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10 Best Movies Like Blue Rain Osaka

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

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#1
April Story

April Story

1998★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place....

#2
My Rainy Days

My Rainy Days

2009★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money—until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love....

#3
Sakuran

Sakuran

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and li...

#4
The Pornographers

The Pornographers

1966★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time...

#5
Tokyo Decadence

Tokyo Decadence

1992★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some s...

#6
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art s...

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