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10 Best Movies Like Chushingura

If you loved Chushingura, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Chûshingura

Chûshingura

1962★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chushingura for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor....

#2
The 47 Ronin

The 47 Ronin

1941★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chushingura for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the early 18th-century, Lord Takuminokami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuk...

#3
Sekigahara

Sekigahara

2017★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chushingura for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mi...

#4
Harakiri

Harakiri

1962★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chushingura for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a wort...

#5
Samurai Rebellion

Samurai Rebellion

1967★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chushingura for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her....

#6
Mumon: The Land of Stealth

Mumon: The Land of Stealth

2017★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chushingura for fans of History. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power play to defeat the young Nobuk...

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