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10 Best Movies Like The Shy Deceiver

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

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#1
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

2007★ 6.5

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

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yak...

#2
Monday

Monday

2000★ 7.0

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

A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before....

#3
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen

2015★ 6.2

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

Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to ...

#4
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

1999★ 6.8

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

In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping...

#5
Kill!

Kill!

1968★ 6.9

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

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samu...

#6
The Fable

The Fable

2019★ 6.7

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

The Fable is a legendary yakuza hitman equal to none—but his boss orders him and his sultry associate to lay low and learn how to live a "normal life" in Osaka....

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