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10 Best Movies Like The Oil-Hell Murder

If you loved The Oil-Hell Murder, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Street of Shame

Street of Shame

1956★ 7.7

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

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law....

#2
Sakuran

Sakuran

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Oil-Hell Murder 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
Gate of Flesh

Gate of Flesh

1988★ 6.2

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

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a b...

#4
A Hen in the Wind

A Hen in the Wind

1948★ 7.1

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

Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, so she resorts to prostitution....

#5
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

1964★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Oil-Hell Murder 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....

#6
The Life of Oharu

The Life of Oharu

1952★ 7.7

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

During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall....

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