Movies Like The Rickshaw Man

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

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956·1h 45m·★ 7.5·Hiroshi Inagaki

2 shared crewBoth star Toshirō Mifune & Haruo TanakaDir. Hiroshi Inagaki

Incident at Blood Pass

1970·1h 58m·★ 7.1·Hiroshi Inagaki

2 shared crewBoth star Toshirō Mifune & Ichirō ArishimaDir. Hiroshi Inagaki

Samurai Banners

1969·2h 50m·★ 7.0·Hiroshi Inagaki

2 shared crewDir. Hiroshi InagakiDP: Kazuo Yamada

Chûshingura

1962·3h 27m·★ 7.5·Hiroshi Inagaki

2 shared crewDir. Hiroshi InagakiDP: Kazuo Yamada

Samurai Saga

1959·1h 51m·★ 6.9·Hiroshi Inagaki

2 shared crewDir. Hiroshi InagakiDP: Kazuo Yamada

Young Swordsman

1963·1h 48m·★ 7.7·Hiroshi Inagaki

2 shared crewDir. Hiroshi InagakiDP: Kazuo Yamada

The Life of Matsu the Untamed

1943·1h 20m·★ 7.3·Hiroshi Inagaki

5 shared themes: unattainable desire, drunkenness, meiji period...Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki

Empire of Passion

1978·1h 45m·★ 7.0·Nagisa Ōshima

Themes: rickshaw, meiji periodFans also liked

Japan's Longest Day

1967·2h 37m·★ 7.7·Kihachi Okamoto

3 shared cast incl. Seiji Miyaguchi & Chishū Ryū

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947·1h 12m·★ 7.7·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Chōko Iida & Chishū RyūFans also likedDrama & Comedy

Floating Weeds

1959·1h 55m·★ 7.9·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Chishū Ryū & Haruo TanakaFans also liked

Equinox Flower

1958·1h 58m·★ 7.8·Yasujirō Ozu

Fans also likedStarring Chishū RyūComedy & Drama

Kolya

1996·1h 45m·★ 7.7·Jan Svěrák

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Antonia's Line

1995·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Marleen Gorris

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

1999·2h 58m·★ 7.4·Sanjay Leela Bhansali

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

1969·2h 2m·★ 6.9·Tadashi Sawashima

DP: Kazuo YamadaStarring Toshirō Mifune

Tokyo Story

1953·2h 17m·★ 8.1·Yasujirō Ozu

Fans also likedStarring Chishū Ryū

The Bad Sleep Well

1960·2h 30m·★ 7.9·Akira Kurosawa

Fans also likedStarring Toshirō Mifune

A Story of Floating Weeds

1934·1h 26m·★ 7.6·Yasujirō Ozu

Fans also likedStarring Chōko Iida

How Good Is The Rickshaw Man?

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