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10 Best Movies Like Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012

If you loved Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
13 Assassins

13 Assassins

1963★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012 for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter...

#2
Azumi 2: Death or Love

Azumi 2: Death or Love

2005★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012 for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 ...

#3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

1972★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son,...

#4
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

1972★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012 for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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....

#5
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012 for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing....

#6
Samurai Rebellion

Samurai Rebellion

1967★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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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