Movies like Red Beard

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   The Hidden Fortress

   Same director

   1958 · 139 min · Action · Adventure · Drama

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • shared themes: japan and jidaigeki

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   Ikiru

   Same director

   1952 · 143 min · Drama

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   Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   High and Low

   Same director

   1963 · 142 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery · Thriller

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   A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • several principal cast members

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   Seven Samurai

   Same director

   1954 · 207 min · Action · Drama

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • shared themes: japan and jidaigeki

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   Samurai Rebellion

   Strong story similarity

   1967 · 121 min · Drama

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: edo period and jidaigeki

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   Woman in the Dunes

   Strong story similarity

   1964 · 147 min · Drama · Thriller

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   A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Kagemusha

   Same director

   1980 · 180 min · Action · Drama · History · War

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   Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • strong shared themes: edo period and japan

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   The Life of Oharu

   Shared cast

   1952 · 136 min · Drama

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   During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a principal cast member

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   Rashomon

   Same director

   1950 · 88 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • shared themes: japan and jidaigeki

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    Funeral Parade of Roses

    Shared cast

    1969 · 105 min · Drama

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    In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a passionate affair with Gonda, she ignites the jealousy of Leda, unaware of another kind of history between them.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a principal cast member

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