Movies Like Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

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

Death by Hanging

1968·1h 58m·★ 7.5·Nagisa Ōshima

3 shared cast incl. Kei Satō & Rokkō Toura2 shared crewDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Three Resurrected Drunkards

1968·1h 20m·★ 6.4·Nagisa Ōshima

3 shared cast incl. Kei Satō & Hōsei Komatsu2 shared crewDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Violence at Noon

1966·1h 39m·★ 7.0·Nagisa Ōshima

4 shared cast incl. Kei Satō & Rokkō TouraDir. Nagisa Ōshima

The Sun's Burial

1960·1h 28m·★ 6.9·Nagisa Ōshima

Both star Kei Satō & Rokkō TouraDir. Nagisa ŌshimaDrama & Crime

Pleasures of the Flesh

1965·1h 31m·★ 6.8·Nagisa Ōshima

Both star Kei Satō & Rokkō TouraDir. Nagisa ŌshimaDrama & Crime

Rampage

2009·1h 24m·★ 6.2·Uwe Boll

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The Ceremony

1971·2h 3m·★ 7.2·Nagisa Ōshima

Both star Hōsei Komatsu & Rokkō TouraDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Night and Fog in Japan

1960·1h 43m·★ 6.8·Nagisa Ōshima

Both star Kei Satō & Rokkō TouraDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

1969·1h 36m·★ 6.1·Nagisa Ōshima

Both star Kei Satō & Rokkō TouraDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Once Upon a Time in America

1984·3h 49m·★ 8.3·Sergio Leone

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

American Gangster

2007·2h 37m·★ 7.8·Ridley Scott

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Badlands

1974·1h 34m·★ 7.7·Terrence Malick

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Infamous

2006·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Douglas McGrath

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Cruel Story of Youth

1960·1h 37m·★ 6.9·Nagisa Ōshima

Starring Kei SatōDir. Nagisa ŌshimaDrama & Crime

Heat

1995·2h 50m·★ 8.3·Michael Mann

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JFK

1991·3h 9m·★ 8.0·Oliver Stone

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Walk the Line

2005·2h 16m·★ 7.8·James Mangold

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Bonnie and Clyde

1967·1h 51m·★ 7.7·Arthur Penn

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

Midnight Cowboy

1969·1h 53m·★ 7.8·John Schlesinger

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Gun Crazy

1950·1h 27m·★ 7.6·Joseph H. Lewis

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How Good Is Japanese Summer: Double Suicide?

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