Movies Like Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
If you liked Chacha: The Princess of Heaven (2007), a history and drama movie directed by Hajime Hashimoto, 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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Sekigahara (2017)
★ 7/10Also history and dramaThe background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the…
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Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also history and dramaAt 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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Samurai Rebellion (1967)
★ 8.2/10Also dramaThe mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.
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ICHI (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and historyIchi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters…
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Chûshingura (1962)
★ 7.1/10Also history and dramaAfter 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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Hachiko (1987)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and 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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Taboo (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historySet during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a…
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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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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaAfter 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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Buddha: The Great Departure (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and 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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The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyA fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
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Sakuran (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also history and dramaKiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
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Mr. Turner (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also history and dramaEccentric 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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Tenchu! (1969)
★ 7/10Also history and dramaA ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also 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 I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaStruggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
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Inu-Oh (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and historyA cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan.
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Ugetsu (1953)
★ 8/10Also dramaIn 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit…
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaOfficial 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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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also history 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.