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10 Best Movies Like Sonno Joi

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

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#1
Eros + Massacre

Eros + Massacre

1969★ 7.3

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

Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students...

#2
Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sonno Joi 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....

#3
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

1961★ 7.5

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

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth....

#4
An Autumn Afternoon

An Autumn Afternoon

1962★ 7.9

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

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a...

#5
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

2005★ 6.6

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

Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the d...

#6
Leave it to Kero!

Leave it to Kero!

2000★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sonno Joi for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Following the events of Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card, Kero and Spinel share a plate of takoyaki (octopus balls). They get into a fight over who gets the last piece, a...

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