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1. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,612 | Gross: $4.14M
2. House of the Owl (2024– )
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama
At the height of his career and powers, Japan's master fixer, who has guided politicians and business heads through some of Japan's biggest scandals, discovers that fixing his family is harder than fixing a country.
Stars: Mackenyu, Min Tanaka, Masanobu Andô, Heidi Berger
Votes: 126
3. Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Love, money, ambition and music intertwine in Mozart in the Jungle, a half hour comedic drama that looks at finding yourself and finding love while conquering New York City. A brash new maestro Rodrigo stirs up the New York Symphony as young oboist Hailey hopes for her big chance.
Stars: Gael García Bernal, Lola Kirke, Saffron Burrows, Hannah Dunne
Votes: 25,936
4. Dreams (1990)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy
A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada
Votes: 29,279 | Gross: $1.96M
5. Helter Skelter (2012)
Unrated | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Top star Lilico undergoes multiple cosmetic surgeries to her entire body. As her surgeries show side effect.
Director: Mika Ninagawa | Stars: Erika Sawajiri, Nao Ômori, Shinobu Terajima, Gô Ayano
Votes: 3,348
6. Leonie (2010)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th century American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.
Director: Hisako Matsui | Stars: Emily Mortimer, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Shidô Nakamura, Christina Hendricks
Votes: 611
7. Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Blind masseur Zatôichi travels from town to town gambling, drinking, and fighting off the local gangs.
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Renji Ishibashi, Keizô Kanie, Shintarô Akatsuki
Votes: 258
8. After the Rain (1999)
91 min | Drama
During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirô Mifune, Fumi Dan
Votes: 4,482
9. If Cats Disappeared from the World (2016)
103 min | Drama, Fantasy
Young mailman finds out he has no time left due to a terminal disease. Suddenly he is approached by a devil that offers him to live more time if he eliminates something from the world. ... See full summary »
Director: Akira Nagai | Stars: Mauro Caiazza, Gaku Hamada, Mieko Harada, Anna Ishii
Votes: 2,937
10. InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
Not Rated | 99 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
After seemingly defeating their common enemy, Naraku, what appears to be the near-end of their journey instead leads Inuyasha and Kagome facing against a new threat.
Director: Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima
Votes: 2,345
11. Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô
Votes: 1,260
12. The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
159 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Tsunehiko Watase, Masaomi Kondô
Votes: 596
13. Dororo (2007)
139 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A female warrior who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover 48 of his body parts from 48 demons and to avenge her parents death.
Director: Akihiko Shiota | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kô Shibasaki, Kiichi Nakai, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 2,979
14. The Eleventh Hour (2008)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Thriller
Action film about a N.Korean general's vendetta against a U.S. team of special ops soldiers who are on a mission to free Japanese political prisoners.
Director: John Lyde | Stars: Matthew Reese, Jennifer Klekas, K. Danor Gerald, David Nibley
Votes: 908
15. Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
135 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Kyûsaku Shimada, Mieko Harada, Jun'ichi Ishida
Votes: 463
16. Koi (2013 TV Movie)
Drama
The story is set in the 70s where Fumiko is an university student, who gets involved romantically with her assistant professor Katase Shintaro and his wife Hinako. However, on 28 February ... See full summary »
Stars: Arata Iura, Satomi Ishihara, Rena Tanaka, Mieko Harada
Votes: 46
17. A Hundred Flowers (2022)
104 min | Drama
New Year's Eve. Izumi finds his mother Yuriko wandering in a park in the freezing cold. Diagnosed with dementia, her mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son, memories of the mother ... See full summary »
Director: Genki Kawamura | Stars: Mieko Harada, Yuka Itaya, Misuzu Kanno, Yumi Kawai
Votes: 354
18. The Hours of My Life (2014)
54 min | Drama, Romance
Sawada Takuto is an ordinary university student, who one day learns that he has A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig's disease) with not much time left to live. Instead of wallowing in despair, Takuto tries to live his life to the fullest.
