Movies Like Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
If you liked Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021), a action and adventure movie directed by Keishi Otomo, 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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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also action and adventureKenshin 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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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also action and adventureShishio 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.
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also action and adventureIn 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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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also action and adventureIn 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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Blade of the Immortal (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also action and adventureManji, 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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The Twilight Samurai (2002)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romanceSeibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects…
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Love and Honor (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
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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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Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also action and romanceIn a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.
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It Feels So Good (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceWhen it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko…
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The Hidden Blade (2004)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceSet in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor…
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Samurai Marathon (2019)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaWhen feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
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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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Zatoichi (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and dramaBlind 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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Azumi (2003)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and dramaIn war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an…
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ICHI (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also action and adventureIchi 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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Shogun Assassin (1980)
★ 6.9/10Also action and adventureA Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his…
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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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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…
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Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and actionOne day, Koyomi Araragi encounters the horrifying vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade A.K.A. the "King of Apparitions." He saves the fatally wounded Kiss-shot by offering his blood at the expense of his…