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10 Best Movies Like August in Tokyo

If you loved August in Tokyo, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Harmonium

Harmonium

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August in Tokyo 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....

#2
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August in Tokyo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August in Tokyo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#4
Suzaku

Suzaku

1997★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August in Tokyo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Econ...

#5
Tokyo Family

Tokyo Family

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August in Tokyo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved....

#6
Female Yakuza Tale

Female Yakuza Tale

1973★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August in Tokyo 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, ...

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