Movies Like The Spell of the Sand Painting

If you liked The Spell of the Sand Painting (1927), a adventure and action movie directed by Buntarō Futagawa and Bansho Kanamori, 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
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…
2
Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist The Movie (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and action
If one man changes his path, will he be able to change his destiny...or will he only delay the inevitable? Ryu and Ken are two traditional warriors who find themselves isolated in some corner of Japan to carry out…
3
Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; Agateram (2020)
★ 7/10Also action and adventure
The wandering knight, Bedivere, reaches the end of his journey. It is A.D. 1273 in Jerusalem. The Holy Land has been transformed into a massive desert and its people have been forced out of their homes as three major…
4
Buddha: The Great Departure (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and history
Prince 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…
5
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.
6
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also action and adventure
With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon…
7
Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also history and action
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
8
Golden Kamuy (2024)
★ 7/10Also action and adventure
On the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws.
9
Sahara (1995)
★ 6.7/10Also action and adventure
After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied…
10
Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 2 Paladin; Agateram (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also action and adventure
The second part in a two-part anime film project adapting the "Sixth Singularity - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot" story from the game.
11
One Piece: Heart of Gold (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and action
A girl named Olga is pursued by both the World Government and a man named Mad Treasure, as she is the only one who knows the location of the Pure Gold, a substance that can buy the entire world. Olga ends up sailing…
12
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also action and adventure
Ninjas with bloodline limits begin disappearing in all the countries and blame points toward the fire nation. By Tsunade's order, Kakashi is sacrificed to prevent an all out war. After inheriting charms left by…
13
Accident Man (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventure
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
14
Kings of the Sun (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also history and adventure
In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into…
15
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also action and adventure
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
16
Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also action and adventure
Naruto and his friends must get back a jug of stolen holy water from a band of higher class ninjas.
17
Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and action
The spirited Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto, is a skilled ninja who possesses the same brashness and passion his father once had. However, the constant absence of his father, who is busy with his Hokage…
18
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and action
A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient…
19
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
★ 7.3/10Also action and adventure
Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he…
20
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and action
Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Rock Lee are assigned to protect the prince of the Land of the Moon, Michiru, during his world trip; other escorts had been hired, but quit due to being treated…