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10 Best Movies Like Nikutai no bōfū

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

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#1
Sisters of the Gion

Sisters of the Gion

1936★ 7.1

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

A geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto feels obliged to help her lover when he asks to stay with her after going bankrupt and leaving his wife. However, her younger sister opposes ...

#2
Blind Date

Blind Date

1987★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nikutai no bōfū for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, T...

#3
White Palace

White Palace

1990★ 6.4

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

Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of lif...

#4
Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005★ 7.6

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

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house....

#5
Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nikutai no bōfū for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl - is lost in a poker game to an uncouth A...

#6
Kamome Diner

Kamome Diner

2006★ 7.3

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

On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a g...

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