Movies like The Lord Takes a Bride

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   Bull's Eye of Love

   Shared cast

   1958 · 86 min · Action · Comedy

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   Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace amidst disruption over an inheritance dispute. Warned by a fortune-teller that he would die by the sword, the young lord must courageously battle 30 or 40 men who attack without warning. Meanwhile, his love affair with Kocho, a singer who is also a skilled archer.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • principal cast overlap
   • shared theme: jidaigeki

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   While Traveling

   Strong story similarity

   1962 · 84 min · Adventure · Drama · Music · Romance

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   In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanagasa for an incognito Lord (Kotaro Satomi) to overthrow an attempted usurpation of his domain, while being harassed by vassals of the usurper (Kensaku Hara). There's also a mysterious ronin played by Jushiro Konoe. The songs are seamlessly woven into the narrative and don't overwhelm the action. While the plot is derivative it is good example of its type and quite enjoyable. Note that there are some flashback sequences in black and white.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: jidaigeki
   • shared production studio: Toei Company

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   Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men

   Shared cast

   1959 · 94 min · Action · Comedy · Drama · History

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   In the third entry into this mega-hit series, Isshin Tasuke, a spirited fishmonger in Edo who looks just like Shogun Iemitsu undergoes a series of unforeseen troubles in his newly wedded life.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • several principal cast members
   • shared theme: jidaigeki

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   Sword of Destiny

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   1960 · 89 min · Action · Drama

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   When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he must find the culprit and exact revenge. His return sets off a series of violent incidents and incites a high ranked female skilled in sword to test his mettle after he unwittingly offends her. The ever delightful Misora Hibari co-stars with the great Tsuruta Koji in this exciting tale set in the earliest days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Lots of exciting swordfights highlight this entertaining motion picture!

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: jidaigeki
   • a principal cast member

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   Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region

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   1961 · 93 min · Crime · Drama · History

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   He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji, Yoshimoto's lender, and Kanehira Akagi, the older brother of the former loan of Mishima, played a challenge. It is said to open the ladies' room to the settlement of Wada island. Although Jiro headed to Shigetsugu for arbitration, he was forced to surrender. In such a case, Jiro became chased by Kinpei and others.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: jidaigeki
   • a principal cast member

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   Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

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   1965 · 143 min · Drama

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   In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: jidaigeki and samurai
   • shared production studio: Toei Company

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   Hawk of the North

   Shared cast

   1959 · 87 min · Action · History

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   During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune aka the "Hawk of the North" sets his eyes on Hatakeyama's lands. The young warlord is about to face his greatest challenge.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: jidaigeki
   • a principal cast member

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   The Horse Boy

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   1957 · 95 min · Drama

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   A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his father, but feudal codes threaten their happiness. Uchida’s poignant masterpiece condemns the inflexible class system and launches an indictment of values that favor symbolic objects over human life. The film’s focus is on character rather than swordplay, and charged performances - especially child actor Motoharu Ueki - add to the emotional power.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • principal cast overlap
   • shared theme: jidaigeki

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   Kill!

   Strong story similarity

   1968 · 114 min · Action · Comedy

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   A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: jidaigeki and samurai

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    Cut the Shadow

    Strong story similarity

    1963 · 82 min · Action · Comedy

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    The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consummated....

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared theme: samurai

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