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10 Best Movies Like Kanikôsen

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

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#1
The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

1983★ 7.5

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

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their ...

#2
Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise

2008★ 7.0

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

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, de...

#3
One Million Yen Girl

One Million Yen Girl

2008★ 7.1

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

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one know...

#4
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#5
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#6
Blood and Bones

Blood and Bones

2004★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kanikôsen 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...

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