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10 Best Movies Like The Gion Tempest

If you loved The Gion Tempest, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Dance with Me

Dance with Me

1998★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gion Tempest for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John...

#2
A Geisha

A Geisha

1953★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gion Tempest for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, mus...

#3
My Rainy Days

My Rainy Days

2009★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gion Tempest for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money—until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love....

#4
10DANCE

10DANCE

2025★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gion Tempest for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two dancers, opposites in all but their art, agree to train together for a competition. At first, they clash, but soon become drawn to each other....

#5
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gion Tempest 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
The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book

1995★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gion Tempest for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoin...

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