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Bandit vs. Samurai Squad (1978)
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Bandit vs. Samurai Squad (1978)
Original name: 雲霧仁左衛門
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
Style: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, jidai geki
Plot: martial arts, clan, heist, heroes, betrayal, vengeance, rivalry, law enforcement, dishonesty, criminal heroes, cons and scams, religions or cults, sex, revenge, female nudity, geisha, seduction, bathhouse, shogun, samurai, blade, adventure, crimes
Time: 70s, 20th century

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, martial arts, heroes, samurai, master warrior, vengeance and ninja mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Bandit vs. Samurai Squad: Hunter in the Dark (1979), Sword of the Beast (1965), Goyokin (1969), Kill! (1968), The Shogun's Samurai (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
95%
Sword of the Beast (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha’s Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: samurai, martial arts, medieval, japanese history, clan, ronin, swordplay, ancient, fight, imperialism, ninja, tokugawa shogunate ...
Time: 19th century, year 1965, 60s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Goyokin (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Style: captivating, tense, serious, realistic, jidai geki ...
Plot: martial arts, medieval, asian history, japanese history, tokugawa shogunate, ninja, winter, fight, snow, revenge, clan, edo period ...
Time: year 1969, 19th century, 17th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Kill! (1968)
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, ...
Style: dark comedy, serious, realistic, jidai geki, spoof ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, martial arts, medieval, exploitation, swordplay, clan, ancient, ronin, betrayal, yakuza, dark humor, righting the wronged ...
Time: year 1968, 19th century, 60s, 1830s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ⇓
41%
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Revenge (1964)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: This tragic drama shows a young man fettered by Bushido, the way of the Samurai, who tried to escape the chains of his position, but was being forced to die. When the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled the land, Tatsuno castle in Wakisaka Clan's home of ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, jidai geki
Plot: samurai, time travel, revenge killing, injustice, politics, rivalry, vengeance, duel, revenge, feudal japan
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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 ⇓
37%
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Getting Even (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After being betrayed by a fellow Marine and spending five years in a POW camp, homeless Vietnam vet Roy Evans reunites with his commander, Dundee, and is tasked by the FBI to find his betrayer, Slisko, who is suspected of slaying several women. ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting
Plot: murder, vietnam veteran, special agent, dishonesty, vengeance, chases and races, arms dealing, rivalry, betrayal, law enforcement, buddies, vietnam war ...
Place: vietnam, new york, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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 ⇓
36%
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Muscle Heat (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vengeance, contests and competitions, danger, law enforcement, tough heroes, fighting crime, rivalry, master warrior, master criminal, drug dealing, heroes ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Way of the Dragon 2 (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A classic tribute to a legendary Kung-Fu master. The high-powered action and deadly fistfights don’t let up for a moment. When all the chips are down, the Dragon Master will prevail!
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: [Period covered: 1575-1681] Fist film in the Shinobi series starring Raizo Ichikawa. Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan, a young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, jidai geki ...
Plot: ninja, samurai, martial arts, medieval, tokugawa shogunate, swordplay, clan, sword, kung fu, assassination, religions or cults, battles ...
Time: medieval times, 60s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ...
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Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Sticks of Death (1986)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A man masters the ancient art of arnis with the help of his grandfather to get revenge on a group of crooks who attempted to beat him to death.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
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Time: year 1986, 80s
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The Last Riders (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When his family is murdered, Johnny gets revenge on his former biker gang, The Slaves, and the police who lied to the gang about Johnny selling them out to the authorities.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
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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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ...
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Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Samurai Spy (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of ...
Style: suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic, exciting
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Time: 17th century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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 ⇓
31%
The Sewers of Paradise (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 70s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Harakiri (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or hara-kiri.
Style: tense, disturbing, bleak, black and white, melancholic ...
Plot: samurai, suicide, poverty, revenge, seppuku, medieval, tragedy, courage, life & death, sword fight, society, life is a bitch ...
Time: 17th century, year 1962
Place: japan, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 ...
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Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 ⇓
31%
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Extreme Honor (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A highly decorated Navy Seal is forced out of retirement in order to save his son's life and bring justice to the man who destroyed his career.
Style: realistic, rough, exciting, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: false accusation, betrayal, law enforcement, life is a bitch, rivalry, gang, dishonesty, frame up, child illness, tough heroes, violent content, terminal illness ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Bandits, Prostitutes and Silver (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 83 min.
Story: To free his girlfriend from her contract with a greedy madam, Shang Li (Don Wong) teams up with a cold-blooded thief called the Sparrow (Chiang-lung Wen) to hijack a large shipment of silver. But when the heist suddenly goes bad, Shang Li finds ...
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heist, shaolin kung fu, kung fu, prostitute, battles, tough heroes, hijacking, death row, wrongfully committed, master warrior, chases and races ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ⇓
29%
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 ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
27%
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
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Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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