Movies Like Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
If you liked Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot (1982), a drama and action movie directed by Hideo Gosha, 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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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.
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and actionStruggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
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Lady Snowblood (1973)
★ 7.5/10Also action and dramaA strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
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Killing (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and actionIn 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…
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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.
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Zatoichi (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and actionBlind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and actionOfficial 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.
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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…
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47 Ronin (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and actionKai—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…
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The Sword of Doom (1966)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and actionRyunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
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Blade of the Immortal (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also action and dramaManji, 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…
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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…
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and actionAfter years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of…
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Kagemusha (1980)
★ 7.8/10Also action and dramaA feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. The impostor becomes comfortable living his life among…
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Samurai Assassin (1965)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and actionJapan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and…
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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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Izo (2004)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaIzo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the…
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Ran (1985)
★ 8/10Also action and dramaShakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
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13 Assassins (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and actionA 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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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and actionOgami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.