Movies Like Young Wife's Tale of Agony: Dyed in Sakura
If you liked Young Wife's Tale of Agony: Dyed in Sakura (2018), a movie directed by Tetsuya Takehora, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Tokyo Decadence (1992)
★ 6/10A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that…
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Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
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A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
★ 6.7/10Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
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Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War (2013)
★ 6.7/10Satou Ichirou once called himself 'Maryuuin Kouga' and behaved as if he were a hero in a fantasy world. His strange behavior caused his classmates to bully him and he left the school. At his new school, he tries to…
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Heavy Traffic (1973)
★ 6.5/10A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an…
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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
★ 6.1/10An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.
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The Clique (2008)
★ 5.9/10A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
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Suburbia (1984)
★ 6.7/10When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them…
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Below Her Mouth (2017)
★ 6.8/10An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
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Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
★ 6.7/10Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he…
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Heavy Metal (1981)
★ 6.5/10The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
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Imprint (2006)
★ 6.8/10An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
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Totally F***ed Up (1994)
★ 6.6/10Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.
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The Duke of Burgundy (2015)
★ 6.3/10Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more…
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The Dirt (2019)
★ 7.4/10The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
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Sex and Fury (1973)
★ 6.2/10Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shunosuke…
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Hard to Die (1990)
★ 6/10While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…
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To Write Love on Her Arms (2015)
★ 6.7/10The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction…
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The Machine Girl (2008)
★ 6/10The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.
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Pariah (2011)
★ 6.8/10A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.