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The Assassination of Ryoma (1974)
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Original name: 竜馬暗殺
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).
Style:
melancholic, ironic, intense, bleak, satirical, art house, black and white, jidai geki, period drama, weird ...
Plot:
samurai, assassination, conspiracy, historical figure, feudal japan, political intrigue, biopic, betrayal, revolution, character study, nationalism, swordplay, revenge, burlesque, slow burn, edo period, sex, prostitute, female nudity, geisha, sword fight, cemetery, bare breasts, rain, hara kiri ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, tense, historical drama and captivating films with plots about samurai, revenge, betrayal, honor, political intrigue, feudal japan and martial arts mostly in Drama, Action and History genres. Some movies like The Assassination of Ryoma: Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021), The Shogun Assassins (1979), Revenge (1964), Shogun's Shadow (1989), Fatteshikast (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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