Movies like When the Last Sword Is Drawn: 20 to watch next
If you loved When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003) — a action, drama and history film directed by Yojiro Takita — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of When the Last Sword Is Drawn most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like japan, samurai and civil war. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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11 Rebels 2024★ 6.9
Shares: Action, Drama, History
When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Sword of Doom 1966★ 7.8
Shares: Drama, Action
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Seven Samurai 1954★ 8.5
Shares: Action, Drama
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Throne of Blood 1957★ 7.9
Shares: Drama, History
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kamui 2009★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Action
A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957★ 7.8
Shares: Drama, History
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Stream in India on Netflix, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance 1974★ 6.4
Shares: Action, Drama
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Hidden Fortress 1958★ 8.0
Shares: Drama, Action
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Empire of the Sun 1987★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, History
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Unforgiven 2013★ 7.0
Shares: Action, Drama
An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Emperor 2012★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, History
As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blood on the Sun 1945★ 5.9
Shares: Action, Drama
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.
Stream in India on Artiflix, Brew, Tubi TV
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BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- 2024★ 7.6
Shares: Action, Drama
When apathetic gamer Nagi agrees to join his rich classmate Mikage in soccer, their partnership leads to the famous Blue Lock program — and to changes.
Stream in India on Anime Times Amazon Channel
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Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray 2017★ 7.8
Shares: Action, Drama
A yakuza boss hires Goemon Ishikawa, a modern day samurai, to protect him aboard his cruise ship casino. Everything goes sideways when the famous thief, Lupin the Third, tries to rob the vessel. Lupin's being hunted by a powerful and mysterious man: the so called “Ghost of Bermuda.” With Goemon's employer dead in the ensuing chaos, his honor is at stake, and the only way to preserve it is with blood. But this opponent is like no other, and to make things right, Goemon may need to sharpen not only his sword, but himself as well!
Stream in India on Anime Times Amazon Channel
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Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 2 Paladin; Agateram 2021★ 6.2
Shares: Action, History, Drama
The second part in a two-part anime film project adapting the "Sixth Singularity - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot" story from the game.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hachiko 1987★ 7.8
Shares: Drama, History
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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In This Corner of the World 2016★ 7.9
Shares: Drama, History
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Sleeping Dogs 1978★ 5.8
Shares: Action, Drama
Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Last of the Mohicans 1920★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, History
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta
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BlackFox 2019★ 6.6
Shares: Action, Drama
Rikka is a ninja descendant. Her grandfather Hyoe is the last chief of their ninja clan and her father is a cyborg researcher. Both are killed when a weapons' company raids his lab to use his research. Rikka sets out to avenge their deaths.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel