Movies Like Slaughter in the Snow
If you liked Slaughter in the Snow (1973), a action movie directed by Kazuo Ikehiro, 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: The Final (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also actionIn 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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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
★ 7.3/10Also actionOgami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also actionBefore he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.
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Zatoichi (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also actionBlind 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.
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Blade of the Immortal (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also actionManji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a…
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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also actionShishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
★ 7.2/10Also actionStruggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
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Kamui (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also actionA rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
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Chûshingura (1962)
★ 7.1/10Also actionAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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ICHI (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also actionIchi 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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Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
★ 7/10Also actionIchi 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…
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47 Ronin (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also actionKai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the…
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The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
★ 7.3/10Also actionThe 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.
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also actionKenshin 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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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
★ 7.2/10Also actionOgami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
★ 6.4/10Also actionOlder, 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…
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13 Assassins (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also 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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Kill! (1968)
★ 7/10Also actionA pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai…
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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also actionIn 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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Hana (2006)
★ 6.6/10Also actionIn a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents…