Movies like Princess from the Moon
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Princess from the Moon (1987)
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Original name: 竹取物語
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.
Style:
mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, atmospheric, touching, serious, stylized, cult film, offbeat
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
kaiju, children, ufo, ancient, giant monster, healer, forest, youth, moon, family relations, parents and children, escapades, bittersweet, martial arts, monster, violence, assassin, sword, sword fight, swordsman, katana, ambush, sword and sorcery, fistfight, love interest ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Most similar movies to Princess from the Moon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, cult film, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about escapades, heroes, rivalry, danger, samurai, sword fight and deadly mostly in Adventure, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Princess from the Moon: Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970), Takeru Yamato (1994), Gamera the Brave (2005), Rebirth of Mothra II (1997), Rebirth of Mothra (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
Style:
stylized, realistic, semi serious, cult film
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, spy, gold, sword fight, ancient, warrior, ninja, village, righting the wronged, tough heroes, parents and children ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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:
serious, exciting, stylized, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, warrior, ancient, fight, weapons, revenge, superhero, supernatural, assassin, strong violent content, rivalry ...
Place:
japan, asia
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82%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After killing his brother, Prince Yamato is banished from his father's kingdom until he can bring his dangerous powers under control. On his journey, he meets and joins with the magical priestess Oto, and together they go to fight against an ...
Style:
daikaiju
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, monster, sword, brother brother relationship, sword and sorcery, animal horror
Time:
1st century
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Toru Aizawa, a 11 year old boy suddenly finds a tiny egg on a red mysterious stone. the egg hatches and comes out an abnormal little turtle (Toto) which not only grows rapidly, but also flies in the air and even blows fireballs. At the meantime, a ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, tense, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, turtle, mutant, save the day, dangerous animal, legends and myths, escapades, rivalry, supernatural, monster, save the planet ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mothra's twin nymphs and children from the city find a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.
Style:
daikaiju, serious, scary, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, monster, godzilla, youth, dragon, alien invasion, sea monster, disaster, ocean, catastrophe, save the world ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.
Style:
daikaiju, exciting, scary, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, monster, godzilla, good versus evil, alien invasion, youth, giant creature, heroes, dangerous animal, escapades, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
A small group of cosmic explorers leave Earth to find freedom and start a new civilization.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, art house, dark, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surrealism, space, existentialism, philosophy, astronaut, moon, distopia, chaos, space travel, time travel, female nudity, apocalypse ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a treacherous expedition to retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal reveals itself to be an egg which spawns Barugon, demon dog from Hell! Armed with a deadly tongue and cold beams, Barugon wreaks havoc on Japan. Gamera comes to ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
giant monster, monster, kaiju, dam, suspense, helicopter, turtle, tropical island, cave, quicksand, scorpion, mutant ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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.
Style:
serious, saga, cult film
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, warrior, ancient, ninja, murder, gang war, sword, master warrior, daring rescue, gang, rescue ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.
Style:
daikaiju, serious, exciting, psychotronic, offbeat
Plot:
giant monster, time travel, monster, kaiju, godzilla, space and aliens, youth, alien invasion, creature feature, creature, good versus evil, disaster ...
Time:
prehistory, 90s
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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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, serious, realistic, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
samurai, ronin, medieval, martial arts, father, sword fight, asian history, politics, fight, ancient, assassination, edo period ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, daikaiju ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, mutant, chaos, monster, friendship, heroes, race against time, deadly creature, on the run, forces of nature, little boy ...
Time:
prehistory
Place:
korea, asia, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, ninja, tokugawa shogunate, woman with a gun, battles, escapades, rivalry, master warrior, military, state affairs, heroes ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
japan, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Romania
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Princess Luisa and knight Gabriel must face a dragon to save their kingdom.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, stylized, semi serious, slasher
Plot:
dragon, sword and sorcery, battles, heroes, king, escapades, terrorism, sword, magic, sword fight, medieval, giant monster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Gamera's back, and just in time to save Japan from Gyaos, a mysterious bat-like creature awakened by a volcanic eruption. As in the first Gamera movie, a young boy establishes an emotional link with Gamera, and the two work together, with the ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, campy, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, turtle, scientist, suspense, cave, supernatural, escapades, deadly creature, supernatural ability, rivalry ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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.
