Movies like Samurai Resurrection

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Samurai Resurrection (2003)
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Samurai Resurrection (2003)
Original name: 魔界転生
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Shiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of overthrowing the shogunate for killing his companions. To do this , he resurrects an army od living dead swordsmen. Between him and his goal, only Yagyu Jubei stands.....
Style: scary, exciting, epic, serious, suspenseful, offbeat
Plot: samurai, shogun, ghost, battles, zombie, heroes, supernatural, reincarnation, vengeance, rivalry, danger, curses spells and rituals, medieval, martial arts, escapades, rebelliousness, lone wolves, political unrest, religions or cults, ninja, demon, angel, female nudity, warrior, castle ...
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, suspenseful and stylized films with plots about rivalry, heroes, martial arts, escapades, samurai, danger and sword fight mostly in Action, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Samurai Resurrection: The Ninja Wars (1982), Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2000), Samurai Reincarnation (1981), Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master (2001), Legend of Eight Samurai (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Ninja Wars (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop ...
Style: stylized, serious, grindhouse, splatter
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, medieval, pluto, asian, tough heroes, battles, good versus evil, escapades, heroes, master warrior, clergy ...
Place: japan, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2000)
Genre: Action, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only as "the demons". ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, stylized, surprise ending
Plot: samurai, martial arts, vengeance, danger, escapades, supernatural, supernatural ability, imaginary, good versus evil, military, battles, heroic mission ...
Time: middle ages, 12th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
Style: perverse, serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: samurai, martial arts, ninja, medieval, deal with the devil, reincarnation, kung fu, dead, tokugawa shogunate, undead, supernatural, master warrior ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the Onmyoji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, epic, serious ...
Plot: destiny, danger, supernatural, ghost, heroic mission, escapades, intrigue, dishonesty, betrayal, battles, medieval, curses spells and rituals ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.
Style: visual, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, samurai, assassin, kung fu, warrior, ancient, swordplay, weapons, ice, snow, cold, revenge ...
Place: japan, antarctic, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Legend of Eight Samurai (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess ...
Style: serious, dark fantasy
Audience: boys' night
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Place: japan, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Samurai (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: Spain, France, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An ageless Demon Warrior is magically impregnated into the womb of a Parisian Kung-Fu Master's girlfriend. But what is the Demon's relationship with a new-release blockbuster fighting game?
Style: exciting, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: martial arts, rivalry, supernatural, ghost, investigation, danger, samurai, reincarnation, medieval, save the world, heroes, heroic mission ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, france, paris france, tokyo, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 5.5
 965
Red Shadow (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the Ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the Ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and defeat the enemy to build a world of peace. Red Shadow, Blue Shadow and Aska are neophyte ninjas under ...
Style: exciting, stylized, humorous, semi serious, manga
Plot: martial arts, ninja, samurai, love triangle, master warrior, assassination, sword fight, heroes, political unrest, love and romance, vengeance, superhero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master II (2003)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A group of demons in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian is dismembering members of a family of Japanese nobles.
Style: serious, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot: supernatural ability, martial arts, exorcism, medieval, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, vengeance, rivalry, wizards and magicians, heroes, supernatural, kaiju ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Blood of the Samurai (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Action Adventure starring Bryan Yamasaki, Shawn Forsythe, Michael Ng
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (2005)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Werewolf Warrior (2004)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.
Style: serious, scary, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, village, rivalry, mutant, chaos, danger, heroes, deadly creature, escapades, battles, sexploitation ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Death Trance (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In an unknown place and unknown time, a lone Samurai known only as Grave thirsts for the ultimate battle.
Style: semi serious, captivating, fast
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Place: japan, ancient china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Tsunami Warrior (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History
Country: Thailand
Duration: 154 min.
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Style: serious, captivating, exciting, epic, stylized
Audience: boys' night, teens
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The Princess Blade (2001)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Duration: 125 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
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Style: jidai geki, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
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Time: 16th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
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Style: stylized, anime, intense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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47 Samurai (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 207 min.
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Style: epic, harsh, bleak, atmospheric, serious ...
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Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
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Audience: teens, boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Aragami (2003)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Two seriously wounded samurai find refuge from a storm at an isolated temple, the home of a swordsman and a mysterious young woman. One samurai awakes to find that not only has his comrade died, but that his wounds have miraculously healed. He ...
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Hellbinders (2009)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: suspenseful, exciting, scary, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.1
 10K
Seven Swords (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Australia, Netherlands
Duration: 153 min.
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Style: serious, exciting, rough, cult classic, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 17th century, middle ages
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Wolfhound (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 142 min.
Story: He was doomed to die, but managed to survive, and now his mission is to revenge for the annihilation of his tribe. He is the great warrior who calls himself Volkodav, and is the last man from the tribe of Serie Psi (Grey Hounds). After escaping ...
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, atmospheric, action adventure ...
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Time: medieval times
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⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Wishing 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.
Style: cult classic, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, medieval, ninja, ancient, handicapped, ronin, swordplay, murder, village, kidnapping ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Dororo (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: The hero, Hyakkimaru is a wandering "demon hunter" whose extra body parts -- 48 to be exact -- were grafted onto his head and trunk by a herb doctor who discovered him as an infant, in a process that echoes "Frankenstein" and ...
Style: captivating, tense, anime, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 5.8
 753
Ashura (2005)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not ...
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful
Plot: fall in love, rivalry, good versus evil, love and romance, imaginary, haunted by the past, danger, save the world, supernatural, forced into action, martial arts, fight ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
Style: bloody, grindhouse, atmospheric, stylized, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 1972
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 6.7
 15K
Azumi (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
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Style: intense, breathtaking, realistic, epic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 17th century
Place: japan, ancient china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Kingdom of Gladiators (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A king makes a pact with an ancient demon and after years of ruling his kingdom in peace, the demon has come to collect. Now a group of rival gladiators must fight for the survival of the kingdom.
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, stylized, independent film
Plot: heroes, rivalry, battles, escapades, contests and competitions, imaginary, danger, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, peplum, gladiator, intergender wrestling ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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