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10 Best Movies Like Kaba

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

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#1
A Gentle Breeze in the Village

A Gentle Breeze in the Village

2007★ 7.0

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

When eighth-grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo becomes enthralled with his sophis...

#2
Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947★ 7.2

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

An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board....

#3
A Story of Yonosuke

A Story of Yonosuke

2013★ 7.1

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

The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, h...

#4
Blood and Bones

Blood and Bones

2004★ 6.6

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

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kama...

#5
High and Low

High and Low

1963★ 8.4

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

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway....

#6
The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

1957★ 7.1

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

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief ...

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