If You Liked Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Watch These Next
Finished Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, most of them are action.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.13 Assassins(2010)
7.3AdventureDramaActionAlso action
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
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2.Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning(2021)
7.7ActionAdventureDramaAlso action
Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.
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3.Rurouni Kenshin: The Final(2021)
7.7ActionAdventureHistoryAlso action
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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4.Harakiri(1962)
8.5ActionDramaHistoryAlso action
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and…
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5.Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends(2014)
7.7ActionAdventureFantasyAlso action
Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
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7.The Challenge(1982)
5.9ActionDramaAlso action
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from…
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8.Shogun Assassin(1980)
6.8ActionAdventureAlso action
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
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9.Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno(2014)
7.6ActionAdventureDramaAlso action
Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new…
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10.Blade of the Immortal(2017)
6.7ActionFantasyAdventureAlso action
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless…
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11.Blade of the 47 Ronin(2022)
6.4FantasyActionAlso action
A new class of warriors emerges among the Samurai clans to keep a sought-after sword from falling into the wrong hands.
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13.Ninja: Shadow of a Tear(2013)
6.8ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty…
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14.Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx(1972)
7.4ActionDramaAdventureAlso action
Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
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15.Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins(2012)
7.5AdventureActionFantasyAlso action
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
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16.Ninja III: The Domination(1984)
6.2ActionFantasyHorrorAlso action
An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.
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18.Ninja Scroll(1993)
7.8FantasyAnimationActionAlso action
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways—and possibly his life.
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19.American Ninja(1985)
6.0ActionAdventureAlso action
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the…
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20.Azumi 2: Death or Love(2005)
6.6ActionAlso action
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
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