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Movies Like Drifting Princess

If you liked Drifting Princess (1986), a movie directed by Jun Ichikawa, 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. 1Kamikaze Girls

    Kamikaze Girls (2004)

    ★ 7.2/10

    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.

  2. 2Blood-C: The Last Dark

    Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Tokyo, Winter. Despite the use of the Youth Ordinance Bill to enforce curfews for minors and regulate the use of the Internet, young people continue to fight for their own freedom through underground methods. One such…

  3. 3Tokyo Decadence

    Tokyo Decadence (1992)

    ★ 6/10

    A 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…

  4. 4Ichi the Killer

    Ichi the Killer (2001)

    ★ 7/10

    As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

  5. 5Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead

    Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10

    After a nuclear attack in Tokyo, the female population is attacked by infected males who have become sex-crazed zombies, hungry for human flesh. Officeworker Momoko and nurse Nozomi seek shelter in a Shinto Shrine…

  6. 6One Million Yen Girl

    One Million Yen Girl (2008)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

  7. 7Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10

    In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.

  8. 8A Page of Madness

    A Page of Madness (1926)

    ★ 7.3/10

    An elderly man visits his mentally ill wife in a psychiatric hospital. Years earlier, she had tried to drown their child and then take her own life. Crushed by guilt and powerless to change what has happened, he…

  9. 9Mind Game

    Mind Game (2004)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

  10. 10Ride Your Wave

    Ride Your Wave (2019)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in…

  11. 11Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

    Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1999)

    ★ 6.9/10

    In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a…

  12. 12Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

    ★ 8/10

    An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

  13. 13Hana & Alice

    Hana & Alice (2004)

    ★ 7/10

    Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.

  14. 14Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds (1955)

    ★ 7.7/10

    A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.

  15. 15Your Monster

    Your Monster (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10

    After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming, monster living in her closet.

  16. 16Crows Zero

    Crows Zero (2007)

    ★ 7.1/10

    The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.

  17. 17Ajin: Demi-Human

    Ajin: Demi-Human (2017)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Kei Nagai dies in a car accident, but realises he is a type of immortal known as Ajin. Hunted by humans, Ajin is eventually found by the government and used as a subject in cruel experiments. He finds fellow…

  18. 18Endless Love

    Endless Love (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

  19. 19JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1

    JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Welcome to idyllic Morioh, whose ocean views and charming townscapes make it a breezy Japanese utopia. But a chain of grisly killings has cast a bloody pall of uncertainty over its residents, especially Josuke…

  20. 20Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison

    Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)

    ★ 7.3/10

    After his capture for attempted assassination of the Raikage, leader of Kumogakure, as well as killing Jōnin from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, Naruto is imprisoned in Hōzukijou: A criminal containment facility known as…

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