Movies like Tokyo Decadence (1992)
The best movies like Tokyo Decadence (1992) are Anarchy in Japansuke (1999), New Tokyo Decadence: The Slave (2007) and An Aria on Gazes (1992). If Tokyo Decadence hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedIchi the Killer (2001)7.0/10 from 1,166 votes
- NewestGino and Marie (2019)Released 2019
- In JapaneseAnarchy in Japansuke (1999)Also in Japanese
Anarchy in Japansuke (1999)
A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a car with a baby strapped inside. She decides to raise the child as her own, and teaches him to shoplift from stores while she works as a prostitute. She strikes up a relationship with a convenience-store clerk, and the two eventually settle down together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
New Tokyo Decadence: The Slave (2007)
A secretary is introduced to the world of BDSM by her boss. She becomes his personal slave as they take a walk on the wild side of experimentations. This film is based on main actress Rinako Hirasawa’s personal experiences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
An Aria on Gazes (1992)
Housewife Kyoko begins moonlighting at a mysterious sex club as a means of rebelling against her boring salaryman husband Akihito. The Bedroom isn’t like any normal club, though: the female hostesses all take the powerful sedative Halcion to sleep through their encounters with the male clientele.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Antiporno (2017)
Kyôko, a traumatized young Japanese girl, finds herself struggling with her self-confidence in her adult life. Growing up in a family without her mother and her sister, she constantly questions the rationale of sex and the notion of liberty in modern Japanese society.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDawn of the Felines (2017)
A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives.
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A Snake of June (2003)
Rinko, a woman in a sexless marriage, is blackmailed by a stalker with intimate photos, forcing her into a series of erotic acts that disrupt her mundane life.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Realm of the Senses (1976)
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSins of Sister Lucia (1978)
Rumiko is a misbehaving girl who got caught stealing the cash her father had at home for bribes. Father would not accuse her of that, but when he caught her having sex with her English teacher, he was justified in sending her to a monastery, where the nuns try to force her to become a good girl. However, after a few days in forced piety, Rumiko (now Sister Lucia) discovered that her sins were nothing in comparison with those of other Sisters, and Mother Superior's.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Snake and Whip (1986)
A young woman gets a new job as an executive secretary. Her boss discovers that she resembles her late mother who he desired but lost to another man. Seeing his chance for revenge the boss and his sadistic circle of friends make plans to turn her into his personal sex slave.
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Mirrored Mind (2005)
An actress suffering from an identity crisis finds herself spirited away from the bustle of Tokyo to a tropical paradise.
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Flower & Snake (2004)
The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to the lecherous old man figuring a 90 year old can’t do too much bad with her. Perhaps not, but others can while he watches. She’s put on stage in an underground BDSM sex show and begins a spiraling decent from strongly independent woman to submissive sex slave
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SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Lowlife (2017)
Based on a 2016 novel by Mana Sakura, “The Lowlife” shows the stories of three women who work in Japan’s adult video industry.
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Violent Virgin (1969)
A bunch of young hipsters kidnaps a loving couple and keeps them trapped in a barren landscape. To the sounds of free jazz they are performing various experiments with the couple. In the distance is a yakuza gang keeping track of the youths. Who are really experimenting with whom?
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Housewife's Afternoon Delight (2010)
Sayaka is a sexually frustrated housewife whose husband rarely talks and is always busy with work. But she soon finds an antidote to her loneliness and boredom in the form of a door-to-door salesman in this erotic drama.
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Love Hotel (1985)
A call-girl named Yumi and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion.
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Ichi the Killer (2001)
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisDark Habits (1983)
After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorities in a convent for fallen women.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRitual (2000)
A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Noisy Requiem (1988)
In the slums of Osaka, various marginalized misfits have their own interpretations of love. Completely alienated from the outside world, they commit sexual perversions, violence and cannibalism.
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Eureka (2001)
In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisWet Woman in the Wind (2016)
Dissipated Tokyo playwright, Kosuke has retreated to the countryside after deciding that he's done with women, but the indefatigable cat-in-heat Shiori has other ideas, clinging to Kosuke like his shadow.
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SnoozefestMovies like thisGino and Marie (2019)
Two sex workers, a 17-year-old Gino and young mother Marie, are hired to do a pornographic film. The day before All Saints' Day, they travel to a remote location for the shoot. During the shooting, they are made to do acts to which they didn't agree. Feeling trapped and isolated, the two are pushed to the edge of their dignity.
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Beauty Rope Cosmetology (1983)
A wealthy college girl is snatched off the streets by a pair of S&M professionals. They methodically break her will with the extensive use of bondage and erotic devices. But who has hired them and for what perverse reason?
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The Story of O (1975)
The beautiful O is taken by her boyfriend, Rene, to a bizarre retreat, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion...
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SnoozefestMovies like thisTokyo Stray Girls (2010)
A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.
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Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 1 (1998)
L'Ultimo Metro: It can happen. Any night in any metro station. It can happen that a hurried girl comes out of the bathroom without realizing that she is badly arranged in her skirt. And it can happen that two guys are going to commit behind her to attend a fabulous show. But it is only the beginning of an incredible erotic game between rails and trains. Sogno: Alone on a deserted beach, a girl undresses and falls asleep. The sun rises. As a reflection of the erotic dream she is having, the girl touches herself moaning and enjoying. The beach fills up... Fine Settimana A Lecco: Mischievous and spicy chronicle of the meeting between two friends who, after playing the slave and the mistress, vent their excitement on a talented and enthusiastic gardener.
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Aroused by Gymnopedies (2016)
Shinji is a middle-aged, sleaze film director who used to be famous. He hardly goes back home and moves from one woman to another. In spite of his idleness, women are very fond of him and look after him compassionately for whatever reason.
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A New Love in Tokyo (1994)
A look at the lives of two prostitutes in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company along with the receptionist from Ayumi's escort service, while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.
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Gate of Flesh (1964)
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInferno of Torture (1969)
Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Tokyo Decadence?
The closest matches to Tokyo Decadence are Anarchy in Japansuke (1999), New Tokyo Decadence: The Slave (2007) and An Aria on Gazes (1992). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Tokyo Decadence?
People who watched Tokyo Decadence most often go on to Anarchy in Japansuke (1999), New Tokyo Decadence: The Slave (2007) and An Aria on Gazes (1992).
What is the highest-rated movie like Tokyo Decadence?
Ichi the Killer (2001), rated 7.0/10 by 1,166 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Tokyo Decadence?
Gino and Marie (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Tokyo Decadence?
Yes: Anarchy in Japansuke (1999), New Tokyo Decadence: The Slave (2007) and An Aria on Gazes (1992).
How are movies similar to Tokyo Decadence chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Tokyo Decadence, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.