Movies Like Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
If you liked Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America (2011), a history movie directed by Tōru Ichikawa, 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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The Current War (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also historyElectricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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Richard Jewell (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also historyRichard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime…
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Dalíland (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also historyIn 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.
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Radioactive (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also historyThe story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of…
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Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also historyAt the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
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Radium Girls (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also historyYoung women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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The Secrets We Keep (2020)
★ 6/10Also historyIn post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
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The Invisible Woman (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also historyIn 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his…
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Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also historyThe adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
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Buddha: The Great Departure (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also historyPrince 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…
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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also historyIn 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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Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also historyHendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also historyA chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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Buddha 2: The Endless Journey (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also history2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future, a monk with only…
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Mr. Turner (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also historyEccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
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A Call to Spy (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also historyThe story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These…
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Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also historyRegent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent…
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Hachiko (1987)
★ 7.8/10Also historyThe tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
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Kings of the Sun (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also historyIn 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…
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Eight Men Out (1988)
★ 6.8/10Also historyBuck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with…