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10 Best Movies Like Tokyo Story

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

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#1
Late Spring

Late Spring

1949★ 8.0

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

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off ...

#2
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952★ 7.5

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

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis....

#3
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959★ 8.1

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

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exempt...

#4
Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

1957★ 7.7

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

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child....

#5
Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower

1958★ 7.4

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

Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, in...

#6
Desk Set

Desk Set

1957★ 7.0

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

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff....