965 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. It stars Toshiro Mifune as a wandering...

Historical 1965 Shinsengumi Mifune

7.5 Good

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Tenchu!

Tenchu! is a 1969 Japanese historical drama directed by Hideo Gosha and set in the Bakumatsu, the turbulent final years...

Political Assassination 1969 Gosha

7.5 Good

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Samurai Banners

Samurai Banners is a 1969 Japanese historical epic directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and based on a novel by Yasushi Inoue. It...

Sengoku 1969 Mifune Inagaki

7.5 Good

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Red Lion

Red Lion is a 1969 Japanese historical comedy-drama directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshiro Mifune. Set during...

Comedy 1960S Meiji Era Mifune

7.4 Good

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Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

*The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy* is a 1978 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It dramatizes a fictionalized...

Political Edo Period 1978 Fukasaku

7.4 Good

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Shogun's Samurai

Shogun's Samurai is a 1978 Japanese jidaigeki, or historical period film, directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku for...

Epic Edo Period Clan War 1978

7.3 Good

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Portrait of Hell

Portrait of Hell (Jigokuhen) is a 1969 Japanese horror and historical drama film directed by Shiro Toyoda and distribute...

Artist Supernatural 1969 Toyoda

7.3 Good

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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron is a 1978 Japanese chanbara film directed by Hideo Gosha. The story examines the consequenc...

Epic 1970S Robbery Gosha

7.3 Good

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Satan's Sword

Satan's Sword is a 1960 Japanese chanbara film directed by Kenji Misumi. It adapts the well-known Japanese novel Daibosa...

Epic 1960S Manga Adaptation Betrayal

7.3 Good

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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (Bakumatsu) is a 1969 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Tai Kato. The film chronicles...

Political Toho Shinsengumi 1969

7.2 Good

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Samurai Saga

Samurai Saga is a 1959 Japanese jidaigeki directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. The film adapts the central situation of Edmond R...

1959 Jidaigeki Cyrano Adaptation Mifune

7.1 Good

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Ambush at Blood Pass

Ambush at Blood Pass is a 1970 Japanese jidaigeki, or period swordplay film, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. It is notable...

Action Edo Period 1970 Mifune

7.1 Good