Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Oishinbo

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for Oishinbo.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
Harmonium

Harmonium

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Oishinbo 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
Blood and Bones

Blood and Bones

2004★ 6.6

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

#3
Rainy Dog

Rainy Dog

1997★ 6.7

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

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him....

#4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Oishinbo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Me...

#5
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

2002★ 6.2

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

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems....

#6
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.5

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

Advertisement