Movies like Zatoichi the Outlaw

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Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)

7.0

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Original name: 座頭市牢破り

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 96 min.

Story: When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

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Most similar movies to Zatoichi the Outlaw

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, cult film and exciting films with plots about martial arts, heroes, samurai, escapades, lone wolves, master warrior and warrior mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Zatoichi the Outlaw: Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009), Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1989), The Blind Swordsman Samaritan (1968), Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970), Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.

Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009)

5.2

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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 126 min.

Story: TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures ...

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Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1989)

7.1

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.

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The Blind Swordsman Samaritan (1968)

7.2

Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure

Country: Japan

Duration: 84 min.

Story: Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode ...

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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)

7.0

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 115 min.

Story: With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking ...

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Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)

7.2

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 ...

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Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)

7.2

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 ...

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83%

Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)

7.4

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 84 min.

Story: Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a ...

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New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)

7.3

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.

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82%

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Zatoichi at Large (1972)

6.9

Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure

Country: Japan

Duration: 90 min.

Story: Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into ...

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The Return of Masseur Ichi (1962)

7.2

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 ...

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The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

7.6

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 96 min.

Story: The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.

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80%

Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)

6.9

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 95 min.

Story: Zatoichi tries to save a maiden in distress in this sequel to the popular series about a blind samurai swordsman who moonlights as a masseur. Always fighting for the underdog, noble Zatoichi sets out to keep a girl from becoming a prostitute. But he ...

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Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

7.2

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 ...

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Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman's Pilgrimage (1966)

7.2

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.

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78%

Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)

7.3

Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure

Country: Japan

Duration: 82 min.

Story: Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

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Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)

6.9

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 ...

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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)

7.3

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.

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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)

7.3

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.

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73%

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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

7.4

Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action

Country: Japan

Duration: 96 min.

Story: Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.

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72%

Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)

7.3

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. ...

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Zatoichi: The Last (2010)

5.1

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Genre: Action, Drama

Country: Japan, France

Duration: 132 min.

Story: A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.

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Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)

7.5

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 ...

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Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)

7.5

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 ...

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Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)

7.1

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 88 min.

Story: Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to ...

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Zatoichi on the Road (1963)

7.2

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 85 min.

Story: Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.

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Zatoichi's Spurting Blood Road (1967)

7.5

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 ...

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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)

7.1

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan, Hong Kong

Duration: 94 min.

Story: Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his ...

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60%

Kill! (1968)

7.4

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 115 min.

Story: In this pitch-black action comedy by Kihachi Okamoto, a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, ...

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47%

Like a Dragon (2007)

6.1

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: Japan, South Korea

Duration: 110 min.

Story: Former Yakuza underling Kiryu Kazuma, who has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration, and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his Yakuza past. Unfortunately Kiryu's problems slowly escalate ...

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Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends (2014)

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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.