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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.

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#1
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

2017★ 7.0

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...

#2
Be with You

Be with You

2004★ 7.5

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...

#3
Ugetsu

Ugetsu

1953★ 8.0

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...

#4
Journey to the Shore

Journey to the Shore

2015★ 6.5

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...

#5
Possession

Possession

2002★ 6.0

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...

#6
Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion

1978★ 6.9

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....

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