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10 Best Movies Like The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls

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

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#1
The Pornographers

The Pornographers

1966★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time...

#2
An Actor's Revenge

An Actor's Revenge

1963★ 6.6

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

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago....

#3
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

1989★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between ...

#4
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due...

#5
Adrift in Tokyo

Adrift in Tokyo

2007★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo....

#6
Yakuza Apocalypse

Yakuza Apocalypse

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge....

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