Movies Like Sunset Sunrise
If you liked Sunset Sunrise (2025), a drama movie directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi, 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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Maborosi (1995)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaA tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
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The Deer King (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaFollowing a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving…
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Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaFleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for…
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Sweet Bean (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaThe master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be…
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The Girl from the Other Side (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaOnce upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on…
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Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote island, terrified, they struggle to survive and…
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Sakuran (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaKiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
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Seven Samurai (1954)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaA samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and…
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Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaIchiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice…
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High and Low (1963)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaA Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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Tokyo Story (1953)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaThe elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't…
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Rage (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears…
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaFound inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she…
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When Marnie Was There (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaUpon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may…
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The Castle of Sand (1974)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
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Suzume (2022)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaSuzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a…
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A Dog's Purpose (2017)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
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Tokyo Revengers (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaAn unemployed man learns that his ex-girlfriend was murdered. He suddenly finds himself travelling through time to his middle school years and has chance to change the future and save the girl. He aims to rise to the…
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Gigi & Nate (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
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The Sea of Trees (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaIn Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.