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10 Best Movies Like Prince Shōtoku

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

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#1
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

2022★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prince Shōtoku for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England....

#2
Chûshingura

Chûshingura

1962★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prince Shōtoku for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor....

#3
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prince Shōtoku for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who ca...

#4
Buddha: The Great Departure

Buddha: The Great Departure

2011★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prince Shōtoku for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader and to shiel...

#5
Sekigahara

Sekigahara

2017★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prince Shōtoku for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mi...

#6
The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman

2023★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prince Shōtoku for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding...

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