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1. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa
Votes: 451,771 | Gross: $4.71M
2. Weathering with You (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu
Votes: 56,148 | Gross: $7.80M
3. Plan 75 (2022)
113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
Director: Chie Hayakawa | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne, Taka Takao
Votes: 2,238
4. The Hidden Blade (2004)
R | 132 min | Drama, History, Romance
A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Votes: 7,212 | Gross: $0.04M
5. Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
TV-PG | 137 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A teenage boy must fight in an interplanetary war as the only available pilot to a revolutionary new giant battle robot.
Directors: Ryôji Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Eikichi Kojika, Shin'ya Sadamitsu | Stars: Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Shôzô Îzuka, Toshio Furukawa
Votes: 2,267
6. The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981)
Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When Unico, a young unicorn, is taken from his family by evil gods, his powers of joy and happiness are put to the test. Can Unico's power triumph the darkness?
Directors: Toshio Hirata, Osamu Tezuka | Stars: Katsue Miwa, Ryouko Kitamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama, Junko Hori
Votes: 904
7. Unico in the Island of Magic (1983)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young unicorn named Unico must fight an evil magician and save everyone who's trapped under his spell.
Director: Moribi Murano | Stars: Katsue Miwa, Iruka, Chieko Baishô, Sumi Shimamoto
Votes: 594
8. Minagoroshi no reika (1968)
90 min | Drama
Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a young man who committed suicide under murky circumstances.
Director: Tai Katô | Stars: Makoto Satô, Chieko Baishô, Sanae Nakahara, Ranfan Ou
Votes: 300
9. The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Kaori Momoi, Tetsuya Takeda
Votes: 1,301
10. The Little House (2014)
136 min | Drama, Romance
A woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Takako Matsu, Haru Kuroki, Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 1,456
11. A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
95 min | Drama
A mysterious stranger appears at door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tetsuya Takeda
Votes: 682
12. Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969)
91 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
Tora-San, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Sachiko Mitsumoto, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 573
13. Tora-san Goes North (1987)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
Tora-san, the näive and romantic peddler, returns once more to his home in Hokkaido where, as usual, he falls in love with a lovely young lady. The girl this time is Rinko Ueno, who has ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Takeshita, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 135
14. Ken Shimura's Idiot Feudal Lord (1986–2020)
120 min | Comedy
Stars: Yukina Sugihara, Ken Shimura, Takeshi Kitano, Chieko Baishô
Votes: 16
15. Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)
PG | 99 min | Animation, Adventure
The story of Leo, the lion emperor and his family, and their struggles to protect the jungle from intruders bent on recklessly mining the a precious stone.
Director: Yoshio Takeuchi | Stars: Masane Tsukayama, Chieko Baishô, Tomoko Ishimura, Hekiru Shiina
Votes: 532
16. Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mayumi Tanaka, Chieko Baishô, Mirai Shida
Votes: 1,519 | Gross: $0.01M
17. 461 Days of Bento (2020)
119 min | Drama
Kazuki Suzumoto is divorced and he lives with his 15-year-old son Kouki. The father and son make a promise to each other. Kazuki promises that he will make a lunch box everyday for Kouki, who promises that he will never skip school.
Director: Atsushi Kaneshige | Stars: Yoshihiko Inohara, Shunsuke Michieda, Nana Mori, Jiei Wakabayashi
Votes: 101
18. Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
132 min | Action, Drama
A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Shingo Katori, Takashi Sorimachi, Satomi Ishihara, Chieko Baishô
Votes: 396
19. Station (1981)
132 min | Drama
Constantly put to the test and faced with tragedy wherever he turns, can a man finally find solace and a modicum of love or rest with what is left of his hometown, his family, love or himself?
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Ayumi Ishida, Setsuko Karasuma
Votes: 284
20. Suzuran (1999)
15 min | Drama
Beginning in 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just beginning. In the waiting room of Asumoe Station, a small country station, a ... See full summary »
Stars: Kiichiro Kawauchi, Shun'ichi Ban, Chieko Baishô, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 28
21. Honokaa bôi (2009)
111 min | Drama, Romance
Leo who is in college and his girlfriend travel to Hawaii, but end up going their separate ways. Leo returns to the island and begins working with, among others, a number of ... See full summary »
Director: Atsushi Sanada | Stars: Yû Aoi, Chieko Baishô, Eri Fukatsu, Jun Hasegawa
Votes: 277
22. Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of a ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori, Chieko Baishô
Votes: 191
23. Tora-san, Welcome Back! (2019)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
The 50th film in Tora-san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san's nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Gin Maeda
Votes: 302
24. Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
106 min | Drama
A poor family of miners from Kyushu uproot themselves and make the long journey to what they hope is a better life in Hokkaido. Their journey is beset with hardship and tragedy.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Hisashi Igawa, Chishû Ryû, Gin Maeda
Votes: 287
25. Arc (2021)
127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Based on a short story by Ken Liu, Arc is a story about a woman, Rina (Kyoko Yoshine), who has obtained immortality but struggles to find her place in the world and instead finds it crumbling.
