Movies like The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen (2013)
The best movies like The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen (2013) are Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021), Paris, Wine & Romance (2019) and Gabriel's Rapture: Part III (2022). If The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen hooked you with its romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedChainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)8.5/10 from 1,292 votes
- NewestChainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)Released 2025
- In JapaneseThe Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2 (2009)Also in Japanese
Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)
In the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic holiday in Italy, their happiness is threatened. Will Gabriel succumb to Dante's fate?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisParis, Wine & Romance (2019)
Isabella is the ambitious new owner of her family’s Oregon winery whose dream of becoming world-renowned takes a big step forward when she enters a prestigious wine competition in Paris. Upon arrival, Isabella meets her biggest competitor, Jacques, from one of the world’s foremost winemaking families. Impressed by Isabella and her expertise in wine, a budding romance develops between them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Rapture: Part III (2022)
In the sixth installment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Julia deals with the aftermath of Gabriel's departure, while Gabriel goes on a journey of self-discovery. Will they reunite and be able to repair what is broken?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisTurkey Drop (2019)
Lucy Jacobs, a freshman university student, returns home to her small town for Thanksgiving break and suspects she's about to get turkey dropped— aka dumped by her high school sweetheart. To avoid a Turkey Day travesty, Lucy gets out of her comfort zone, proving she's not the same play-it-safe girl she once was.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2 (2009)
In February 1999, a string of murders has Shiki Ryougi and Mikiya Kokutou on edge. These crimes share a disturbing resemblance to a similar set of homicides from 1995, when Shiki and Mikiya first met, and awaken a dark, murderous desire that has laid dormant within Shiki's soul ever since then.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAttraction (2001)
A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
Kazuko Yoshiyama is a third-year junior-high-school student. One day, while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has the power to travel through time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisX (2011)
A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInitial D: Third Stage (2001)
With high school graduation right around the corner, Takumi Fujiwara has a lot on his mind and a lot to prepare for. Everything becomes even more complicated when Takumi is offered a spot on Ryosuke Takahashi's elite Kengai Racing Team, which seeks to assemble the greatest racers in the Gunma area for a tour of Japan's mountain passes. Before he can accept however, Takumi feels the need to settle the score with the Lancer Evo driving Emperor team, defend his downhill-racer crown against the son of his father's greatest rival, and finally settle things with his unfaithful girlfriend Natsuki.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording (2008)
January 1999: Apprentice mage Azaka Kokutou, Mikiya's younger sister, has been ordered by her mentor, Touko Aozaki, to investigate a certain incident in which fairies steal the memories of students at Azaka's school, Reien Academy. Azaka launches an investigation with the help of Shiki.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh - Chapter of Fierce Fighting (2007)
A film adaptation of the Last Nanto General story arc from the manga, depicting the final battle between Kenshiro and Raoh that led to Kenshiro becoming the successor of Hokuto Shinken. Some events from the manga / anime have been excluded from the story (such as Raoh's fight with Juza) whereas others have been altered or expanded. New content featuring the final battle from Raoh's perspective have been added. This film serves as the follow-up to the first film in the series, which introduced Raoh and Reina's relationship, this time bringing it to a conclusion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSnakes and Earrings (2008)
While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHenry & June (1990)
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead Again (1991)
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)
In a world where devils are born from humanity’s fears, Denji has only ever dreamed of living a simple life, eating good food, finding happiness, and experiencing the warmth of being loved. Then, one rainy afternoon, fate leads him to Reze, a mysterious girl working at a small café. With her disarming smile, playful charm, and unexpected kindness, she offers Denji something he has rarely known—a glimpse of an ordinary life beyond bloodshed and chaos.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1 (2007)
August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, introducing himself to her. But Shiki hides a big secret: A wave of bizarre murders occur around many loose ends, and no suspects. there are still many questions: Who to believe? Who is the murderer? What is the secret of Shiki? and especially: Who is SHIKI?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParadise (1982)
After their caravan is attacked and their respective families butchered by Arab marauders, teenagers David and Sarah flee across the desert. But the desert is filled with danger from the elements, animals and the unwholesome appetite of the Jackal, a sheik who wants Sarah for himself. However, the desert also holds temptation and love. David and Sarah hide out in an oasis and build a life for themselves, discovering each other in new ways.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJune and John (2025)
John leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious named June. His encounter with her finally leads him to have a goal in his bumptious life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 2 (2023)
One by one, Sailor Moon’s friends and loved ones are targeted by a formidable new enemy who threatens to destroy everything and rule over the cosmos. After devastating losses, Sailor Moon endures her battle against Shadow Galactica. Will despair crush her, or will she find light in the darkness?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Man from the Sea (1991)
A middle-aged man comes to the coast in search of some place to die. But that beach was a gay beach. There, the man meets a gay young man for a reason...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Coming Out, Our Declaration as a Couple (1993)
A suspicious man named Yoshioka, who claims to be a friend of Takashi's late father, offers a car as payment for two university students acting in a private adult video. The two friends Takashi and Shogo desperately want a car to make their campus life more meaningful, so they reluctantly agree to appear in a gay adult video together. They somehow manage to get through the humiliating filming and get the promised car. Takashi thinks he'll never do it again, but at that moment something he doesn't realize is beginning to sprout inside him. The next day, Takashi is called by Yoshioka to visit his office. Yoshioka's sponsor, a man who calls himself Hayami, appears before Takashi. Hayami asks Takashi to appear in another gay adult video, and if he refuses, he will copy Yoshioka's tape and distribute it everywhere. Takashi succumbs to the blackmail threats, but during the filming of the video, Shogo looks for him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Naughty Office Lady: Don't Pull Out Until Morning (2000)
A couple of men and women who look happy. However, each of them was living another life that the other did not know. Their words, which at times seem to betray their own feelings, crystallize into a dry ending.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Ice Cream No Kahori (1991)
A man turns 30 and returns to his hometown. Memories come back to him of an old man who ran the ice cream shop..
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Hitomi Kurosawa: Clumsy Love Story (1987)
A sensual drama that carefully depicts the conflicts of a hotel lady, set in an office whose names are all fruits. Hitomi Kurosawa, who is known for her voluptuous proportions, delicately portrays the complex feelings of a prostitute who has no illusions about her love life. Melon (Hitomi Kurosawa), who lies to her hometown's parents that she works as an office lady and works as a hotel lady in Tokyo, is proposed to by her regular customer Kageda (Yutaka Ikejima). Melon has arranged a date with Kageda on Christmas, which is also her birthday, and asks him to give her sunflowers, which are out of season.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Molester Stalker Targeted Beauty Model (2001)
A sad love story with a hint of saspense about a master detective who seduces women with sophisticated technology, his target, a beautiful model, and the madness of the stalker who hunts her down.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Slutty Goldfish Princess: Falling in Love with the Sea (2000)
An erotic fantasy story in which actress Yoko Satomi plays the role of a mysterious slutty housekeeper. Koji, a dull office worker, buys unsold goldfish and returns home, but his wife Emi runs away from home after a petty quarrel. There is an awkward atmosphere with his daughter Yukiko, who is a ronin student, but the situation changes when Izumi, who is a housekeeper, tutor and an experience-based sex counselor, shows up. An intense sexual experience is on the horizon, full of lust, love and forbidden desires.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Unfaithful Wife: Sticky and Messy (2002)
Middle-aged Hiroshi, a 53‑year‑old salaryman whose wife cheats on him and whose daughter barely tolerates him, finds himself discarded by his company and adrift—until a mysterious phone call from Mariko, his long‑lost love who supposedly died thirty years ago, pulls him into a forbidden reverie and dreams of a different life with her. Mariko, embodied by the irresistible Yōko Satomi—dressed in the provocative uniforms and iconic emblems of the old protest movements—the past awakens in tantalizing detail. As Hiroshi dials into a life he might have lived with Mariko, full of erotic promise and the intoxicating thrill of rewriting his destiny.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Manji (2006)
One day, Sonoko, a married woman having a husband, meets young, beautiful Mitsuko. Puzzled Sonoko is charmed by the beauty of Mitsuko, and two people fall into relations between women at the start.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Ecstasy of the Angels (1972)
A militant revolutionary group is torn apart by betrayal as its members descend into paranoia and sexual decadence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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What are the best movies like The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen?
The closest matches to The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen are Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021), Paris, Wine & Romance (2019) and Gabriel's Rapture: Part III (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen?
Start with Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021), the closest match to The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen?
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025), rated 8.5/10 by 1,292 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen?
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen?
Yes: The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2 (2009), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) and Initial D: Third Stage (2001).
How are movies similar to The Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen chosen?
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