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.

A Man
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....

Imprint
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...

Antiporno
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...

Irezumi
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...

Street of Shame
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....

Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek
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...