Movies Like The Sword of Doom
If you liked The Sword of Doom (1966), a drama and crime movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto, 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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When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also action and dramaKanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai and family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the low pay he receives from his small-town clan. He is forced by his love for his family to leave for the city in…
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Seven Samurai (1954)
★ 8.5/10Also action and dramaA samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and…
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11 Rebels (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also action and dramaWhen the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army.
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Kamui (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and actionA rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
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Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also action and dramaA strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul…
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
★ 6.4/10Also action and dramaLady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
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Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017)
★ 7.8/10Also action and crimeA yakuza boss hires Goemon Ishikawa, a modern day samurai, to protect him aboard his cruise ship casino. Everything goes sideways when the famous thief, Lupin the Third, tries to rob the vessel. Lupin's being hunted by…
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The Hidden Fortress (1958)
★ 8/10Also drama and actionIn feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
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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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Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 2 Paladin; Agateram (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also action and dramaThe second part in a two-part anime film project adapting the "Sixth Singularity - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot" story from the game.
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Rashomon (1950)
★ 8/10Also crime and dramaFour people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
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Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and actionA message has arrived from Kid the Phantom Thief, that he will steal a Japanese sword belonging to wealthy Onoe Family in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Conan and Heiji Hattori, who happened to be in Hakodate, are on the case to…
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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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BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- (2024)
★ 7.6/10Also action and dramaWhen apathetic gamer Nagi agrees to join his rich classmate Mikage in soccer, their partnership leads to the famous Blue Lock program — and to changes.
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Under the Open Sky (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and dramaMikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies…
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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crimeIn an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic…
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Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and actionFujiko Mine, the devastating femme fatale whose only loyalty is to her desire, befriends a young boy whose late father hid away a fortune. A killer is on the boy's trail and it's up to Fujiko to stop him: but where do…
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Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crimeShibuya, Tokyo, is bustling with the Halloween season. A wedding is being held at Shibuya Hikarie, where Detective Miwako Sato of the Metropolitan Police Department is dressed in a wedding dress. While Conan and the…
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Suspect X (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and dramaA male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she…
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RE:BORN (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also action and crimeA former special forces operative struggling to contain the destructive impulses of his past goes on a rampage against a squad of ruthless assassins.