Movies Like Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
If you liked Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami (2009), a action and drama movie directed by Tomohiko Yamashita, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also action and historyIn 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
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Lady Snowblood (1973)
★ 7.5/10Also action and dramaA strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also action and historyIn 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
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Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001)
★ 6.8/10Also action and historyBenkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only…
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Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and historyAt the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
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Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also action and dramaLupin is framed for the murder of Inspector Zenigata by a mysterious assailant holding a silver-coloured Walther P38 pistol Lupin himself once owned. Tracking the true killer leads Lupin to the island of the…
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Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also action and dramaA rash of sniper attacks leaves the streets of Tokyo empty and the public terrified to go outside. It’s up to Conan and his friends to find the culprit, but the case goes deeper than it seems. Military cover-ups…
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also action and dramaKenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left…
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Samurai Marathon (2019)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaWhen feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also action and dramaOne year has passed since Guts left the Band of the Hawk and Griffith was imprisoned by the Kingdom of Midland for treason. In the dead of night, at a camping site where they hide, the Band of the Hawk is attacked by…
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RE:BORN (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also action and dramaA former special forces operative struggling to contain the destructive impulses of his past goes on a rampage against a squad of ruthless assassins.
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ICHI (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also action and dramaIchi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters…
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Harakiri (1962)
★ 8.5/10Also action and dramaDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce…
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Ran (1985)
★ 8/10Also action and dramaShakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)
★ 7.3/10Also action and dramaThe Band of the Hawk and their enigmatic leader Griffith continue winning battle after battle as their prestige throughout the kingdom of Midland grows. But their latest task is one that has seen failure from everyone…
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Buddha: The Great Departure (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and historyPrince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader and to shield him from the miseries of the world…
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13 Assassins (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and actionA bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country…
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Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also action and dramaRegent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent…
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Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
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Medieval (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also action and dramaThe story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.