Movies Like A Legend or Was It?

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The River Fuefuki

1960·1h 57m·★ 7.0·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewBoth star Shima Iwashita & Yoshi KatōDir. Keisuke Kinoshita

The Ballad of Narayama

1958·1h 38m·★ 7.8·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Immortal Love

1961·1h 43m·★ 7.3·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Wedding Ring

1950·1h 36m·★ 6.9·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

1949·1h 25m·★ 6.9·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

1949·1h 13m·★ 6.7·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Port of Flowers

1943·1h 22m·★ 6.4·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Boyhood

1951·1h 50m·★ 6.8·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Twenty-Four Eyes

1954·2h 36m·★ 7.9·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

1955·1h 33m·★ 7.5·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Here's to the Young Lady

1949·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Carmen Comes Home

1951·1h 26m·★ 6.5·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

A Japanese Tragedy

1953·1h 56m·★ 7.3·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Carmen's Innocent Love

1952·1h 43m·★ 6.2·Keisuke Kinoshita

2 shared crewDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDP: Hiroshi Kusuda

Himiko

1974·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Masahiro Shinoda

3 shared cast incl. Shima Iwashita & Jun Hamamura

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

1975·1h 35m·★ 7.3·Masahiro Shinoda

3 shared cast incl. Shima Iwashita & Yoshi Katō

The Demon

1978·1h 50m·★ 7.4·Yoshitarō Nomura

3 shared cast incl. Shima Iwashita & Jun Hamamura

Hyena Road

2015·2h·★ 6.5·Paul Gross

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Army

1944·1h 27m·★ 6.4·Keisuke Kinoshita

Starring Kinuyo TanakaDir. Keisuke KinoshitaDrama & War

Cloak and Dagger

1946·1h 46m·★ 6.6·Fritz Lang

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How Good Is A Legend or Was It??

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