Movies like Revenge 1964

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Revenge (1964)

7.6

339

Original name: 仇討

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 Harima held an established custom, the inspection of the arms warehouse. The Government Inspector Okuno Magodayu found a slight bit of dirt on the point of a spear and mentioned it with disdain. Ezaki Shinpachi heard it and started an argument with him. Magodayu then sent a a letter of challenge to him because he felt insulted by a low-ranking underling without a title. As it turned out Magodayu was killed. Since then, Shinpachi and the Okuno family have had continuous revenge duels. The tension mounts as this story builds to an extremely violent climax, when blood must pay for blood if the clan is to survive!

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Most similar movies to Revenge

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about samurai, martial arts, rivalry, heroes, master warrior, medieval and ninja mostly in Drama, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Revenge: Samurai Banners (1969), Bandit vs. Samurai Squad (1978), Hunter in the Dark (1979), The Shogun's Samurai (1978), Samurai Spy (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire (1965)

6.9

171

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 ...

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Samurai Banners (1969)

7.1

770

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 ...

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76%

Bandit vs. Samurai Squad (1978)

6.6

401

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.

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74%

Hunter in the Dark (1979)

6.9

534

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 ...

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The Shogun's Samurai (1978)

7.2

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 ...

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Samurai Spy (1965)

7.0

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 ...

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Incident at Blood Island (1970)

7.1

873

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 ...

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60%

The Blind Swordsman Samaritan (1968)

7.2

Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure

Country: Japan

Duration: 84 min.

Story: Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode ...

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Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962)

7.0

900

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 ...

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Harakiri (1962)

8.6

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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.

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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

7.3

Genre: Drama

Country: Japan, UK

Duration: 128 min.

Story: An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.

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55%

Geisha Assassin (2008)

4.8

633

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 78 min.

Story: One rainy night in the Edo period, Kotono (a geisha) confronts samurais who killed her father. The samurais attack her one after another, but she fights hard against samurais with her sword. Kotono tries to chase the samurais who scramble to escape. ...

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54%

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

7.4

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.

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53%

Zatoichi: The Last (2010)

5.1

384

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.

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53%

The Sword of Doom (1966)

7.9

11K

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.

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52%

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Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

7.2

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 ...

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Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)

7.1

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 88 min.

Story: Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to ...

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51%

Ninja Vengeance (1993)

2.6

328

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: USA

Duration: 87 min.

Story: Traveling from California to Houston, a martial arts expert suffers a motorcycle breakdown in a small Texas town. But his bad luck proves to be a blessing in disguise for the local townspeople when he discovers the corrupt sheriff and his KKK ...

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51%

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Sword of the Beast (1965)

7.5

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 ...

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49%

Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

7.7

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 94 min.

Story: Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the ...

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Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1989)

7.1

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.

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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)

7.3

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.

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The Last Riders (1992)

4.3

167

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.

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New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)

7.3

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.

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45%

Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009)

5.2

348

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 126 min.

Story: TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures ...

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Kill! (1968)

7.4

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, ...

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43%

Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)

7.3

Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure

Country: Japan

Duration: 82 min.

Story: Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

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41%

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)

7.2

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 82 min.

Story: Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the ...

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41%

Goyokin (1969)

7.6

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 124 min.

Story: A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.

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40%

Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)

7.3

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. ...