Movies Like Zatoichi on the Road

If you liked Zatoichi on the Road (1963), a adventure and action movie directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 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.

1
New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
2
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also action and adventure
In 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.
3
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and action
Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime boss’s bodyguard, scruffy…
4
ICHI (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also action and adventure
Ichi 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…
5
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
★ 7/10Also adventure and action
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a…
6
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and action
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
7
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and action
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial…
8
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also action and adventure
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
9
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and action
Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.
10
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
★ 6.4/10Also action and drama
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation…
11
Chûshingura (1962)
★ 7.1/10Also history and drama
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
12
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also action and drama
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
13
Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and action
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the…
14
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
★ 6.9/10Also action and drama
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young…
15
Zatoichi (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and drama
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
16
Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and action
After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way…
17
The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and action
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
18
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and action
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed…
19
13 Assassins (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and drama
A 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…
20
Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and action
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young…