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10 Best Movies Like Karayuki-san

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

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#1
A Man

A Man

2022★ 7.1

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

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke....

#2
Imprint

Imprint

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Karayuki-san for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her afte...

#3
Antiporno

Antiporno

2017★ 6.7

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

Kyôko, a traumatized young Japanese girl, finds herself struggling with her self-confidence in her adult life. Growing up in a family without her mother and her sister, she constan...

#4
Irezumi

Irezumi

1966★ 6.8

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

Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterio...

#5
Street of Shame

Street of Shame

1956★ 7.7

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

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law....

#6
Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek

Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek

2004★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Karayuki-san for fans of Animation. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Among the ruins of the city, there is a game only children can play. It is called “Otokoyo”; a game of hide-and-seek. But whenever children play this game, one by one they would di...

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