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Movies Like The King of Minami Returns: A 250 Dollar Promise

If you liked The King of Minami Returns: A 250 Dollar Promise (2015), a movie directed by Kazumasa Nemoto, 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. 1Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.

  2. 2My Broken Mariko

    My Broken Mariko (2022)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Shiino one day finds out that her best friend Mariko has committed suicide. After snatching Mariko's urn from her abusive father, Shiino heads to Marigaoka Cape, a place Mariko always wanted to go.

  3. 3Colorful

    Colorful (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed…

  4. 447 Ronin

    47 Ronin (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the…

  5. 5Harakiri

    Harakiri (1962)

    ★ 8.5/10

    Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce…

  6. 6A Silent Voice: The Movie

    A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)

    ★ 8.4/10

    Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave…

  7. 7Maborosi

    Maborosi (1995)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

  8. 8Hardball

    Hardball (2001)

    ★ 6.5/10

    An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

  9. 9Liverleaf

    Liverleaf (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10

    The story follows Nozaki Haruka, a middle school student who transfers to a new school in a small town because of her father's work. Unfortunately, she becomes a victim of horrific bullying, but since the school will…

  10. 10Crows Explode

    Crows Explode (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school…

  11. 11Death by Hanging

    Death by Hanging (1968)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

  12. 12Before I Fall

    Before I Fall (2017)

    ★ 7/10

    Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her…

  13. 13Orange

    Orange (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10

    A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a better community.

  14. 14Fruits Basket -prelude-

    Fruits Basket -prelude- (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Kyoko, who couldn't believe anything in the world and lived a desolate life, meets Katsuya Honda, who has been assigned as an educational trainee. She is at the mercy of Katsuya, who is rude and has a strong habit, and…

  15. 15Dead Like Me: Life After Death

    Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10

    When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their…

  16. 16An Actor's Revenge

    An Actor's Revenge (1963)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

  17. 17Dangerous Drugs of Sex

    Dangerous Drugs of Sex (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10

    An elite salaryman drunkenly tries to die by suicide, but is saved by a mysterious stranger who holds him captive and sexually torments him.

  18. 18From Up on Poppy Hill

    From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off…

  19. 19Horrible Bosses

    Horrible Bosses (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10

    For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and…

  20. 20Ride 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…

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