Director: Kei Ishikawa | Stars: Kyôko Yoshine, Shinobu Terajima, Masaki Okada, Jun Fubuki
Votes: 64
26. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori (1986)
103 min | Comedy
During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and his family help the friend's daughter, who... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Etsuko Shihomi, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 74
27. Kiri no hata (1965)
111 min | Crime, Drama
Kiriko attempts to hire a well-known lawyer to defend her brother's murder case. The lawyer turns Kiriko down as she cannot afford him. Some time later, Kiriko encounters the lawyer again, but this time it is he who needs her help.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Osamu Takizawa, Michiyo Aratama, Yûsuke Kawazu
Votes: 175
28. Tora-san's Island Encounter (1985)
105 min | Comedy
Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work. Tora-san follows her to ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô, Chieko Misaki
Votes: 80
29. Tora-san's Rise and Fall (1975)
90 min | Comedy
Traveling through Hokkaido with a disgruntled salaryman seeking a lost love (Eiji Funakoshi), Tora-san runs into Lily, who has gotten divorced since they last saw each other in Tora-san's ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô, Gin Maeda
Votes: 131
30. Home from the Sea (1972)
96 min | Drama
On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the deepest affection for this piece of land ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Hisashi Igawa, Chieko Baishô, Chishû Ryû, Gin Maeda
Votes: 321
31. Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
101 min | Comedy
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san's dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy's mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Midori Satsuki
Votes: 80
32. Only the Cat Knows (2019)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Masaru and Yukiko have been married 44 years. They have three children who live independently from them. Masaru and Yukiko enjoy their peaceful days, but, one day, Yukiko tells her daughter Naoko that she wants to divorce Masaru.
Director: Shôtarô Kobayashi | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuma Hamada, Yuriko Hoshi
Votes: 101
33. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen (1997)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying at budget hotels, his thoughts turn to Tora-san.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 36
34. Tokyo Newcomer (2012)
100 min | Drama
The experiences of a young Chinese go champion living in Japan.
Director: Qinmin Jiang | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Janine Chun-Ning Chang, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Tôru Kazama
Votes: 88
35. Tora-san's Love Call (1971)
113 min | Comedy
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Shin Morikawa, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 129
36. Shimura Ken no daijoubudaâ (1987–1993)
54 min | Comedy
Stars: Ken Shimura, Shôko Aida, Noriko Aota, Miyoko Asada
Votes: 9
37. Tora-san's Heart of Gold (1976)
103 min | Comedy
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother, who has a terminal illness.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Fumi Dan, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 88
38. Tora-san's Shattered Romance (1971)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Ayako Wakao, Chieko Baishô, Gin Maeda
Votes: 157
39. Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978)
104 min | Comedy
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô, Chieko Misaki
Votes: 89
40. Tora-san, the Intellectual (1975)
100 min | Comedy
Tora-san returns to his family's shop in Shibamata, Tokyo to find himself accused of being the father of a 17-year-old girl. It turns out that Tora-san had only given help to the girl's ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô, Chieko Misaki
Votes: 96
41. Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)
104 min | Comedy, Romance
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Herb Edelman, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 99
42. Tora-san Confesses (1991)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But Izumi unexpectedly meets Tora-san.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hideko Yoshida, Mari Natsuki
Votes: 77
43. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan (1989)
109 min | Comedy
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Fumi Dan, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 82
44. Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)
106 min | Comedy
Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi's sad, bar hostess mother for another woman, so together they decide to confront him in Oita. Meanwhile, Izumi's mother ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mari Natsuki, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 86
45. The Village (1975)
127 min | Drama
A quasi-docu-drama pertaining to the monumental process to bring a performance troupe to a small Japanese village to perform for one night.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Akira Terao, Atom Shimojô, Kiyoshi Atsumi
Votes: 105
46. Shunmao monogatari Taotao (1981)
90 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Directors: Shûichi Nakahara, Tatsuo Shimamura, Yôji Yamada | Stars: Shinobu Ôtake, Takao Yamada, Hisao Dazai, Fuyumi Shiraishi
Votes: 55
47. Aniki (1977– )
45 min | Drama
Stars: Ken Takakura, Reiko Ôhara, Chieko Baishô, Kumiko Akiyoshi
Votes: 7
48. The Yellow Handkerchief (2011 TV Movie)
TV-MA | Drama
Director: Hitoshi Iwamoto | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Maki Horikita, Gaku Hamada, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 38
49. Senba-zuru (1989)
96 min | Drama, War
April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts winning, she starts getting tired more easily... See full summary »
Director: Seijirô Kôyama | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Tamami Hirose, Mako Ishino, Kazuo Andô
Votes: 11
50. Keiji monogatari 2 - Ringo no uta (1983)
106 min | Drama
Director: Rokuro Sugimura | Stars: Tetsuya Takeda, Wakako Sakai, Yoshi Tamano, Midori Sono
Votes: 30