If you loved Symbol, try Scabbard Samurai

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Scabbard Samurai has roughly 3.5× fewer votes than Symbol — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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2009 · dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto

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Scabbard Samurai

2011 · dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto

What they share

Both films are directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Symbol, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Scabbard Samurai is

Here's a film with an odd premise that it somehow pulls off. A disgraced, swordless samurai is given a month to make a grieving young prince laugh, lest he be executed. It does, in fairness, contain an awful lot of funny faces.

If you loved Symbol, try Scabbard Samurai

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Scabbard Samurai

What they share

What Scabbard Samurai is

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