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Movies Like Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Dead Beauty of Kurayamizaka

If you liked Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Dead Beauty of Kurayamizaka (1960), a drama movie directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, 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.

  1. 1House of Bamboo

    House of Bamboo (1955)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

  2. 2The Ballad of Narayama

    The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it…

  3. 3RE:BORN

    RE:BORN (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A former special forces operative struggling to contain the destructive impulses of his past goes on a rampage against a squad of ruthless assassins.

  4. 4Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram

    Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    The Kingdom of the People of the Earth once ruled over the land, but now all that remains is the Sword of the Earth. in the city of Eindoak. Satoshi, Iris, and Dent arrive in Eindoak during a harvest festival's Pokémon…

  5. 5Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

  6. 6Hungry Hearts

    Hungry Hearts (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

  7. 7The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum (1966)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

  8. 8The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  9. 9Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom

    Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom (2011)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    The Kingdom of the People of the Earth once ruled over the land, but now all that remains is the Sword of the Earth. in the city of Eindoak. Satoshi, Iris, and Dent arrive in Eindoak during a harvest festival's Pokémon…

  10. 10Cigarettes & Coffee

    Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut…

  11. 11Won't Back Down

    Won't Back Down (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for…

  12. 12Waiting for Anya

    Waiting for Anya (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

  13. 13Blood on the Sun

    Blood on the Sun (1945)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda…

  14. 14The Color of Friendship

    The Color of Friendship (2000)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from…

  15. 15Stray Dog

    Stray Dog (1949)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose…

  16. 16Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…

  17. 17Where Hope Grows

    Where Hope Grows (2014)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama

    Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life…

  18. 18Rashomon

    Rashomon (1950)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

  19. 19The Wings of the Kirin

    The Wings of the Kirin (2012)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes…

  20. 20Kid Galahad

    Kid Galahad (1962)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.

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