Movies Like Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan: The Anime

If you liked Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan: The Anime (1981), a history and horror movie directed by Takaharu Sawada and Yasuo Otsuka, 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
Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and animation
A Pokémon scientist named Dr. Yung has invented a Mirage System that can recreate extinct Pokémon. Ash, Misty, and Professor Oak are asked to help test it out, but the Mirage System is suddenly taken over by a being…
2
X (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and horror
It's the year of destiny, and 15 year old Kamui Shiro, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence, having left when he was very young. He wants to be with his childhood friends, Fuma (his best…
3
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989)
★ 6/10Also animation and horror
Legend has it that the human race is not the only dominant civilization living on Earth. Two other races exist in this world: the Makai (a demon race) and the Jujinkai (a half-man, half-beast race). Once every 3,000…
4
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth (1987)
★ 7.1/10Also horror and animation
Akira Fudo is just a normal kid in Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. An upcoming war of demons on humanity is waiting in the wings, however, the only way for a human to…
5
Zog (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and tv movie
Zog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the Dragon School. He is desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he is prone to accidents and he has to…
6
Vampire Hunter D (1985)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and horror
In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
7
Blue Exorcist: The Movie (2012)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and horror
The atmosphere in True Cross Academy is lively and boisterous in the days leading up to the grand festival held once every 11 years. During this time, Okumura Rin is entrusted with the responsibility of suppressing the…
8
Demon City Shinjuku (1988)
★ 6/10Also animation and horror
Ten Years ago, Genichiro Izayoi died trying to stop the sorcerer Rebi Ra, and as a result Shinjuku became a playground for demons. And now, the day approaches when Rebi Ra will complete his decade-long ritual to plunge…
9
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and horror
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya…
10
Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and horror
As the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. Into this cruel existence is born the Lord of Chaos, the Overfiend's nemesis. As the blood-thirsty beasts capture…
11
Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and horror
Akira Fudo, adjusting to his new powers as Devilman, is in for a heap of trouble as his newest enemy sent from the demon world is Sirene, the demon bird, who has more than a few tricks up her feathery sleeves to keep…
12
Bio Hunter (1995)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and animation
A strange virus known as the Demon Virus, attacks the human genetic code, transforming people into monsters with demonic powers. One particular monster is terrorizing the streets of Tokyo. ripping open young women to…
13
Devilman - Volume 3: Devilman Apocalypse (2000)
★ 7/10Also animation and horror
Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could…
14
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and horror
When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor…
15
Megaboa (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and tv movie
On a trip to Colombia, a group of college students encounter a fifty-foot boa constrictor, hungry for blood.
16
DC Showcase - Constantine: The House of Mystery (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and horror
John Constantine wakes up in the eerie House of Mystery with no recollection of how he got there. Fortunately, Zatanna and his friends are all there. Unfortunately, they have a bad habit of turning into demons and…
17
Imprint (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and tv movie
An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
18
Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and horror
A decade after a tragic mistake, family man Chas Chandler and occult detective John Constantine set out to cure his daughter Trish from a mysterious supernatural coma.
19
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and tv movie
When a musical dragon with a beautiful voice hypnotizes the dragons and people of Huttsgalor, the Rescue Riders have to find a way to break the spell.
20
Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and horror
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…