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The Conspirator (1961)
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Original name: 反逆児
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.
Style:
melancholic, grim, art house, black and white, tragic, moody
Plot:
samurai, murder, forbidden love, tragedy, manipulation, arranged marriage, mother son conflict, political intrigue, class conflict, gender roles, clan, samurai sword, mistress, suicide, hate, childlessness, hara kiri, blade
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and period drama films with plots about samurai, samurai sword, betrayal, martial arts, swordplay, revenge and sword fight mostly in Drama, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Conspirator: Revenge (1964), At River's Edge (2011), Samurai Spy (1965), Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962), Samurai Banners (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
657
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:
tense, bleak, art house, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
samurai, duel, revenge, feudal japan, honor, samurai sword, violence, corruption, shame, infamy, mental breakdown, character study ...
Time:
17th century, 60s, 20th century
Place:
japan
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A samurai Sakunosuke gets an order from clan chamberlain to kill another samurai who is married with his own younger sister. As a loyal samurai he has to accept the mission even though he has inner conflicts.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
samurai, moral dilemma, honor, loyalty, duty, conflict, sibling relationship, medieval, battles, samurai era, fight, murderer ...
Place:
japan
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69%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 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:
stylized, suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting
Plot:
samurai, ninja, spy, swordplay, samurai sword, medieval, japanese history, clan, martial arts, espionage, swordsman, shogun ...
Time:
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Place:
japan
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66%
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, suspenseful, rough, jidai geki ...
Plot:
ninja, samurai, martial arts, medieval, samurai sword, tokugawa shogunate, clan, swordplay, kung fu, sword, assassination, edo period ...
Time:
medieval times, 60s
Place:
japan, asia, east asia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off ...
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grim, dark, bleak, period drama, moody
Plot:
ninja, feudal japan, ronin, swordplay, assassin, corruption, justice, moral ambiguity, political intrigue, duel, anti hero, honor ...
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64%
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, politics, military, state affairs, betrayal, dishonesty, heroes, master warrior, fall in love, medieval, samurai sword ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyeasu. In the beginning the film shows Yukimura fighting to defend the Osaka Castle. He used very unconventional methods, wich were not approved by the other ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, epic, grim, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ninja, revenge, political intrigue, feudal japan, betrayal, conspiracy, power struggle, historical figure, loyalty, swordplay, biopic, bravery ...
Time:
17th century
Similarity:
55%
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, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
samurai, zatoichi, swordsman, martial arts, samurai sword, ninja, medieval, yakuza, female nudity, handicapped, ronin, clan ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by the Kurokaze Han, but they learn that Junoshin Kake lied. Junoshin Kake is given the death sentence ...
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
samurai, ronin, resurrection, beggar, lord, japanese woman, murder, east asian woman, feudal japan, arrested, arrest, guilty verdict ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is called to see that a gold statuette of the Virgin Mary gets safe passage to Kyoto from the prying ...
Style:
tense, dark, crime thriller, period drama
Plot:
samurai, ronin, feudal japan, anti hero, sword fight, ninja, betrayal, moral ambiguity, honor, revenge, manhunt, loyalty ...
Similarity:
54%
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, samurai sword, ninja, handicapped, ancient, swordplay, sword, violent content, heroes, one man army ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
53%
44K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of ...
Style:
black and white, atmospheric, tense, witty, stylized ...
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, corruption, rescue, betrayal, medieval, martial arts, police investigation, culture clash, visceral, transformation, small town ...
Time:
19th century, year 1962, future, 1800s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, india
Similarity:
51%
3K
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, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, medieval, samurai sword, ancient, exploitation, swordplay, clan, ronin, betrayal, yakuza, dark humor ...
Time:
year 1968, 19th century, 60s, 1830s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, jidai geki
Plot:
samurai, medieval, samurai sword, martial arts, zatoichi, ronin, edo period, betrayal, inn, katana, ambush, bandit ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
perverse, epic, captivating, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
samurai, ninja, martial arts, medieval, asian history, shogun, samurai sword, japanese history, kung fu, rivalry, conspiracy, strong violent content ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
ninja, samurai, martial arts, swordplay, samurai sword, feudal japan, ruse, espionage, tactics, political intrigue, infiltration, betrayal ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
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, semi serious, realistic, stylized
Plot:
samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, samurai sword, ninja, ancient, handicapped, kung fu, swordplay, clan, gold, sword fight ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.
Style:
art house, meditative, jidai geki, period drama, f word
Plot:
ritual, philosophy, samurai, flashback, biopic, spirituality, memory, minimalism, legacy, political intrigue, samurai era, visionary ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1873, Emperor Meiji abolished the rights of the samurai in favor of a modern, westernized military. With intentions to launch a bloody crusade against the government, warrior Endo Tadaoki (Henry Lee) gathers his remaining men to prepare for one ...
Style:
captivating, period piece, historical drama, dark, grim ...
Plot:
sword fight, revenge, fight, medieval, power struggle, vengeance, samurai sword, battles, duel, family tragedy, honor, feudal japan ...
Time:
1870s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, period piece, historical drama, suspenseful, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ninja, samurai, swordplay, siege, medieval, ruse, feudal japan, power struggle, castle, espionage, political intrigue, betrayal ...
Place:
japan
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45%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, disturbing, captivating, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
battles, samurai sword, martial arts, emperor, power struggle, warrior, intrigue, fight, empire, life is a bitch, biopic, political conflict ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
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.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
samurai, medieval, zatoichi, homecoming, martial arts, village, forced into action, blind man, save the day, murder, protector, massacre ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Comedy, 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, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, revenge, female impersonator, sword fight, obsession, gender bending, thief, samurai sword, kabuki, voyeur, murder, lgbt ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, east asia, tokyo
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, black and white, cynical, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, katana, martial arts, medieval, samurai sword, sex, bribery, prostitute, fight, fencing, ancient, treachery ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
44%
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:
historical drama, grim, melancholic, jidai geki, period drama
Plot:
samurai, japanese history, tokugawa shogunate, medieval, edo period, sword fight, honor, loyalty, samurai sword, martial arts, betrayal, feudal japan ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, kyoto japan
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
Style:
intense, serious, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
alienation, infidelity, domestic drama, character study, control, power struggle, obsession, manipulation, isolation, family conflict, claustrophobia, revenge ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, ironic, melancholic, art house, bleak ...
Plot:
samurai, assassination, conspiracy, historical figure, feudal japan, political intrigue, biopic, betrayal, revolution, character study, nationalism, swordplay ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
41%
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:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, medieval, samurai sword, japanese history, clan, swordsman, kung fu, swordplay, tokugawa shogunate, ninja, imperialism ...
Time:
19th century, year 1965, 60s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it was home to over 200 geisha, however behind the fabulous facade, there were many battles - between ...
Style:
costume drama, historical drama, melancholic, atmospheric, period drama ...
Plot:
geisha, jealousy, mother and daughter, forbidden love, tragedy, yakuza, prostitution, identity, family feud, female rivalry, patriarchy, pimp ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1933, 1910s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, serious, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
39%
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