Movies like Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2 (1992)
The best movies like Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2 (1992) are Crows Zero (2007), Crows Explode (2014) and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 (2017). If Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2 hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedJujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)8.1/10 from 1,902 votes
- NewestKnights of the Zodiac (2023)Released 2023
- In JapaneseCrows Zero (2007)Also in Japanese
Crows Zero (2007)
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCrows Explode (2014)
A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school conflict with Kurosaki Industrial High.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 (2017)
Welcome to idyllic Morioh, whose ocean views and charming townscapes make it a breezy Japanese utopia. But a chain of grisly killings has cast a bloody pall of uncertainty over its residents, especially Josuke Higashikata, a high schooler with offbeat hair and even more eccentric abilities. Now, with his grandfather on Morioh’s homicide list, Josuke must resort to his surreal “Stand” powers if he ever hopes to heal his beloved family and town. Josuke may have a Stand-wielding relative at his side, but the killer has plenty of help too.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnibaba (1964)
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKnights of the Zodiac (2023)
When a headstrong street orphan, Seiya, in search of his abducted sister unwittingly taps into hidden powers, he discovers he might be the only person alive who can protect a reincarnated goddess, sent to watch over humanity. Can he let his past go and embrace his destiny to become a Knight of the Zodiac?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNinja Scroll (1993)
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways—and possibly his life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKids Return (1996)
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOutrage (2010)
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995)
The Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside along with a monster called Hildegarn. Goku must now perfect a new technique to defeat the evil monster.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFirst Love (2019)
One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDrunken Angel (1948)
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBattles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1999)
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDetroit Metal City (2008)
Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser II. Although he hates the role and the things he has to do as a member of the band, he has a definite talent for it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like this47 Ronin (2013)
Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Mambo Kings (1992)
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPersona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth (2013)
In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. Suddenly made the leader of his fellow classmates Yukari and Junpei by his upperclassmen Mitsuru and Akihiko, Makoto must learn empathy, his connection to his comrades, and the meaning of death. With the power of his Evoker aimed at his head he awakens a Persona and fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988)
Master Roshi has succeeded at the one mission he valued most: to train Goku and Krillin to become ultimate fighters. So, he arranges for them to test their mettle at a competition hosted by Emperor Chiaotzu. Not everyone's playing by the rules, however, as a member of the ruler's household schemes to use the Dragonballs to extort money and power from the royal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)
After destroying the city of Townsville in a game of tag, a trio of superpowered little girls must redeem themselves by stopping a vengeful monkey's plot for world domination.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2?
The closest matches to Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2 are Crows Zero (2007), Crows Explode (2014) and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 (2017). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2?
Start with Crows Zero (2007), the closest match to Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2.
What is the highest-rated movie like Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2?
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021), rated 8.1/10 by 1,902 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2?
Knights of the Zodiac (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2?
Yes: Crows Zero (2007), Crows Explode (2014) and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 (2017).
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First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 2, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.