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1. Shin Godzilla (2016)

Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi | Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ôsugi

Votes: 37,124 | Gross: $1.92M

2. Shoplifters (2018)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka

Votes: 86,844 | Gross: $3.31M

3. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, Michiyo Yasuda

Votes: 51,614 | Gross: $0.85M

4. Maborosi (1995)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naitô, Tadanobu Asano, Gohki Kashiyama

Votes: 7,365

5. Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)

Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Godzilla is threatened by two new forces: Mogera - another UN built machine; and Space Godzilla - a beast spawned from Godzilla's particles in space.

Directors: Kenshô Yamashita, Takao Okawara, Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Jun Hashizume, Megumi Odaka, Zenkichi Yoneyama, Akira Nakao

Votes: 5,622

6. The Wandering Moon (2022)

150 min | Drama, Mystery

In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay ... See full summary »

Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Suzu Hirose, Tôri Matsuzaka, Ryûsei Yokohama, Mikako Tabe

Votes: 792

7. Rental Family (II)

Comedy, Drama | Filming

A lonely, down and out American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese "rental family" company to play various stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he discovers unexpected joys within his built-in family.

Director: Hikari | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Akira Emoto

8. Shall We Dance? (1996)

PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.

Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe

Votes: 11,753 | Gross: $9.68M

9. Egoist (2022)

120 min | Drama, Romance

When Kôsuke was 14 years old, his mother died. He spent his adolescence in a rural village and suppressed his feelings as a gay male. Now, Kôsuke (Ryohei Suzuki) has grown up and works as a... See full summary »

Director: Daishi Matsunaga | Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Hio Miyazawa, Yûko Nakamura, Iori Wada

Votes: 585

10. A Man (2022)

121 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.

Director: Kei Ishikawa | Stars: Sakura Andô, Masataka Kubota, Yôko Maki, Satoshi Tsumabuki

Votes: 1,469

11. Hard Days (2023)

118 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Detective Yuji Kudo drives his car to see his mother, who is hospitalized with a serious health condition. Yuji then accidentally hits a man with his car and that man dies. At the hospital, Yuji tries to cover up the death of the man.

Director: Michihito Fujii | Stars: Gô Ayano, Tim Dang, Akira Emoto, Ryôko Hirosue

Votes: 733

12. Tonight, at the Movies (2018)

109 min | Fantasy, Romance

An assistant director and film fan gets his wish come true when his favourite heroine, a princess from an old film, appears in the real world.

Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Akira Emoto, Tsubasa Honda

Votes: 1,212

13. John Rabe (2009)

134 min | Biography, Drama, History

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Director: Florian Gallenberger | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny

Votes: 6,747 | Gross: $0.07M

14. Kiraware Matsuko no isshô (2006)

130 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

When Matsuko is murdered, her nephew, Sho, gets to progressively unveil the many details of her mysterious past, discovering she wasn't just a forgotten outcast and had led an intriguing yet bizarre life.

Director: Tetsuya Nakashima | Stars: Miki Nakatani, Eita Nagayama, Yûsuke Iseya, Mikako Ichikawa

Votes: 8,769

15. Unforgiven (2013)

R | 135 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Japanese-Korean filmmaker Sang-il Lee (Villain) has decided to reinterpret Eastwood's Oscar®-winning Unforgiven as a Japanese period film.

Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Shioli Kutsuna, Ken Watanabe, Jun Kunimura, Yûya Yagira

Votes: 2,803

16. September 11 (2002)

Unrated | 134 min | Drama

The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.

Directors: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shôhei Imamura, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic | Stars: Maryam Karimi, Mohamad Dolati, Agelem Habibi, Esmat Vahedi

Votes: 5,934

17. The Eel (1997)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.

Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô, Akira Emoto

Votes: 6,415 | Gross: $0.41M

18. Private Lessons II (1993)

Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An insecure young Asian man, played by Japanese pop star Goro Inagaki, meets an interesting sensual European woman who teaches him the secrets of love and life.

Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Gorô Inagaki, Joanna Pacula, Masahiro Nakai, Akira Emoto

Votes: 135

19. Survival Family (2016)

117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

After a sudden worldwide power cut, a Tokyo family are caught up in the chaos as millions traverse the country in search of electricity.

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, Wakana Aoi

Votes: 3,027

20. The Great Yokai War (2005)

PG-13 | 124 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A young boy is chosen as the defender of good and must team up with Japan's ancient spirits and creatures of lore to attempt to destroy the forces of evil.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, Bunta Sugawara

Votes: 2,672

21. Journey to the Shore (2015)

Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Mizuki's husband Yusuke drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu, Mika Muraoka

Votes: 1,962

22. Do Unto Others (2023)

114 min | Drama

A community is shocked when the bodies of an elderly man and the manager of a home-visit nursing centre are found. The passing of 42 elderly patients is connected to Shiba, a caretaker recognised for his affection and dedication.

Director: Tetsu Maeda | Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Masami Nagasawa, Oji Suzuka, Akira Emoto

Votes: 244

23. Ace Attorney (2012)

135 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Following the murder of his mentor, rookie Defense Attorney Phoenix Wright must find the truth behind not only her death, but that of an unsolved case from 15 years prior.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Hiroki Narimiya, Takumi Saitô, Mirei Kiritani, Akiyoshi Nakao

Votes: 3,062

24. Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

160 min | Drama

Endo Reiko visits the city of Nagaoka and listens to a motley cast's stories. She learns about the fireworks in the city and its history, how war ravaged and changed the city and the ... See full summary »

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Akira Emoto, Masayuki Yui, Misako Renbutsu

Votes: 295

25. September 1923 (2023)

137 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A incident happened on 1923 on the Great Kanto earthquake

Director: Tatsuya Mori | Stars: Koshi Misaki, Yuka Kouri, Akira Emoto, Suidôbashi Hakase

Votes: 104

26. Lu Over the Wall (2017)

PG | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.

Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Kanon Tani, Shôta Shimoda, Minako Kotobuki, Sôma Saitô

Votes: 2,702 | Gross: $0.11M

27. Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021)

148 min | Action, Drama, History

Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.

Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Kô Shibasaki, Ryohei Suzuki, Ryôsuke Yamada

Votes: 278

28. Ichi (2008)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.

Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Shidô Nakamura, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Takao Osawa

Votes: 3,982

29. Rage (2016)

142 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.

Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Mirai Moriyama, Aoi Miyazaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki

Votes: 3,414

30. Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)

131 min | Action, Romance

A teenage delinquent schoolgirl named Izumi Hoshi inherits her father's Yakuza clan.

Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tsunehiko Watase, Rentarô Mikuni, Yuki Kazamatsuri

Votes: 911

31. Hanzawa Naoki (2013– )

54 min | Drama, News

An idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his corporate bank. He must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and his skills of improvisation to try to stay one step ahead of his powerful enemies.

Stars: Masato Sakai, Aya Ueto, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Teruyuki Kagawa

Votes: 2,472

32. 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

33. Umami (2022)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.

Director: Slony Sow | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Pierre Richard, Rod Paradot

Votes: 639

34. Submersion of Japan (1973)

PG | 143 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

The shorted re-edited American version of Submersion of Japan, in which Japan slowly sinks into the sea as the US and Japan work together to stop it.

Directors: Shirô Moritani, Andrew Mayer | Stars: Lorne Greene, Keiju Kobayashi, Rhonda Hopkins, Hiroshi Fujioka

Votes: 530

35. Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master (2001)

R | 112 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

When samurai Hiromasa comes to Seimei, Kyoto's court Onmyoji (a fortune teller in commune with the spirits), to warn of a plot against the government, the two discover that the court's formidable magician, Doson, is indeed planning a coup.

Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Itô, Hiroyuki Sanada, Eriko Imai

Votes: 1,556

36. It Feels So Good (2019)

115 min | Drama, Romance

Kenji returns to Akita to attend his old squeeze's wedding and Naoko proposes they have sex again, marking a new beginning.

