Movies Like Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
If you liked Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3 (1962), a action and drama movie directed by Daisuke Itō, 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

Kamui (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and actionA rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
- 2

Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also action and dramaMMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…
- 3

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also action and dramaIn 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.
- 4

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
★ 6.4/10Also action and dramaOlder, 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…
- 5

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also actionIn 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…
- 6

Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007)
★ 6.8/10Also actionWhen an artifact known as the "King's Seal" is stolen during transport from Soul Society, Hitsugaya Toushirou is assigned to retrieve it. Toushirou goes missing after a battle with the thieves, leading Seireitei to…
- 7

New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
★ 7/10Also action and dramaWishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
- 8

Chûshingura (1962)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and actionAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
- 9

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.
- 10

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and actionRepeatedly 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…
- 11

In Full Bloom (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also action and dramaSet shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arranged by their unscrupulous managers and…
- 12

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
★ 7.3/10Also action and dramaThe 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.
- 13

Embattled (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action and dramaThe eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
- 14

Mexicali (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also action and dramaA former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
- 15

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaA fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
- 16

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also action and dramaKenshin 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…
- 17

Welcome to Sudden Death (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also action and dramaJesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap…
- 18

Goemon (2009)
★ 6.9/10Also action and dramaFollow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban, Goemon finds a mysterious box hidden inside a secret grave. A forgotten relic from the past…
- 19

Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
★ 7/10Also action and dramaIchi 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…
- 20

Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also actionTerry is fighting abroad when a boy named Tony, who wants to be Terry's student, follows him despite his mother and Terry's wishes. When Terry Bogard is defeated by a foe more powerful than he's ever seen before, Terry…