20 movies like Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, ordered by similarity : 13 Assassins(2010), Papillon(2017), The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale(2015), Chikamatsu Monogatari(1954), Ran(1985), Godzilla(1954), Shepherds and Butchers(2016), The Cliff(2016), The Battleship Island(2017), Hara-Kiri(1963), Rashomon(1950), The Moonraker(1958) ...
7.3/10
Drama, History
Japan|UK
2011
126 Minutes
Ebizô Ichikawa Eita Hikari Mitsushima Naoto Takenaka Munetaka Aoki Hirofumi Arai Kazuki Namioka Yoshihisa Amano Takehiro Hira Ippei Takahashi Koji Yakusho
death samurai lord suspenseful japan courtyard ritual suicide peace escape 17th century
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
7.6/10
Action, Drama, Adventure, History
Japan|UK
2010
126 Minutes
Koji Yakusho Takayuki Yamada Yusuke Iseya Goro Inagaki Mikijir? Hira Hiroki Matsukata Ikki Sawamura Arata Furuta Tsuyoshi Ihara Sosuke Takaoka Masachika Ichimura
samurai lord assassin warrior bodyguard government official brutal spectacular thrilling japan bordello village assassination violence abuse of power honor loyalty suicide mission pursuit wretched excess
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
7.2/10
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
7.3/10
Drama, History, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
South Korea
2015
139 Minutes
Min-sik Choi Man-sik Jeong Sang-ho Kim Eun-woo Lee Jung Suk Won Ren Ôsugi Hyun Seung-min Yoo-Bin Sung
hunter japanese man korean person tiger tense suspenseful sad moving shocking patriotic passionate korea hunting occupation challenge adventure resilience adventure escape pursuit
While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese, an old and experienced hunter is challenged by the hunt of the last tiger.
Drama, History
1954
116 Minutes
Kazuo Hasegawa Kyoko Kagawa Yoko Minamida Eitaro Shindo Sakae Ozawa Chieko Naniwa Ichiro Sugai Tatsuya Ishiguro Hisao Toake Ikkei Tamaki Kimiko Tachebana
businessman wife employee brother young girl underling melodramatic dark passionate brooding estate japan shop false accusations doomed romance on the run scandal theft siblings forbidden love
An unforgiving man pursues his wife (Kyoko Kagawa) and her lover (Kazuo Hasegawa) in feudal 17th-century Japan.
8.2/10
Drama, History
Japan|France
1985
160 Minutes
Tatsuya Nakadai Mieko Harada Akira Terao Jinpachi Nezu Daisuke Ryu Yoshiko Miyazaki Kazuo Kato Masayuki Yui Hitoshi Ueki Hisashi Igawa Takeshi Nomura
lord son brother messenger fool dark bleak castle japan greed revenge betrayal death conspiracy injustice fall pursuit rivalry 12th century
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Sci-Fi
1954
98 Minutes
Takashi Shimura Momoko Kochi Akira Takarada Akihiko Hirata Sachio Sakai Fuyuki Murakami Ren Yamamoto
godzilla japanese man japanese woman japanese soldier child scientist brooding emotional intense ocean japan tokyo laboratory street car atomic bomb monsters destruction survival danger
A fire-breathing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep.
6.8/10
Drama
South Africa|USA|Germany
2016
106 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough Steve Coogan Deon Lotz Robert Hobbs Garion Dowds Marcel van Heerden Nicola Hanekom Eduan van Jaarsveldt Carel Nel
lawyer prison guard judge wife murderer prisoner prisoners death row inmate brutal chilling emotional gripping intense moving powerful raw sad shocking south africa cape town
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
5.2/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Spain
2016
96 Minutes
Daniel Grao Juana Acosta Goya Toledo Josean Bengoetxea Jon Kortajarena Ingrid García Jonsson Ana Gracia Maiken Beitia Ciro Miró Xabier Elorriaga Itsaso Arana
lawyer sister cult member cult leader suicide suicidal person thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping shocking intense island london danger death suicide cult investigation brother/sister relationship
A mass suicide involving members of a cult takes place in the Canary Islands. Gabriel's younger sister, Cordelia, who he hasn't seen for years, was one of the cult followers. Gabriel decides to travel there and find out what happened.
7.1/10
Drama, History
South Korea
2017
132 Minutes
Jeong-min Hwang So Ji-sub Song Joong Ki Lee Jung-hyun Su-an Kim Kyeong-ho Yoon Seung-hwan Shin Seong-il Park
korean person prisoner japanese soldier rebel leader officer bleak brutal disturbing frenetic frightful shocking island prison japan labor camp ship imprisonment uprising power
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.
