Movies like Heaven and Earth

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Heaven and Earth (1990)
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Heaven and Earth (1990)
Original name: 天と地と
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?
Style: visually appealing, cult classic, epic, psychotronic, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: samurai, medieval, katana, japanese history, fight, ancient, legends and myths, war, battles, family relations, master warrior, leadership, escapades, rivalry, political intrigue, chaos, ambition, strong violent content, political unrest, siblings relations, ego clash, state affairs, blind ambition, uninhibited rivalry, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: medieval times, 16th century
Place: japan, asia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, stylized and exciting films with plots about samurai, master warrior, heroes, martial arts, katana, violent content and deadly mostly in Drama, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Heaven and Earth: Rikyu (1989), Samurai Banners (1969), Sekigahara (2017), 13 Assassins (1963), New Tale of Zatoichi (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A look at Genghis Khan's life, from his birth to conquests in Asia.
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, epic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: battles, conquering, medieval, heroes, ambition, rivalry, escapades, betrayal, rise to the top, haunted by the past, mongol empire, genghis khan ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 13th century, 12th century
Place: mongolia, asia
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Rikyu (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan's most powerful warlord, unifying the country. Rikyu, through the tea ceremony and ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, contemplative ...
Plot: samurai, medieval, painter, painting, art, great ending, clan, buddhism, biopic, tradition, tea, battles ...
Time: medieval times, 16th century
Place: japan, korea, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Samurai Banners (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Feudal Japan, 1543 to 1562. Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, jidai geki
Plot: samurai, power relations, betrayal, politics, state affairs, military, fall in love, master warrior, dishonesty, heroes, medieval, violent content ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times
Place: japan, asia
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45%
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Sekigahara (2017)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min.
Story: In the year 1600, a battle determines the future ruler for Japan and the beginning of the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Style: exciting, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: shogun, japanese history, female ninja, ninja, medieval, employer employee relationship, death sentence, employer, spy, murder, slavery, betrayal ...
Time: medieval times, 17th century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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13 Assassins (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
Style: epic, jidai geki, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot: samurai, martial arts, medieval, ninja, fight, exploitation, swordplay, assassin, edo period, violent content, rivalry, assassination ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
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39%
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 ⇓
36%
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Kenshin 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 for dead. He survived, and is ...
Style: stylized, anime, intense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, katana, martial arts, sword fight, survival, medieval, redemption, assassin, good versus evil, ambition, rivalry, political unrest ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: japan, asia, kyoto japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After 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 through the entire clan ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, swordplay, handicapped, ancient, ronin, katana, sword, violent content, gangster ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a ...
Style: cult classic, captivating, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: zatoichi, martial arts, ancient, swordplay, handicapped, gangster, village, samurai, violent content, lone wolves, master warrior, redemption ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Zatoichi 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.
Style: cult classic, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: zatoichi, chess, martial arts, ninja, handicapped, ancient, swordplay, sword, samurai, violent content, escapades, hopes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Return of Masseur Ichi (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love: his own brother. He must face in combat not only the pursuing retainers but his own ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, handicapped, adventurer, ancient, swordplay, sword fight, one man army, yakuza, criminal, violent content ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led ...
Style: cult classic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, handicapped, swordplay, corruption, village, violent content, escape, life is a bitch, confined ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman's Pilgrimage (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Our hero Zatoichi sails to one of the distant islands to begin a pilgrimage to a total of 88 Shinto shrines.
Style: cult classic, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, yakuza, handicapped, clan, swordplay, ancient, village, self defense, one man army, lone wolves ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Three Kingdoms (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China, South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The aging Zhao embarks on his final and greatest campaign, a road to adventure that will crown his name in glory for all time.
Style: exciting, realistic, atmospheric, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female warrior, war, battles, military, soldier, uninhibited rivalry, political unrest, medieval, rise to the top, hopes, state affairs, ambition ...
Time: medieval times, ancient times
Place: china, ancient china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Zatoichi's Spurting Blood Road (1967)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ichi 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 local boss to create illegal ...
Style: cult classic, serious, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, katana, sword, swordplay, ronin, handicapped, fight scenes, undercover, hopes, getting home ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
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27%
Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Shishio has set sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the Meiji government and return Japan to chaos, carrying Kaoru with him. In order to stop him in time, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
Style: exciting, stylized, dorama, anime, manga ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, martial arts, samurai era, fight, medieval, good versus evil, heroes, master warrior, battles, showdown, hitman, political unrest ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo, kyoto japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
Style: cult classic, exciting, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, handicapped, ancient, swordplay, ronin, katana, snake, gangster, violent content, village ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, bleak, rough ...
Plot: samurai, ronin, medieval, martial arts, father, sword fight, politics, fight, asian history, ancient, badass, american civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Zatoichi 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 son. ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, ancient, handicapped, swordplay, samurai, gangster, violent content, escapades, moral dilemma, friendship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Blind 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 amazing sword skills to help the ...
Style: cult classic, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: zatoichi, martial arts, handicapped, swordplay, ronin, samurai, gangster, violent content, assassination attempt, escapades, master warrior, one man army ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
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26%
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: This 26th film installment of the Zatoichi series sees Shintaro Katsu return to this classic role after a 10 year hiatus. The blind masseur Ichi gets caught between rival Yakuza clans.
Style: cult classic, tense, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot: samurai, martial arts, zatoichi, swordsman, ninja, medieval, yakuza, female nudity, ronin, swordplay, clan, handicapped ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, rough, emotional, serious ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, danger, chases and races, babies and infants, master warrior, motherhood, death of mother, prostitute, martial arts, ninja, murderer ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name.
Style: cult classic, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, handicapped, swordplay, yakuza, corruption, village, swordsman, edo period, violent content ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
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26%
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13 Assassins (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A 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 into a war-torn future.
Style: intense, suspense, harsh, tense, visually appealing ...
Plot: samurai, sword fight, samurai sword, warrior, seppuku, swords and armor, shogun, battles, martial arts, revenge, swordsman, medieval ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 1800s ...
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Blind 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 woman who is trying to help her ...
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, new year's eve, sword, swordplay, ronin, handicapped, village, one man army, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
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25%
The Sword of Doom (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopathic samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.
Style: black and white, visual, cerebral, tense, stylized ...
Plot: samurai, martial arts, ninja, medieval, violent, swordplay, vengeance, fencing, japanese history, kung fu, master warrior, sword fight ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1966
Place: japan, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Shogun's Ninja (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the ...
Style: jidai geki, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, shogun, ancient, clan, kung fu, karate, master warrior, ninja master, revenge, warlord, violent content ...
Time: 16th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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
Plot: samurai, martial arts, master warrior, sword fight, ninja, father son relationship, weapons, ronin, kung fu, fight, gory, martial artist ...
Time: year 1972
Place: japan, asia
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25%
Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, rough ...
Plot: martial arts, medieval, ninja, samurai, edo period, heist, rivalry, master warrior, fighting crime, betrayal, dishonesty, society ...
Time: 18th century, 17th century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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
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