Movies Like Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

2014·2h 15m·★ 7.5·Keishi Otomo

Rurouni Kenshin Collection5 shared cast incl. Takeru Satoh & Emi Takei6 shared themes: meiji period, ishin shishi, shinsengumi...

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

2021·2h 18m·★ 7.2·Keishi Otomo

Rurouni Kenshin Collection5 shared cast incl. Takeru Satoh & Emi Takei5 shared themes: ishin shishi, shinsengumi, bakumatsu...

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

2014·2h 18m·★ 7.5·Keishi Otomo

Rurouni Kenshin Collection5 shared cast incl. Takeru Satoh & Emi Takei7 shared themes: meiji period, ishin shishi, shinsengumi...

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

2021·2h 18m·★ 7.4·Keishi Otomo

Rurouni Kenshin Collection5 shared themes: ishin shishi, shinsengumi, bakumatsu...2 shared crew

Samurai Marathon

2019·1h 45m·★ 6.2·Bernard Rose

4 shared themes: bakumatsu, samurai, jidaigeki...Both star Takeru Satoh & Munetaka AokiDP: Takuro Ishizaka

The Top Secret: Murder in Mind

2016·2h 28m·★ 5.5·Keishi Otomo

2 shared crewDir. Keishi OtomoDP: Takuro Ishizaka

13 Assassins

2010·2h 21m·★ 7.5·Takashi Miike

5 shared themes: bakumatsu, samurai, jidaigeki...Fans also likedAdventure & Action

11 Rebels

2024·2h 35m·★ 6.2·Kazuya Shiraishi

5 shared themes: boshin war, meiji period, bakumatsu...Fans also likedAction & History

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

1972·1h 21m·★ 7.9·Kenji Misumi

Themes: samurai, jidaigeki, assassinFans also likedAction & Adventure

Blade of the Immortal

2017·2h 20m·★ 6.7·Takashi Miike

Themes: samurai, jidaigekiFans also likedAction & Fantasy & Adventure

Samurai Rebellion

1967·2h 1m·★ 8.3·Masaki Kobayashi

Themes: samurai, jidaigekiFans also likedHistory & Action

THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

2023·2h 48m·★ 6.5·Keishi Otomo

Themes: samurai, jidaigekiDir. Keishi Otomo

Taboo

1999·1h 40m·★ 6.8·Nagisa Ōshima

Themes: shinsengumi, jidaigekiFans also liked

Napping Princess

2017·1h 51m·★ 6.3·Kenji Kamiyama

TMDB recommendsStarring Yosuke EguchiFantasy & Adventure

Zatoichi

2003·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Takeshi Kitano

Themes: samurai, jidaigekiAdventure & Action

The Last Samurai

2003·2h 34m·★ 7.8·Edward Zwick

Themes: samurai, 19th centuryAction & War

Trinity Seven: Eternity Library & Alchemic Girl

2017·55m·★ 6.6·Hiroshi Nishikiori

TMDB recommendsAction & Fantasy

Flags of Our Fathers

2006·2h 15m·★ 7.1·Clint Eastwood

TMDB recommendsWar & History

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966·1h 27m·★ 5.6·Jun Fukuda

TMDB recommendsAction & Fantasy

Bad Company

2002·1h 56m·★ 5.6·Joel Schumacher

TMDB recommendsAction & Adventure

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