Movies like Kagero-za: 20 to watch next
If you loved Kagero-za (1981) — a romance, drama and mystery film directed by Seijun Suzuki — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Kagero-za most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like based on novel or book, playwright and ghost. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Ugetsu 1953★ 8.0
Shares: Drama, Mystery
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
Stream in India on Plex
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Possession 2002★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall 2018★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Journey to the Shore 2015★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
Mizuki's husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Winter's Tale 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Romance
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Cousin Rachel 1952★ 6.7
Shares: Mystery, Romance, Drama
A young man plots revenge against the woman he believes murdered his cousin, but his plans are shaken when he comes face to face with the enigmatic beauty.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Northanger Abbey 2007★ 6.8
Shares: Romance, Drama
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Donovan's Echo 2011★ 6.0
Shares: Mystery, Drama
A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta, Plex
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My Rainy Days 2009★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
A cold and calculating high school student falls in love for the first time with a professor, but he's dying of brain cancer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blind 2017★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday 2016★ 7.5
Shares: Romance, Drama
Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Maria's Lovers 1984★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
Stream in India on Plex
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Somewhere in Time 1980★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
Stream in India on Plex
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Jane Eyre 1997★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Yearning 1964★ 8.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Radiance 2017★ 6.5
Shares: Romance, Drama
The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rebecca 1940★ 7.9
Shares: Mystery, Romance
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Stream in India on Brew, JustWatch TV Beta
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Brand Upon the Brain! 2007★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Endless 2020★ 6.6
Shares: Romance, Drama
When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend's death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect. In a love story that transcends life and death, both Riley and Chris are forced to learn the hardest lesson of all: letting go.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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GO 2001★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now