Movies Like Osaka Elegy

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

Sisters of the Gion

1936·1h 9m·★ 7.4·Kenji Mizoguchi

5 shared cast incl. Isuzu Yamada & Yōko Umemura2 shared crewDir. Kenji Mizoguchi

Oyuki the Virgin

1935·1h 18m·★ 6.7·Kenji Mizoguchi

3 shared cast incl. Isuzu Yamada & Yōko Umemura2 shared crewDir. Kenji Mizoguchi

The Sword

1945·1h 5m·★ 6.6·Kenji Mizoguchi

2 shared crewDir. Kenji MizoguchiDP: Shigeto Miki

Utamaro and His Five Women

1946·1h 34m·★ 7.0·Kenji Mizoguchi

2 shared crewDir. Kenji MizoguchiDP: Shigeto Miki

Miyamoto Musashi

1944·56m·★ 6.3·Kenji Mizoguchi

2 shared crewDir. Kenji MizoguchiDP: Shigeto Miki

The Life of Oharu

1952·2h 16m·★ 8.0·Kenji Mizoguchi

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Yojimbo

1961·1h 50m·★ 8.2·Akira Kurosawa

Both star Isuzu Yamada & Takashi Shimura

Throne of Blood

1957·1h 48m·★ 8.0·Akira Kurosawa

Both star Isuzu Yamada & Takashi Shimura

Manhattan

1979·1h 36m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

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Happiness

1998·2h 20m·★ 7.7·Todd Solondz

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Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989·1h 44m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

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Lola

1981·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Hardly a Criminal

1949·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Hugo Fregonese

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Owning Mahowny

2003·1h 44m·★ 7.0·Richard Kwietniowski

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The Other Boleyn Girl

2008·1h 55m·★ 6.7·Justin Chadwick

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No Man of Her Own

1932·1h 25m·★ 6.6·Wesley Ruggles

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2009·1h 53m·★ 4.8·Tyler Perry

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Birth

2004·1h 40m·★ 6.3·Jonathan Glazer

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Year of the Jellyfish

1984·1h 50m·★ 5.6·Christopher Frank

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1998·1h 33m·★ 5.2·Dean Parisot

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