Style:
art house, captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, sword fight, yakuza, medieval, exploitation, fencing, warrior, ancient, ninja, heroes, gang war ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 ...
Style:
semi serious, atmospheric, saga, cult film
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, ancient, warrior, sword, pregnancy, track down, heroes, hopes, gangsters, rivalry, lone wolves ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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, stylized, atmospheric, affectionate, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, master warrior, sword fight, fight, ninja, father son relationship, weapons, cult, martial artist, female ninja, lone wolves ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that, according to legend, houses demons. The egg hatches into a small monster, which Ayana decides to raise and quickly develops a ...
Style:
daikaiju, natural horror, suspenseful, serious, cult film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, superhero, creature feature, superhuman powers, samurai, godzilla, exploitation, revenge, giant bird, battles ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, warrior, ancient, gangsters, village, graphic violence, lone wolves, one man army, redemption, state affairs, heroes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
samurai, chess, martial arts, ninja, warrior, ancient, sword, graphic violence, rivalry, vengeance, one man army, lone wolves ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, ...
Style:
jidai geki
Plot:
samurai, japanese history, martial arts, tokugawa shogunate, medieval, ancient, samurai era, katana, sword fight, warrior, japanese culture
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
japan, kyoto japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, weird, cult film
Plot:
religion, japanese history, death, outdoor sex, palace, oral sex, female protagonist, waterfall, sex scene, kingdom, burial, shaman ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the three men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his revenge, firstly by seducing the daughter of one of them, secondly by ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, sexy, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
samurai, revenge, sword fight, obsession, fantasy world, brutality, dark humor, male nudity, manipulation, paranoid, runaway, screwball ...
Time:
1930s, 19th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Earth is headed for disaster and when an archeological research team visits Infant Island to find out why, they discover two tiny women who reveal that the Earth is fighting back for all the harm humans have done here and sends out the evil ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, monster, kaiju, archaeologist, creature, monster terrorizes city, environmentalism, catastrophe, disaster, adventurer, good versus evil ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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:
exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, ancient, ninja, warrior, sword, katana, graphic violence, vengeance, one man army, on the run, heroes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
La Antena (English: The Aerial, 2007) is an Argentine drama film, written and directed by acclaimed film director Esteban Sapir. The film features Alejandro Urdapilleta, Rafael Ferro, Florencia Raggi, and others. The movie begins with a pair of ...
Style:
surreal, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, experimental ...
Plot:
distopia, mind control, social decay, rebellion, dishonesty, family relations, revolution, human nature, life is a bitch, corrupted ruler, totalitarianism, society ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A strange meteor lands in Japan unleashing hundreds of insect-like "legion" creatures which find their way into Tokyo. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary.
Style:
daikaiju, natural horror, suspenseful, serious, cult film
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, creature feature, exploitation, godzilla, winter, alien life-form, chaos, battles, chaos and mayhem, alien encounter ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
Style:
tense, emotional, stylized, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot:
samurai, father son relationship, rebellion, revenge, martial arts, violence, vengeance, kidnapping, family relations, injustice, rebelliousness, master warrior ...
Time:
18th century, 70s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
In the 16th Century, a Dutch ship sails the Pacific from the Americas in order to escape the Spanish. Blackthorn is the pilot of the ship and the first to realize the possibilities of Japan. Japan is a feudal society which has a strong presence of ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, saga
Plot:
samurai, shogun, feudal japan, seafaring, jesuit, ancient, battles, politics, survival, war, state affairs, betrayal ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages
Place:
japan, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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