8.6/10
Drama
Japan
1963
135 Minutes
Tatsuya Nakadai Shima Iwashita Akira Ishihama Yoshio Inaba Rentarô Mikuni Masao Mishima
samurai guard landowner daughter solemn brooding intricate striking japan feudal home revenge honor culture clash family death sacrifice fall revenge 17th century
When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
8.2/10
Drama
Japan
1950
88 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Machiko Ky? Masayuki Mori Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Kichijiro Ueda Daisuke Kato Noriko Honma
husband assassin criminal samurai priest ghost crafty intricate witty suspenseful japan forest suicide rape assassination justice crime mystery pursuit 12th century
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
5.9/10
Drama, History
UK
1958
82 Minutes
George Baker Sylvia Sims Peter Arne Marius Goring Clive Morton Gary Raymond Richard Leech Iris Russell Michael Anderson Jr. Paul Whitsun-Jones Patrick Troughton
general smuggler king earl fiancée rousing spectacular intense patriotic brooding suspenseful england united kingdom castle battlefield civil war smuggling escape capture escape
After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish.
6.7/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
4.6/10
Drama, History
USA
1953
75 Minutes
Anthony Dexter Jody Lawrence Alan Hale Jr. Robert Clarke Stuart Randall James Seay Philip Van Zandt Shepard Menken Douglas Dumbrille Anthony Eustrel Henry Rowland
john smith beautiful woman friend brother king james i native american melodramatic tense somber touching jamestown, va. settlement court village england pocahontas marriage cross-cultural romance exploration culture clash
Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.
6.7/10
Drama
France|USA
2007
84 Minutes
Gabe Nevins Taylor Momsen Jake Miller Lauren McKinney Daniel Liu Scott Patrick Green Dillon Hines Mubarak Ra'oof
teenager drifter guard detective girlfriend death suspenseful melodramatic quirky emotional brooding portland, ore. park river on the run train teen angst cover-up accidental death isolation
A teenage skateboarder's life begins to fray after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard.
Romance, Drama
2010
133 Minutes
Rinko Kikuchi Ken'ichi Matsuyama Tetsuji Tamayama Kengo Kôra Eriko Hatsune Shigesato Itoi Haruomi Hosono Kiko Mizuhara Reika Kirishima Tokio Emoto Takao Handa
student japanese man japanese woman rebel love interest suicide engaging emotional gripping melodramatic heartwarming patriotic tokyo japan public demonstration friendship political intrigue jealousy danger attraction
7.4/10
Drama
Japan
1955
120 Minutes
Michiyo Aratama Tatsuya Mihashi Masayuki Mori Akiko Tamura Shôji Yasui
teacher student best friend husband wife moving tender sad passionate japan family home cemetery countryside suicide marriage teaching spirituality friendship betrayal transformation
At the end of Meiji era a young student befriend an older man who as a proof of trust but also as a kind of exorcism entrust him his secret, a story about jealousy, betrayal, shame and guilt.
7.8/10
Drama, War, History
Australia
1980
107 Minutes
Edward Woodward Jack Thompson Bryan Brown John Waters Rod Mullinar Lewis Fitz-Gerald Charles "Bud" Tingwell Vincent Ball Frank Wilson Terence Donovan Russell Kiefel
military officer lord soldier enemy prisoner of war somber south africa court battlefield military base horrors of war war murder court battles injustice sacrifice fall 1900s
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
7.8/10
Anime, Drama, History, War
Japan
2016
128 Minutes
young woman husband touching suspenseful sultry striking sad raw hiroshima, japan world war ii marriage bombing growing up love 1940s
Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen-year-old girl gets married and now has to prepare food for her family despite the rationing and lack of supplies. As she struggles with the... See full summary »
7.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|UK
2012
120 Minutes
Ben Affleck Bryan Cranston Alan Arkin John Goodman Victor Garber Tate Donovan Clea DuVall Scoot McNairy Rory Cochrane Christopher Denham Kerry Bishé
cia agent specialist hostage revolutionary ambassador wife brutal tense suspenseful thrilling tehran, iran cia office canada united states airplane protest iran hostage crisis on the run political intrigue schemes
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Copyright © 2021 www.findthatmovie.com. All Rights Reserved
FindThatMovie.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Watch Trailer
