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Films like Goemon.

Goemon (2009) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme action / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) poster
1. Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Promise (2005) poster
2. The Promise2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Enthiran (2010) poster
3. Enthiran2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

2.0 (2018) poster
4. 2.02018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Magadheera (2009) poster
5. Magadheera2009

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dororo (2007) poster
6. Dororo2007

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Storm Warriors (2009) poster
7. The Storm Warriors2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

District 9 (2009) poster
8. District 92009

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Halo Legends (2010) poster
9. Halo Legends2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) poster
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Inuyashiki (2018) poster
11. Inuyashiki2018

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) poster
12. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Goemon’s neighbours — where are yours?

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