Movies Like Youth of the Beast

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

Eight Hours of Terror

1957·1h 17m·★ 6.7·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewBoth star Nobuo Kaneko & Minako KatsukiDir. Seijun Suzuki

Story of a Prostitute

1965·1h 36m·★ 7.3·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewBoth star Tamio Kawachi & Daizaburo HirataDir. Seijun Suzuki

Branded to Kill

1967·1h 31m·★ 7.2·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewDir. Seijun SuzukiDP: Kazue Nagatsuka

Kagero-za

1981·2h 20m·★ 6.9·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewDir. Seijun SuzukiDP: Kazue Nagatsuka

Zigeunerweisen

1980·2h 24m·★ 6.9·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewDir. Seijun SuzukiDP: Kazue Nagatsuka

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

1963·1h 29m·★ 6.8·Seijun Suzuki

3 shared cast incl. Joe Shishido & Tamio KawachiDir. Seijun SuzukiCrime & Action

The World of Kanako

2014·1h 58m·★ 6.5·Tetsuya Nakashima

Themes: former detective, yakuzaTMDB recommendsMystery & Crime & Thriller

Retaliation

1968·1h 34m·★ 6.7·Yasuharu Hasebe

3 shared cast incl. Joe Shishido & Tamio KawachiAction & Crime

Gate of Flesh

1964·1h 30m·★ 7.2·Seijun Suzuki

Both star Joe Shishido & Eimei EsumiDir. Seijun Suzuki

Kanto Wanderer

1963·1h 33m·★ 6.8·Seijun Suzuki

Both star Daizaburo Hirata & Eimei EsumiDir. Seijun Suzuki

Massacre Gun

1967·1h 29m·★ 7.0·Yasuharu Hasebe

DP: Kazue NagatsukaStarring Joe ShishidoCrime & Action

Cruel Gun Story

1964·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Takumi Furukawa

Both star Joe Shishido & Tamio KawachiAction & Crime & Thriller

The Corruptor

1999·1h 50m·★ 6.1·James Foley

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime & Thriller

Rusty Knife

1958·1h 30m·★ 6.7·Toshio Masuda

Both star Joe Shishido & Masao ShimizuThriller & Action & Crime

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003·1h 51m·★ 8.2·Quentin Tarantino

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Action

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974·1h 40m·★ 7.3·Kinji Fukasaku

Both star Joe Shishido & Nobuo KanekoAction & Crime

Brother

2000·1h 53m·★ 7.1·Takeshi Kitano

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

A Colt Is My Passport

1967·1h 24m·★ 7.4·Takashi Nomura

Both star Joe Shishido & Eimei EsumiAction & Crime

Crying Freeman

1995·1h 42m·★ 6.4·Christophe Gans

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime

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