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10 Best Movies Like Blue Rain Osaka

If you loved Blue Rain Osaka, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Tokyo Decadence

Tokyo Decadence

1992★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka 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...

#2
Sakuran

Sakuran

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and li...

#3
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

1961★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth....

#4
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

1964★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka 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....

#5
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art s...

#6
Repast

Repast

1951★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Rain Osaka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arra...

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