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10 Best Movies Like Kenji no Honkai

If you loved Kenji no Honkai, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Harmonium

Harmonium

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kenji no Honkai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life....

#2
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kenji no Honkai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy....

#3
True Colors

True Colors

1991★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kenji no Honkai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics....

#4
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs

1974★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kenji no Honkai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge....

#5
A Ghost of a Chance

A Ghost of a Chance

2011★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kenji no Honkai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi i...

#6
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kenji no Honkai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art s...

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