Movies Like A Story Written with Water

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

Woman of the Lake

1966·1h 42m·★ 7.3·Yoshishige Yoshida

2 shared crewBoth star Mariko Okada & Aiko MasudaDir. Yoshishige Yoshida

Confessions Among Actresses

1971·2h 4m·★ 6.9·Yoshishige Yoshida

Both star Mariko Okada & Ruriko AsaokaDir. Yoshishige Yoshida

The Naked Island

1960·1h 37m·★ 8.0·Kaneto Shindō

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966·2h 11m·★ 8.0·Mike Nichols

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Memoirs of a Geisha

2005·2h 26m·★ 7.3·Rob Marshall

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Changeling

2008·2h 21m·★ 7.7·Clint Eastwood

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As Good as It Gets

1997·2h 19m·★ 7.7·James L. Brooks

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Never Open That Door

1952·1h 20m·★ 7.3·Carlos Hugo Christensen

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Zatoichi

2003·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Takeshi Kitano

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Night Flight

2014·2h 14m·★ 7.5·Leesong Hee-il

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The Power of the Dog

2021·2h 7m·★ 6.8·Jane Campion

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My Lover, My Son

1970·1h 36m·★ 5.0·John Newland

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Eros + Massacre

1969·3h 36m·★ 7.4·Yoshishige Yoshida

Starring Mariko OkadaDir. Yoshishige Yoshida

Heroic Purgatory

1970·1h 58m·★ 7.1·Yoshishige Yoshida

Starring Mariko OkadaDir. Yoshishige Yoshida

Farewell to the Summer Light

1968·1h 36m·★ 6.8·Yoshishige Yoshida

Starring Mariko OkadaDir. Yoshishige Yoshida

Affair in the Snow

1968·1h 37m·★ 6.9·Yoshishige Yoshida

Starring Mariko OkadaDir. Yoshishige Yoshida

Akitsu Hot Springs

1962·1h 53m·★ 7.2·Yoshishige Yoshida

Starring Mariko OkadaDir. Yoshishige Yoshida

Impasse

1967·1h 41m·★ 6.8·Yoshishige Yoshida

Starring Mariko OkadaDir. Yoshishige Yoshida

The Affair

1967·1h 37m·★ 7.3·Yoshishige Yoshida

Starring Mariko OkadaDir. Yoshishige Yoshida

How Good Is A Story Written with Water?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.