Movies like Two Lanterns
If Two Lanterns's history stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Two Lanterns's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Harakiri
1962 · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · 135 min8.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese historical 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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Ran
1985 · Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 160 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese historical drama
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021 · Directed by Keishi Otomo · 138 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese historical drama
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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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012 · Directed by Keishi Otomo · 134 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese historical drama
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.