Stars: Haruma Miura, Mikako Tabe, Shunsuke Kazama, Takumi Saitô
Votes: 498
19. Hatsukoi (2000)
113 min | Romance
Satoka Aida, a 17-year high school student, comes to know that her mothers hospitalization for cancer is disturbing the harmony of her home life. Satoka rarely communicates with her father ... See full synopsis »
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Rena Tanaka, Mieko Harada, Mitsuru Hirata, Hiroyuki Sanada
Votes: 247
20. Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
111 min | Drama
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world, when her grandmother dies.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Mieko Harada, Natsuko Kahara, Meiko Kaji, Shigeo Katô
Votes: 254
21. Kita no kuni kara (1981–1982)
45 min | Drama
"From the North" with warmth loving strokes, describing the love of family, love of humanity. Because his wife was having an affair and divorce, Kuroita Goro, with a son and daughter from ... See full summary »
Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Nakajima, Keiko Takeshita
Votes: 189
22. Hell (1979)
131 min | Horror, Drama
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Mieko Harada, Kyôko Kishida, Ryûzô Hayashi, Kunie Tanaka
Votes: 165
23. Tonda kappuru (1980)
106 min | Drama
Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrols in a prestigious high school in Tokyo. Plans are made for him to live... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Shingo Tsurumi, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Mieko Harada, Mariko Ishihara
Votes: 127
24. Aikurushii (2005)
Drama
Yuki, the matriarch of the Mashiba family, is hospitalized, testing the family's ability to cooperate and sacrifice to keep their household well-oiled.
Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Haruka Ayase, Hayato Ichihara, Naoto Takenaka
Votes: 42
25. Saka no ue no kumo (2009–2011)
Drama
The 19th Century was a turbulent one for Japan. Enduring the throes of change brought about by the Meiji era, it still struggled to join the world and be considered a "civilized, modern ... See full summary »
Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Aleksandr Veremyuk, Hiroshi Abe, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 506
26. Out (2002)
119 min | Comedy, Thriller
Four down on their luck housewives murder their husbands and find whacky ways to hide the bodies!
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Mieko Harada, Mitsuko Baishô, Shigeru Muroi, Naomi Nishida
Votes: 104
27. The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012)
141 min | Drama
A married woman has an affair with a high school student. A video of their exploits soon turns up on the internet affecting the lives of both couples.
Director: Yuki Tanada | Stars: Kento Nagayama, Tomoko Tabata, Mieko Harada, Masataka Kubota
Votes: 236
28. Kataku no hito (1986)
133 min | Drama
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work. Adapted from autobiographical story by Kazuo Dan, who published it a few months before his death.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Ken Ogata, Ayumi Ishida, Mieko Harada, Keiko Matsuzaka
Votes: 193
29. Bôkoku no îjisu (2005)
126 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A biological weapon is smuggled aboard a high tech battleship named Aegis. Militants are determined to unleash it on Japan. But a brave Chief Petty Officer has other ideas. He and an undercover agent attempt to stop them.
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Akira Terao, Kôichi Satô, Kiichi Nakai
Votes: 297
30. Maki (2018)
89 min | Drama
Story of displacement, power, and vulnerability told through the relationship between a hostess, the bartender she loves, and the boss who controls them. The story is set in the underworld of the New York City's Japanese Diaspora.
Director: Naghmeh Shirkhan | Stars: Mieko Harada, Julian Cihi, Naomi Sundberg, Gina Hiraizumi
Votes: 55
31. My Story Is Long (2019– )
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An unemployed guy who gets pushed into real life by his sister.
Stars: Mieko Harada, Yôsuke Sugino, Kaya Kiyohara, Tôma Ikuta
Votes: 233
32. Strawberry Road (1991)
117 min | Drama
Hisa Ishii and his brother Akira emigrate from Japan to the United States. They settle in rural California and start a strawberry farm, slowly integrating themselves into the life of the ... See full summary »
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Ken Matsudaira, Mako, Mariska Hargitay, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 76
33. Suite Dreams (2006)
136 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is ... See full summary »
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Kôichi Satô, Shingo Katori
Votes: 1,383
34. Village of Dreams (1996)
112 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Tells of the childhood of nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys' relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Mieko Harada, Keigo Matsuyama, Shogo Matsuyama, Kyôzô Nagatsuka
Votes: 429
35. Taiheiki (1991– )
45 min | Drama, History
Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Hidekazu Akai, Michiko Ameku, Yasuo Daichi
Votes: 28
36. Hatashiai (2015 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
An elderly samurai who spent his life as a heya-zumi (essentially a freeloader off his family) is given one last chance to redeem himself, namely by picking up his sword to protect his beloved grandniece from a cruel samurai.
