Movies like Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart (2012)
The best movies like Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart (2012) are Sakuran (2006), Bad Sister (2015) and In the Realm of the Senses (1976). If Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAfter the Storm (2016)7.2/10 from 414 votes
- NewestRomance Doll (2020)Released 2020
- In JapaneseSakuran (2006)Also in Japanese
Sakuran (2006)
Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBad Sister (2015)
As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a fatal attraction to Zoe's brother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTokyo Decadence (1992)
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 2 (2013)
A strange virus turns 90% of the world population into Lust eating Zombies. However, in Akihabara, Japan, some males were found to be uninfected. These men team up with the Zombies to go after the flesh and blood of surviving young women to fill their lust. The women survivors must fight to survive in an apocalyptic Japan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYoung People Fucking (2007)
On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by angst and miscommunication. Mia and Eric are exes, making sure they are over each other. Jaime and Ken work together and this is a first date. Inez and Gord invite his roommate, Dave, to join them. By the time each couple has gone through a prelude, foreplay, sex, an interlude, orgasm, and afterglow, they've answered basic questions: can sex be anonymous, are we bored, is our marriage really finished, does anyone tell the truth, and how do we make someone happy?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisIt Feels So Good (2019)
When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRevenge Porn: PAIN OF LOVE (2019)
Rei is a college student in the midst of finding a job. She confesses her love to Mikio, a senior whom she admires. Mikio soon demands that she perform perverted acts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisFemale Yakuza Tale (1973)
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRomance Doll (2020)
It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSex and Death 101 (2007)
A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets worse when he encounters a femme fatale who targets men guilty of sex crime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pumpkin Eater (1964)
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSalome (1953)
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending him to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are–contrary to Scripture–nearing conversion to the new religion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisRape Zombie: Lust of the Dead (2012)
After a nuclear attack in Tokyo, the female population is attacked by infected males who have become sex-crazed zombies, hungry for human flesh. Officeworker Momoko and nurse Nozomi seek shelter in a Shinto Shrine, where they meet housewife Kanae and school girl Tamae. With no choices left to them, the group of girls decides to take a stand and arm themselves with assault rifles and explosives to fight off hordes of horny zombies. What is the secret to killing the zombies for good?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSalomé (2013)
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlower & Snake: Zero (2014)
Misaki Amemiya is an assistant inspector for the Metropolitan Police Department's Community Safety Bureau who becomes ensnared in a trap while investigating a mysterious illegal video website called "Babylon". Soon, she's bound and tortured along with Shizuko and an oversexed housewife named Ruri.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn Secret (2014)
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fugitive Kind (1960)
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Little House (2014)
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAfter the Storm (2016)
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNoctiluca (1997)
Surgeon Asami Hanaoka is in financial difficulty. A gang soon plot to takeover the hospital.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SEXY COP 348 (1996)
Asuka Hanyu, a lone wolf who will stop at nothing to investigate, is a cool beauty who throws away her voluptuous body and strikes her enemies right between the eyes. This female detective infiltrates the Taiwanese mafia. However, her identity is compromised when someone tips her off!
Why it matches: Similar story and style
New Bus Guide's Sweaty Tour of Secret Places (2001)
After graduating from high school, Takako Aoe got a job at a travel company. She was excited about her dream of becoming a bus guide. However, as a trainee, she witnessed senior bus guide Misaki having sex with the driver, Goro, in the changing room, along with Shimamura, a stalker who was obsessed with her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Temptation of the Rear Window: The Alluring Scent of a Married Woman (2002)
Toshiya, an aspiring screenwriter, notices a woman who appears to be a married woman in the apartment building across the street from his apartment window. Intrigued by the somewhat melancholic Ayumi, Toshiya, despite having a girlfriend, begins secretly peeking into Ayumi's room. One day, while peeking into her room, he sees Ayumi straddling her husband, who is inside, and beginning to desire him. It's as if she's deliberately showing off to Toshiya…
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Lady Weapon: Female Leopard (1993)
After her beloved brother is killed, Kaori Haruna vows to avenge his brother and joins an Italian terrorist group. There, she learns all sorts of killing techniques before returning to Japan. At one point, she seduces men with her voluptuous body. Yabuki Joji falls in love with her and becomes obsessed with her, even risking his career as a detective. However, when Kaori turns into a ruthless sniper and fires her silenced gun, the curtain rises on a bloody tale of revenge...
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Tousen - The Election (1997)
Ichikawa Hajime (a.k.a. Ping), a fisherman, is a single-minded man of the sea. He was only interested in fish and women, but at the request of a classmate, he agreed to support the city council election. Rokuda, on the other hand, has fled to this fishing town from an assassin to cover his mouth in a corruption case. Their encounter sets off a bomb in the world of politics and the yakuza.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Drop Out: Supple Female Leopard (1992)
A story about a female hitman, Lisa Yajima, who carries out an assassination at the command of an organization, gets involved in an organization's plot.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Kamaitachi: 39 Years Old (1997)
Motoko is a beautiful woman who runs a bar in a port town. She attracts the passionate attention of local men. Her purpose in moving to this town is to avenge the death of her sister, who died here in a tragic accident!
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Female Neo-Ninjas (1991)
Three cute, sexy ninjas, around the age of 20, have been in training, building their powers for some vague future threat. Their destined mission becomes apparent when a handsome ninja from 400 years past drops from the sky into the hot tub of on of the girls. He comes with news of a grave threat: an evil industrialist has apparently joined forces with UFOs to take over Japan. The only solution, it seems, lies in the special talents of the three girls - notable as much for their martial arts as their skimpy costumes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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What are the best movies like Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart?
The closest matches to Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart are Sakuran (2006), Bad Sister (2015) and In the Realm of the Senses (1976). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart?
Start with Sakuran (2006), the closest match to Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart.
What is the highest-rated movie like Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart?
After the Storm (2016), rated 7.2/10 by 414 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart?
Romance Doll (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart?
Yes: Sakuran (2006), In the Realm of the Senses (1976) and Tokyo Decadence (1992).
How are movies similar to Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Apartment Wife: Once Again in That Heart, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.