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Movies Like Dark Samurai

If you liked Dark Samurai (2014), a drama and crime movie directed by Sidney Lexy Plaut, 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. 1The Yakuza

    The Yakuza (1974)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.

  2. 247 Ronin

    47 Ronin (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Kai—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…

  3. 3Female Yakuza Tale

    Female Yakuza Tale (1973)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a…

  4. 4Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

    Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and…

  5. 5Blade of the Immortal

    Blade of the Immortal (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Manji, 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…

  6. 6The Outsider

    The Outsider (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

  7. 7The Tale of Zatoichi

    The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    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.

  8. 8Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and crime

    Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog…

  9. 913 Assassins

    13 Assassins (2010)

    ★ 7.3/10Also 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…

  10. 10Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.

  11. 11Sex and Fury

    Sex and Fury (1973)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shunosuke…

  12. 12Yojimbo

    Yojimbo (1961)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin…

  13. 13Killing

    Killing (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In mid-19th century Edo period, a masterless rōnin named Mokunoshin Tsuzuki resides in a peaceful village among those he helps. However, as the prevalent peace and tranquility are sure to be replaced by war and…

  14. 14Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

  15. 15Three Outlaw Samurai

    Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two…

  16. 16Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

  17. 17Gonin

    Gonin (1995)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.

  18. 18Graveyard of Honor

    Graveyard of Honor (2002)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    A barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

  19. 19Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray

    Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017)

    ★ 7.8/10Also crime and drama

    A 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…

  20. 20Tokyo Drifter

    Tokyo Drifter (1966)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable…

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