Movies Like The Sun's Burial

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

Cruel Story of Youth

1960·1h 37m·★ 6.9·Nagisa Ōshima

3 shared cast incl. Yūsuke Kawazu & Fumio Watanabe2 shared crewThemes: japanese new wave, post war japan

Night and Fog in Japan

1960·1h 43m·★ 6.8·Nagisa Ōshima

4 shared cast incl. Fumio Watanabe & Masahiko Tsugawa2 shared crewDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Street of Love and Hope

1959·1h 2m·★ 7.1·Nagisa Ōshima

Themes: slum dwellers, japanese new wave, povertyDir. Nagisa ŌshimaStarring Fumio Watanabe

Pleasures of the Flesh

1965·1h 31m·★ 6.8·Nagisa Ōshima

3 shared cast incl. Kei Satō & Rokkō TouraDir. Nagisa ŌshimaDrama & Crime

Death by Hanging

1968·1h 58m·★ 7.5·Nagisa Ōshima

3 shared cast incl. Kei Satō & Fumio WatanabeDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

1969·1h 36m·★ 6.1·Nagisa Ōshima

3 shared cast incl. Fumio Watanabe & Kei SatōDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Pigs and Battleships

1961·1h 48m·★ 7.4·Shōhei Imamura

Themes: japanese new wave, post war japan, povertyFans also likedCrime & Drama

Good-for-Nothing

1960·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Yoshishige Yoshida

3 shared cast incl. Masahiko Tsugawa & Yūsuke KawazuDrama & Crime

Gate of Flesh

1964·1h 30m·★ 7.2·Seijun Suzuki

Themes: japanese new wave, post war japanFans also likedDrama & Crime

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

1967·1h 39m·★ 6.7·Nagisa Ōshima

Both star Kei Satō & Rokkō TouraDir. Nagisa ŌshimaCrime & Drama

The Ceremony

1971·2h 3m·★ 7.2·Nagisa Ōshima

Both star Rokkō Toura & Fumio WatanabeDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Violence at Noon

1966·1h 39m·★ 7.0·Nagisa Ōshima

Both star Kei Satō & Rokkō TouraDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Three Resurrected Drunkards

1968·1h 20m·★ 6.4·Nagisa Ōshima

Both star Kei Satō & Fumio WatanabeDir. Nagisa Ōshima

Street of Shame

1956·1h 27m·★ 7.8·Kenji Mizoguchi

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Capernaum

2018·2h 6m·★ 8.4·Nadine Labaki

Themes: slum dwellers, poverty

The Naked Island

1960·1h 37m·★ 8.0·Kaneto Shindō

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1994·1h 39m·★ 7.9·Lee Tamahori

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Swallowtail Butterfly

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A Family

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