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Movies Like Tokyo Omnibus

If you liked Tokyo Omnibus (1959), a movie directed by Yoshiaki Banshō, 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. 1Maborosi

    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.

  2. 2We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

    We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.

  3. 3Dolls

    Dolls (2002)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose…

  4. 4The Sea of Trees

    The Sea of Trees (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10

    In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.

  5. 5After the Rain

    After the Rain (2018)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced…

  6. 6Drowning Love

    Drowning Love (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One…

  7. 7Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

    Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (1991)

    ★ 7.3/10

    When Prince Kirin of the 7 Lucky Gods shows up at the Tendo dojo looking for his bride-to-be, guess who's accidentally holding the scroll that signifies his future mate? Why, Akane, of course, and the rest of the Ranma…

  8. 8The Pillow Book

    The Pillow Book (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Nagiko has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoins the scene, the story is overtaken by…

  9. 9Recently, My Sister Is Unusual

    Recently, My Sister Is Unusual (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Mitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes…

  10. 10My Rainy Days

    My Rainy Days (2009)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A cold and calculating high school student falls in love for the first time with a professor, but he's dying of brain cancer.

  11. 11Double Suicide

    Double Suicide (1969)

    ★ 7/10

    Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man…

  12. 12The Twilight Samurai

    The Twilight Samurai (2002)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects…

  13. 13The Princess and the Pilot

    The Princess and the Pilot (2011)

    ★ 7.8/10

    The war between the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Imperium has been raging for years. In the midst of this struggle, the prince of the Levamme Empire declares his love for Juana del Moral and vows to end the war in…

  14. 14Even If This Love Disappears Tonight

    Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2022)

    ★ 7.6/10

    A high school girl wakes up each day with no memory of the day before. When she agrees to date a shy classmate, Toru, he begins to fall for her—despite her rule against falling in love.

  15. 15In the Realm of the Senses

    In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

  16. 16Chikamatsu Monogatari

    Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)

    ★ 7.8/10

    When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.

  17. 17Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story (1953)

    ★ 8.1/10

    The 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…

  18. 18Gate of Hell

    Gate of Hell (1953)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

  19. 19Romance Doll

    Romance Doll (2020)

    ★ 7.1/10

    It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of…

  20. 20Lost in Translation

    Lost in Translation (2003)

    ★ 7.4/10

    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…

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