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10 Best Movies Like Shinsengumi Chronicles

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

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#1
When the Last Sword Is Drawn

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

2003★ 7.5

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

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love fo...

#2
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shinsengumi Chronicles for fans of Action & War. 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....

#3
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

2014★ 7.7

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

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....

#4
Sanjuro

Sanjuro

1962★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shinsengumi Chronicles for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded sam...

#5
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

2014★ 7.6

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

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 Kenshi...

#6
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

2021★ 7.6

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

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 hea...