Movies Like Travelling Actors

If you liked Travelling Actors (1940), a comedy movie directed by Mikio Naruse, 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
Adrift in Tokyo (2007)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.
2
Golden Kamuy (2024)
★ 7/10Also comedy
On the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws.
3
Destry Rides Again (1939)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the…
4
Laid-Back Camp the Movie (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
Your favorite cozy camping anime returns with a movie as the former members of the Outdoors Club get together again, this time to build a campsite! Reunite with Nadeshiko, Rin, Chiaki, Aoi, and Ena as they gather…
5
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Action Kamen VS Leotard Devil (1993)
★ 7/10Also comedy
Everyone's favorite TV superhero Action Mask shows up in Kasukabe, and he's trying to get something from Shin-chan -- but what could it be?
6
Kamikaze Girls (2004)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.
7
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate…
8
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his…
9
River (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds…
10
First Love (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female…
11
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy
When the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Jack, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s…
12
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo! (2006)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Something sinister's afoot in Kasukabe. Shin-chan doesn't know what it is, but he's pretty sure it involves samba-dancing doppelgängers.
13
Non Non Biyori: Vacation (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy
Even when you're fortunate enough to live in a place as beautiful as the country village of Asahigaoka, you should never turn down the chance to explore someplace else. So, when Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa just…
14
Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine (1992)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy
With the Tendos, the Saotomes, Ryoga, Shampoo and Ukyo misinterpreting Tatewake Kuno's invitation to his two loves, Akane and 'The Pig Tailed Girl', to try his new yacht, a whole new episode of chaos begins in the…
15
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families…
16
Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
The spirited Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto, is a skilled ninja who possesses the same brashness and passion his father once had. However, the constant absence of his father, who is busy with his Hokage…
17
Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics (2005)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Stolen from the famous "secret" Air Force base, Area 51, Lupin's most recently stolen treasure holds a secret. Four "Bloody Angels," the toughest women Lupin has ever faced, want the treasure for their own terrorist…
18
iCarly: iGo to Japan (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Carly, Sam and Freddie kick off their adventure in Japan on a tin can of a plane packed with caged possums and piloted by Spencer's odd acquaintance.
19
One Piece: Episode of Luffy - Hand Island Adventure (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
As Luffy and the crew were attacked by several marine warships, they were forced to use a Coup de Burst to escape. Crash landing on an island, the crew decided to explore while some repairments are made. Upon meeting…
20
Lost in Translation (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from…