Director: Shigemichi Sugita | Stars: Mieko Harada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Nanami Sakuraba, Kentarô Shindô
Votes: 35
37. Shinzanmono (2010– )
54 min | Drama
In the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo - a woman was murdered. Detective Kaga Kyoichiro, who just transferred to the Nihonbashi police precinct, is placed in charge of the murder case.... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Mieko Harada, Meisa Kuroki, Tomokazu Miura
Votes: 453
38. Dearest (2012)
110 min | Drama
A prison officer hands in his resignation after his wife's death, to drive to the port where she wants her ashes scattered at sea.
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Yûko Tanaka, Kôichi Satô, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Votes: 521
39. Seishun no satsujinsha (1976)
132 min | Crime, Drama
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.
Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa | Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Mieko Harada, Etsuko Ichihara, Ryôhei Uchida
Votes: 369
40. Semishigure (2005)
131 min | Drama, Romance
A young swordsman is forced into a tough situation. He must resolve a potential power struggle that involves his adolescent crush Fuku.
Director: Mitsuo Kurotsuchi | Stars: Somegorô Ichikawa, Yoshino Kimura, Kôji Imada, Ryo Fukawa
Votes: 311
41. Koi no mon (2004)
114 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.
Directors: Suzuki Matsuo, Hideaki Anno | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Wakana Sakai, Suzuki Matsuo, Kiyoshirô Imawano
Votes: 583
42. Hôjô Tokimune (2001)
Drama
Set during the Kamakura Shogunate in late-13th century Japan, this 49-episode series details the rise to power firstly of Hojo Tokiyori and then the succession of his young son Hojo ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Toshirô Yanagiba, Motoya Izumi, Atsuro Watabe, Kin'ya Kitaôji
Votes: 27
43. My Sons (1991)
121 min | Drama, Romance
Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college- educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase, Emi Wakui, Mieko Harada
Votes: 351
44. Love Is in the Green Wind (1974)
93 min | Drama
Junichi gradually falls in love with Yukiko during the summer holidays. Parents and teachers are not happy with how quickly their kids grow up.
Director: Miyoji Ieki | Stars: Yûsuke Satô, Mieko Harada, Kumi Mizuno, Shin Ezaki
Votes: 27
45. Nagareboshi (2010– )
Drama, Romance
Takenouchi plays an aquarium employee named Kengo, who seems ordinary at first glance but actually possesses a secret that he would sacrifice everything in order to protect. Meanwhile, Ueto... See full summary »
Stars: Yutaka Takenouchi, Aya Ueto, Shôta Matsuda, Kie Kitano
Votes: 117
46. Kita no kuni kara 2002 yuigon (2002 TV Movie)
Drama, Family
Director: Shigemichi Sugita | Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Nakajima, Keiko Takeshita
Votes: 27
47. Hinokio (2005)
111 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Satoru (Kanata Hongo), a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world after his mother dies. His father designs a remote-controlled robot to go to school ... See full summary »
Director: Takahiko Akiyama | Stars: Masatoshi Nakamura, Kanata Hongô, Mikako Tabe, Maki Horikita
Votes: 629
48. Off-Balance (2000)
95 min | Drama
Director: Shin Togashi | Stars: Megumi Hatachiya, Fumiyo Kohinata, Yu Hatano, Shûji Kashiwabara
Votes: 32
49. A Samurai Chronicle (2014)
129 min | Drama, Mystery
A content samurai is given ten years to comprehensively chronicle his clan before he commits harakiri, or ritual disembowelment, for being caught in a tryst with one of the concubines of ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Jun'ichi Okada, Maki Horikita, Mieko Harada
Votes: 144
50. Begging for Love (1998)
135 min | Drama
A woman with an abusive childhood travels back to taiwan from japan with her daughter in order to find her father's missing ashes, confronting her past along the way, discovering many secrets that were hidden from her throughout her life.
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Mieko Harada, Maho Nonami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Mami Kumagai
Votes: 155