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Revenge (1964)
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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!
Style:
tense, atmospheric, bleak, melancholic, art house, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, jidai geki ...
Plot:
samurai, revenge, duel, feudal japan, honor, samurai sword, violence, corruption, insanity, shame, pride, tragic hero, mental breakdown, infamy, character study, betrayal, exile, isolation, political intrigue, katana, class struggle, social status, male protagonist, moral ambiguity, swordplay ...
Time:
17th century, 60s, 20th century
Place:
japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, period drama and serious films with plots about samurai, samurai sword, betrayal, martial arts, revenge, swordplay and ninja mostly in Drama, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Revenge: The Shogun Assassins (1979), Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018), Ninja 6: The Last Iga Spy (1965), Harakiri (1962), Nemuri Kyōshirō: The Final (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, epic, grim, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, east asia, tokyo
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, dark, crime thriller, period drama
Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
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66%
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Country: Japan
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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 ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
62%
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.
Style:
tense, serious, bleak, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan, Indonesia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
54%
Movie in collections
44K
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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52%
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, bloody, heroic ...
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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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
Similarity:
47%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, period piece, historical drama, suspenseful, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
japan
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Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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