Movies Like Scandal

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

The Idiot

1951·2h 46m·★ 7.1·Akira Kurosawa

3 shared cast incl. Toshirō Mifune & Takashi Shimura2 shared crewDir. Akira Kurosawa

The Hidden Fortress

1958·2h 19m·★ 8.0·Akira Kurosawa

3 shared cast incl. Toshirō Mifune & Takashi ShimuraDir. Akira Kurosawa

Stray Dog

1949·2h 2m·★ 7.8·Akira Kurosawa

3 shared cast incl. Toshirō Mifune & Takashi ShimuraDir. Akira Kurosawa

Drunken Angel

1948·1h 38m·★ 7.6·Akira Kurosawa

3 shared cast incl. Takashi Shimura & Toshirō MifuneDir. Akira Kurosawa

The Quiet Duel

1949·1h 35m·★ 7.3·Akira Kurosawa

3 shared cast incl. Toshirō Mifune & Takashi ShimuraDir. Akira Kurosawa

Seven Samurai

1954·3h 27m·★ 8.6·Akira Kurosawa

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Takashi ShimuraDir. Akira Kurosawa

High and Low

1963·2h 22m·★ 8.4·Akira Kurosawa

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Takashi ShimuraDir. Akira Kurosawa

Ikiru

1952·2h 23m·★ 8.3·Akira Kurosawa

Both star Takashi Shimura & Shinichi HimoriDir. Akira Kurosawa

Yojimbo

1961·1h 50m·★ 8.2·Akira Kurosawa

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Takashi ShimuraDir. Akira Kurosawa

Sanjuro

1962·1h 36m·★ 8.0·Akira Kurosawa

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Takashi ShimuraDir. Akira Kurosawa

Throne of Blood

1957·1h 48m·★ 8.0·Akira Kurosawa

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Takashi ShimuraDir. Akira Kurosawa

The Bad Sleep Well

1960·2h 30m·★ 7.9·Akira Kurosawa

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Takashi ShimuraDir. Akira Kurosawa

Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

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Hidden Away

2020·2h·★ 7.0·Giorgio Diritti

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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1954·1h 33m·★ 7.4·Hiroshi Inagaki

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Eitarō Ozawa

Japan's Longest Day

1967·2h 37m·★ 7.7·Kihachi Okamoto

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Takashi Shimura

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965·2h 18m·★ 7.2·Carol Reed

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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956·1h 45m·★ 7.5·Hiroshi Inagaki

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Takashi Shimura

Chûshingura

1962·3h 27m·★ 7.5·Hiroshi Inagaki

Both star Toshirō Mifune & Takashi Shimura

Painted Fire

2002·2h·★ 7.1·Im Kwon-taek

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