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10 Best Movies Like Hoshi Meguri no Machi

If you loved Hoshi Meguri no Machi, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Suzaku

Suzaku

1997★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hoshi Meguri no Machi 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...

#2
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hoshi Meguri no Machi 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...

#3
Black or White

Black or White

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hoshi Meguri no Machi for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life....

#4
The Other Side of Heaven

The Other Side of Heaven

2001★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hoshi Meguri no Machi for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves ...

#5
Like Someone in Love

Like Someone in Love

2012★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hoshi Meguri no Machi for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven b...

#6
Hereafter

Hereafter

2010★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hoshi Meguri no Machi for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways....

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