Movies Like Manji

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

Red Angel

1966·1h 35m·★ 7.8·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewBoth star Ayako Wakao & Yūsuke KawazuDir. Yasuzō Masumura

A Wife Confesses

1961·1h 31m·★ 7.4·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewBoth star Ayako Wakao & Fumiko MurataDir. Yasuzō Masumura

Blind Beast

1969·1h 24m·★ 7.0·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

1972·1h 32m·★ 6.5·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Love for an Idiot

1967·1h 32m·★ 6.7·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Afraid to Die

1960·1h 36m·★ 6.4·Yasuzō Masumura

3 shared cast incl. Ayako Wakao & Eiji FunakoshiDir. Yasuzō Masumura

Elegant Beast

1962·1h 36m·★ 7.4·Yūzō Kawashima

3 shared cast incl. Ayako Wakao & Eiji Funakoshi

Saving Face

2004·1h 37m·★ 7.4·Alice Wu

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2017·1h 31m·★ 5.5·April Mullen

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An Actor's Revenge

1963·1h 54m·★ 7.3·Kon Ichikawa

Both star Ayako Wakao & Eiji FunakoshiDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Princess from the Moon

1987·2h 1m·★ 6.3·Kon Ichikawa

Both star Ayako Wakao & Kyôko KishidaDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Pollock

2000·2h 12m·★ 7.0·Ed Harris

Themes: painter, artist

The Handmaiden

2016·2h 25m·★ 8.1·Park Chan-wook

Themes: lesbian relationship, girls' love (gl)

Kulong

2024·48m·★ 4.2·Sigrid Polon

Themes: lesbian relationship, girls' love (gl)

The Torture Club

2014·1h 37m·★ 4.5·Kōta Yoshida

Themes: lesbian relationship, girls' love (gl)

Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

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1991·2h 6m·★ 7.6·Leos Carax

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A Geisha's Diary

1961·1h 39m·★ 7.3·Yūzō Kawashima

Both star Ayako Wakao & Kyū Sazanka

Cesar and Rosalie

1972·1h 50m·★ 7.3·Claude Sautet

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