
10 Best Movies Like Kagero-za
If you loved Kagero-za, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kagero-za for fans of Drama & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a lett...

Be with You
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kagero-za for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Takumi and his six-year-old son, Yuji, haven't come to terms with their wife and mother's death. One day, they meet a woman with an uncanny resemblance to her sheltering from the r...

Ugetsu
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kagero-za for fans of Drama & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to p...

Journey to the Shore
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kagero-za for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Mizuki's husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the peopl...

Possession
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kagero-za for fans of Romance & Drama & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash...

Empire of Passion
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kagero-za for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him....