# Movies like When the Last Sword Is Drawn

> Films most similar to When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/when-the-last-sword-is-drawn-2003/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[Kagemusha](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/kagemusha-1980/)** (1980) — ★ 7.8 · 731 votes · foreign-gem, epic, slow-burn
- **[The Last Samurai](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-last-samurai-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 7.7 · 20 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider
- **[Rurouni Kenshin: The Final](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/rurouni-kenshin-the-final-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 7.7 · 546 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, raw
- **[Samurai Assassin](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/samurai-assassin-1965/)** (1965) — ★ 7.4 · 62 votes · foreign-gem, dread, outsider
- **[Sakurada Gate Incident](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sakurada-gate-incident-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 7.4 · 16 votes · foreign-gem, dread, paranoid
- **[Harakiri](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/harakiri-1962/)** (1962) — ★ 8.4 · 1,201 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, cerebral
- **[Zatoichi](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/zatoichi-2003/)** (2003) — ★ 7.2 · 957 votes · foreign-gem, playful, slow-burn
- **[Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/rurouni-kenshin-the-beginning-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 7.6 · 540 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[The Sword of Doom](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-sword-of-doom-1966/)** (1966) — ★ 7.7 · 261 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, dread
- **[The Tale of Zatoichi](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-tale-of-zatoichi-1962/)** (1962) — ★ 7.3 · 152 votes · foreign-gem, outsider, raw
- **[47 Ronin](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/47-ronin-1994/)** (1994) — ★ 7.4 · 24 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, epic
- **[Red Cliff](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/red-cliff-2008/)** (2008) — ★ 7.1 · 883 votes · cerebral, epic, slow-burn

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