Movies Like Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy
If you liked Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy (1967), a movie directed by Norifumi Suzuki, 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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The Hummingbird Project (2019)
★ 6.2/10A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
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A Summer Place (1959)
★ 6.6/10A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
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The Debt Collector (2018)
★ 5.8/10A classically-trained martial artist goes to work as a debt collector for the mob. The job seems easy enough, until one “client” pulls him into a situation deeper than could ever be expected.
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Haru (1996)
★ 7.9/10A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.
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Bed of Roses (1996)
★ 5.9/10The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a secret admirer. But when his fairy-tale fantasies clash with her workaholic ways, they soon find out that sometimes…
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Hardball (2001)
★ 6.5/10An 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.
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A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019)
★ 6.3/10Christmas brings the ultimate gift to Aldovia: a royal baby. But first, Queen Amber must help her family and kingdom by finding a missing peace treaty.
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The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
★ 7.4/10A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
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Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
★ 7/10After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
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The Eel (1997)
★ 6.9/10A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
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They Drive by Night (1940)
★ 6.9/10Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success…
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Strange Weather (2016)
★ 5.9/10Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
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The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
★ 6.4/10In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
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Sharing Christmas (2017)
★ 6.2/10A real estate developer is given the opportunity of his career to transform an old shopping complex into a prime location. Unfortunately, there is one tenant who is holding out—the Christmas shop owner he met by…
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Flicka (2006)
★ 6.9/10Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets…
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There Was a Father (1942)
★ 7/10Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
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The Island (2023)
★ 6.3/10When his brother is killed, LAPD officer Mark leaves the city to return to the island he grew up on. Seeking answers and ultimately vengeance, he soon finds himself in a bloody battle with the corrupt tycoon who's…
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
★ 7/10A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
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Laughing Gravy (1931)
★ 7.2/10Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.
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The River (1984)
★ 6.4/10Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from…