Movies Like Zatoichi's Cane Sword
If you liked Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967), a adventure and action movie directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 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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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and actionZatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial…
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Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
★ 6.9/10Also action and dramaBlind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his…
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Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
★ 7/10Also adventure and 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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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and actionZatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.
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Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
★ 6.9/10Also action and dramaZatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young…
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The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and 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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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.
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Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
★ 7/10Also adventure and actionZatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and actionReturning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
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Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and actionZatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed…
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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and actionZatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and actionZatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime boss’s bodyguard, scruffy…
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and actionThe 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…
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13 Assassins (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and dramaA 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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Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and actionItinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his…
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Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and actionBlind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young…
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Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and actionAfter arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way…
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Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and actionWhen a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.
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Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and actionZatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.
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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…