10 Best Movies Like Shayô
If you loved Shayô, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.
Shoplifters
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shayô for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young ...
Suzaku
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shayô for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Econ...
Floating Clouds
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shayô for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she t...
Memories of Matsuko
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shayô 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....
Shara
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shayô 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...
The Taste of Tea
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shayô for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful mu...