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10 Best Movies Like Return to Kanto Prison

If you loved Return to Kanto Prison, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Return to Kanto Prison for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Me...

#2
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Return to Kanto Prison for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yak...

#3
Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

1999★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Return to Kanto Prison for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down....

#4
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

1962★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Return to Kanto Prison for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love....

#5
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

1971★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Return to Kanto Prison for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are --...

#6
The Outsider

The Outsider

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Return to Kanto Prison for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka....

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