
10 Best Movies Like Kako: My Sullen Past
If you loved Kako: My Sullen Past, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Sweet Sweat
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kako: My Sullen Past for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to keep her family together. Her 17...

The Play House
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kako: My Sullen Past for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

Warlock
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kako: My Sullen Past for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up...

Smiles of a Summer Night
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kako: My Sullen Past for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly at...

Opus
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kako: My Sullen Past for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
A young writer is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult of sycophants and intoxicated ...

The Hill
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kako: My Sullen Past for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade...