
10 Best Movies Like The Sun's Burial
If you loved The Sun's Burial, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Gate of Flesh
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sun's Burial for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semb...

The Outsider
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sun's Burial for fans of Drama & 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....

Pigs and Battleships
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sun's Burial for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together....

Black Rain
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sun's Burial for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. Howeve...

Gate of Flesh
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sun's Burial 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...

Shoplifters
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sun's Burial for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young ...