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10 Best Movies Like Tokyo Sonata

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

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#1
After the Storm

After the Storm

2016★ 7.2

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

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old...

#2
Her Love Boils Bathwater

Her Love Boils Bathwater

2016★ 7.4

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

After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy dau...

#3
An Autumn Afternoon

An Autumn Afternoon

1962★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Sonata 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...

#4
Happy Hour

Happy Hour

2015★ 7.4

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

Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life'...

#5
Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Sonata for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board....

#6
Good Morning

Good Morning

1959★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Sonata for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaki...

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