Movies like Don't Lose Your Head!
If Don't Lose Your Head!'s mix of jidaigeki and edo period stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Don't Lose Your Head!'s fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Samurai Rebellion
1967 · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · 121 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: jidaigeki, edo period · Also a Japanese drama
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.
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Sanjuro
1962 · Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 96 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: jidaigeki, edo period · Also a Japanese drama
In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its…
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The Sword of Doom
1966 · Directed by Kihachi Okamoto · 122 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: jidaigeki, edo period · Also a Japanese drama
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.
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13 Assassins
2010 · Directed by Takashi Miike · 141 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: jidaigeki, edo period · Also a Japanese drama
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…
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Harakiri
1962 · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · 135 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: jidaigeki, edo period · Also a Japanese drama
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…
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Yojimbo
1961 · Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 110 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: jidaigeki, edo period · Also a Japanese drama
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade.