Movies like The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail: 20 to watch next

If you loved The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952) — a drama, history and adventure film directed by Akira Kurosawa — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like jidaigeki and heian period. 2 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally 1989★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Adventure
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
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Chûshingura 1962★ 7.1
Shares: History, Drama
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple 1955★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Adventure
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
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4
Zatoichi 2003★ 7.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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5
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto 1954★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Adventure
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
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Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid- 2026★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, History, Adventure
As each group pursues their mission, a fierce battle unfolds over the tattooed prisoners. Who is friend, and who is foe? The fight leads them all to Abashiri Prison, where Noppera-bo, the man who holds all the answers, is locked away...
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The Legion 2020★ 6.2
Shares: Adventure, History
Noreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his slowly dying men.
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Black Gold 2011★ 6.5
Shares: Adventure, Drama
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.
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The Hidden Fortress 1958★ 8.0
Shares: Drama, Adventure
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
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The Warrior 2001★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama
In feudal India, a warrior who renounces his role as the longtime enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.
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Pilgrimage 2017★ 6.0
Shares: Adventure, Drama
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with peril.
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The Tale of Zatoichi 1962★ 7.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
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Taboo 1999★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, History
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
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Kings of the Sun 1963★ 6.2
Shares: History, Adventure
In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo 1970★ 6.8
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime boss’s bodyguard, scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend.
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory 2012★ 7.0
Shares: History, Drama
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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ICHI 2008★ 6.8
Shares: Adventure, Drama, History
Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately for Ichi, she is also a gifted swordswoman and carries a lethal blade within her walking stick.
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Buddha 2: The Endless Journey 2014★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, History
2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future, a monk with only one eye and Depa. Siddhartha continues traveling. Siddhartha is overwhelmed by the sufferings he witnesses around him. Meanwhile, Prince Ruri of Kosara begins his attack on the Shakya clan. Second Buddha movie from Tezuka Productions.
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Picnic 1996★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Adventure
Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final 2021★ 7.7
Shares: Adventure, History, Drama
In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
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