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10 Best Movies Like Jokôsei: Kikenna Mebae

If you loved Jokôsei: Kikenna Mebae, 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 Jokôsei: Kikenna Mebae 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
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jokôsei: Kikenna Mebae for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#3
One Million Yen Girl

One Million Yen Girl

2008★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jokôsei: Kikenna Mebae for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one know...

#4
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jokôsei: Kikenna Mebae 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...

#5
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid

2023★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jokôsei: Kikenna Mebae for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. S...

#6
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

2008★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jokôsei: Kikenna Mebae for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The ci...

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