swap_horiz Rikyu Alternatives

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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

7.70 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

7.67 Good

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The 47 Ronin (1941)

The 47 Ronin is a 1941 two-part jidaigeki film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapting the Ako Incident of 1701–1703 in wh...

Historical 1940S Mizoguchi Chushingura

7.59 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

7.45 Good

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Zatoichi (1989)

Zatoichi (1989) is a Japanese chambara film directed by and starring Shintaro Katsu, who reprises his role as the blind...

1989 Revival Blind Swordsman Zatoichi

7.35 Good

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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

7.18 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

7.18 Good

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Cruel Story of Bushido

Cruel Story of Bushido is a 1963 Japanese historical drama directed by Tadashi Imai. The film traces successive generati...

Drama Historical 1963 Imai

6.95 Fair

9

Musashi Miyamoto (1944)

"Musashi Miyamoto" is a 1944 Japanese historical film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It dramatizes the life of Miyamoto Mu...

Wartime Historical 1940S Mizoguchi

6.90 Fair

10

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

6.90 Fair

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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

6.90 Fair

12

Sekigahara

Sekigahara is a 2017 Japanese historical film directed by Masato Harada and based on the Battle of Sekigahara of 1600. T...

Epic 2017 Sengoku Harada

6.85 Fair

13

Mumon: The Land of Stealth

Mumon: The Land of Stealth is a 2017 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura and based on the novel Shino...

Action 2017 Ninja Sengoku

6.55 Fair

14

Heaven and Earth (1990)

Heaven and Earth is a 1990 Japanese historical film directed by Haruki Kadokawa. Set during the Sengoku, or Warring Stat...

Epic Historical 1990S Kadokawa

6.49 Fair

15

Shogun's Shadow

Shogun's Shadow is a 1989 Japanese historical action film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Its story follows a group charged...

Action Historical 1989 Edo Period

6.26 Fair

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Band of Assassins

Band of Assassins, also known as A Band of Assassins, is a 1962 Japanese historical action film directed by Satsuo Yamam...

Drama Historical 1962 Edo Period

6.26 Fair

17

Ask This of Rikyu

Ask This of Rikyu is a 2013 Japanese historical drama directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka and adapted from Kenichi Yamamoto's...

Drama Historical 2013 Sengoku

6.21 Fair

18

Saga of the Vagabonds

1959 Japanese period film directed by Toshio Sugie, featuring Toshiro Mifune as a wandering swordsman who rallies a band...

Adventure 1959 Sengoku Mifune

5.98 Mediocre

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The Shogun's Ninja

The Shogun's Ninja is a Japanese action film associated with the martial-arts and samurai cinema of the early 1980s. Son...

Action 1982 Sengoku Sonny Chiba

5.95 Mediocre

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Shogun's Ninja

1980 Japanese ninja action film featuring Hiroyuki Sanada in an early prominent role, following a ninja who seeks reveng...

Action Ninja Sengoku Sho Kosugi

5.75 Mediocre