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10 Best Movies Like The Gambling Samurai

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

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#1
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

1970★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gambling Samurai for fans of Adventure & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing ons...

#2
Samurai Reincarnation

Samurai Reincarnation

1981★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gambling Samurai for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to re...

#3
Shogun's Samurai

Shogun's Samurai

1978★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gambling Samurai for fans of Adventure & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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...

#4
Zatoichi's Cane Sword

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

1967★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gambling Samurai for fans of Adventure & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local ga...

#5
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

2008★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gambling Samurai for fans of Adventure & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The ci...

#6
Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken

Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken

2018★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gambling Samurai for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis....

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