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

Osaka Elegy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akiko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement....

Intentions of Murder
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akiko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life....

Harmonium
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akiko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life....

Female Yakuza Tale
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akiko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, ...

Tokyo Decadence
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akiko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some s...

Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Akiko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When Muraki, a porn magazine editor, watches a blue film depicting a gang rape in a school, he becomes obsessed with the lead actress. Quite by chance, whilst looking to reserve a ...