10 Best Movies Like Akagi the Gambler
If you loved Akagi the Gambler, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akagi the Gambler for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinkin...

Graveyard of Honor
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akagi the Gambler for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems....

Tokyo Twilight
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akagi the Gambler for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child....

Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akagi the Gambler for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and again back in the underground, forced to do hard labour. One day, Kaiji wins a bet ...

Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akagi the Gambler for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yak...

Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akagi the Gambler for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A yakuza boss hires Goemon Ishikawa, a modern day samurai, to protect him aboard his cruise ship casino. Everything goes sideways when the famous thief, Lupin the Third, tries to r...