Director: Haruhiko Arai | Stars: Tasuku Emoto, Kumi Takiuchi, Akira Emoto

Votes: 917

37. Rain Fall (2009)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.

Director: Max Mannix | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Gary Oldman, Kyoko Hasegawa, Misa Shimizu

Votes: 1,406

38. Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)

105 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Chronicling the turmoil and pandemonium that ensues at a derelict university sumo club, and the rise of some unlikely heroes.

Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka, Akira Emoto

Votes: 1,008

39. Wood Job! (2014)

116 min | Adventure, Comedy

After failing to get into university, a soft city boy randomly picks a job in forestry.

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Hideaki Itô, Masami Nagasawa, Shôta Sometani, Nana Seino

Votes: 3,804

40. Zebraman (2004)

115 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A down-and-out school teacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Kyôka Suzuki, Atsuro Watabe, Yui Ichikawa

Votes: 3,665

41. Sayonara, Maestro! (2024– )

54 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Since he was in his 20's, Shunpei Natsume (Hidetoshi Nishijima) was a world famous maestro and lived abroad, while working with renown orchestras. He was always passionate about music and ... See full summary »

Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Mana Ashida, Yûko Araki, Tetsuji Tamayama

Votes: 12

42. The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021)

118 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Brothers Dai and Kei are summoned by peace-loving spirits to stop an angry demon from destroying Tokyo. When they become separated, Kei?s mission is to save his brother and restore harmony between human and spirit worlds.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kokoro Terada, Hana Sugisaki, Rei Inomata, Nanako Matsushima

Votes: 136

43. The Key (1997)

95 min | Drama

Mr. Kenmochi is older and loss of sexual potency. He discovers that jealousy is the remedy, reviving his loss of sexual vigor. To do so, he forces his wife Ikuko to take an interest in young Kimura, his daughter Toshiko's fiancé.

Director: Toshiharu Ikeda | Stars: Naomi Kawashima, Akira Emoto, Mikio Ôsawa, Kenji Imai

Votes: 113

44. Beijing Watermelon (1989)

135 min | Drama

The film is based on true events. It centers around Shunzo, a popular greengrocer who lives in a city near Tokyo. His life, and that of his wife, Michi and their two children, undergoes a ... See full summary »

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Bengal, Masako Motai, Yasufumi Hayashi, Haruhiko Saitô

Votes: 160

45. Good Doctor (2018)

Drama

Shindo Minato is an autistic young male with savant syndrome, who has always struggled to communicate well with others but is gifted with an outstanding memory and exceptional spatial ... See full summary »

Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Juri Ueno, Akira Emoto, Naohito Fujiki

Votes: 318

46. Waterboys (2001)

91 min | Comedy, Sport

In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura, Kôen Kondô

Votes: 3,065

47. Watch Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (2022– )

TV-14 | 48 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Ryota Moriyama, a senior at Kyoritsu University, receives a job offer at a first-rate company but gets dumped by Saki Nishino. His professor tells him that he can graduate on the condition ... See full summary »

Stars: Shôno Hayama, Rikka Ihara, Miyuu Teshima, Atsushi Mori

Votes: 179

48. Natsu no niwa: The Friends (1994)

113 min | Comedy, Drama

A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a house surrounded by an overgrown garden. ... See full summary »

Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Naoki Sakata, Yasutaka Oh, Ken'ichi Makino

Votes: 182

49. Bedtime Eyes (1987)

118 min | Drama, Romance

Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between a second rate Japanese jazz singer and a black American GI on the margins of the law.

Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Kanako Higuchi, Michael Wright, Michiyo Yasuda, Eiji Okuda

Votes: 31

50. Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2022)

126 min | Comedy, Drama

Two estranged brothers inherit a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other a struggling architect as lucrative real estate for condos.

Director: Masayuki Suzuki | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Gaku Hamada, Kanna Hashimoto, Fumiyo Kohinata

Votes: 255