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Red Shadow (2001)
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Red Shadow (2001)
Original name: RED SHADOW 赤影
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 the tutelage of White Shadow. Their life is a series of perilous missions that entail intrigue, deception and intimidation.
Style: exciting, stylized, humorous, semi serious, manga
Plot: martial arts, ninja, samurai, love triangle, master warrior, assassination, sword fight, superhero, heroes, love and romance, vengeance, political unrest, female ninja, princess, katana, battles, rivalry, love, spy, adventure
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: japan, asia

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Most similar movies to Red Shadow

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, stylized, serious and suspenseful films with plots about martial arts, heroes, samurai, rivalry, escapades, master warrior and ninja mostly in Action, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Red Shadow: Samurai Fiction (1998), New Tale of Zatoichi (1963), Deadly Life of a Ninja (1983), Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963), Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.
Style: humorous, captivating, stylized, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot: martial arts, vengeance, imaginary, medieval, danger, master warrior, curses spells and rituals, uninhibited rivalry, food, wuxia, sword, butcher ...
Place: china, asia, ancient china
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100%
Samurai Fiction (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Three centuries ago, a precious sword has been stolen by Kazamatsuri -- the sword, which historic and symbolic value is priceless for the clan (Shogun Tokugawa donated it to clan 80 years before that, at the same time that he established them as the ...
Style: stylized, psychological, semi serious, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: samurai, martial arts, kung fu, sword, asian history, sword fight, revenge, ninja, feudal japan, treasure, gambling, swordplay ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
35%
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Deadly Life of a Ninja (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A businessman and his sister-in-law are targeted for assassination by a band of evil ninjas and their vicious leader (Yasuaki Kurata). The ninjas are committing bizarre murders all over the city, and the police can't seem to pick up their trail ...
Style: grindhouse, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, murder, ninjitsu, assassination, danger, chases and races, rivalry, heroes, escapades, businessman ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, asia
⇓ 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 ⇓
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
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: cult classic, stylized, semi serious, realistic
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, spy, gold, sword fight, handicapped, drifter, kung fu, ancient, clan ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
33%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after their master has been killed by a mighty enemy.
Style: scenic, fast, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, samurai, karate, exploitation, kung fu classic, shaolin, revenge, battles ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: japan, china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
32%
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Kamui (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: KAMUI is a Ninja on the run from the world of Ninja bound by rules in search of true freedom. However, he is burdened with the fate, where it is not allowed to take the secret of their powers outside of the tribe -- if you are born as Ninja, you ...
Style: exciting, rough, stylized, epic, anime ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, redemption, heroes, rebellion, human spirit, rivalry, tough heroes, on the run, escapades, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Red Lion (1969)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt officials and businessmen. Written by Alex ...
Style: semi serious, humorous
Plot: samurai, imperial japan, village, sword fight, revolution, disorder, heroes, rebelliousness, military, rivalry, state affairs, politics ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother ...
Style: perverse, epic, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: samurai, ninja, martial arts, medieval, japanese history, shogun, asian history, kung fu, rivalry, strong violent content, conspiracy, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 17th 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%
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate ...
Style: grindhouse, splatter, visual, bloody, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, martial arts, ninja, revenge, kung fu, assassin, breast feeding, violent, weapons, drifter, gory, lone wolves ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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 ⇓
29%
Samurai Resurrection (2003)
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 ...
Style: serious, exciting, scary, epic, suspenseful ...
Plot: samurai, shogun, battles, ghost, zombie, heroes, danger, rivalry, vengeance, supernatural, reincarnation, curses spells and rituals ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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 ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
28%
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
Plot: samurai, martial arts, supernatural, heroes, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, danger, gory, stalking, master warrior, kidnapping ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Shogun Assassin (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A 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 toddler son in search of ...
Style: bloody, grindhouse, visual, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, samurai, kung fu, female nudity, female ninja, violence, yakuza, exploitation, violent, gory, shogun ...
Time: 19th century, 16th century, 15th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former ...
Style: serious, stylized, suspenseful, perverse, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, ninja, martial arts, danger, rivalry, superhuman powers, heroic mission, medieval, battles, military, good versus evil, chase ...
Place: japan, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
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.
Style: cult classic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ronin, swordplay, mafia, handicapped, katana, gangster, heroes, good versus evil, lone wolves ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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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 ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
26%
Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert ...
Style: grindhouse, fast, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin kung fu, medieval, wuxia, kung fu classic, ninja, fight, violent content, rivalry, hopes, self discovery ...
Time: 18th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Azumi (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 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 assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ...
Style: intense, breathtaking, realistic, epic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, samurai, ninja, brutality, gory, good versus evil, vengeance, storytelling, kung fu, sword, heroes, medieval ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, ancient china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
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: cult classic, saga, semi serious, atmospheric
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ancient, swordplay, handicapped, sword, gangster, gory, pregnancy, escapades, babies and infants ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
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 ...
Style: cult classic, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, one man army, ninja, handicapped, swordplay, katana, village, murder, sword, violent content ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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