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1. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda
Votes: 13,881 | Gross: $0.44M
2. Kingdom 3 (2023)
129 min | Action, History, War
It follows Li Xin and Wang Qi as they stand on the battlefield for the first time to fight off an invasion by Zhao, and it also follows Ying Zheng's unknown past.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto, Ken Aoki
Votes: 1,159
3. The Fable (2019)
123 min | Action, Comedy
Trained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman is ordered to become a normal law-abiding citizen.
Director: Kan Eguchi | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Mizuki Yamamoto, Sôta Fukushi
Votes: 2,843
4. Kingdom 4 (2024)
Action, Drama, History
While Qin continues to fight for the unification of the region, its neighboring country invades Qin from the north.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Yûko Araki, Kanna Hashimoto, Yusuke Hirayama, Jun Kaname
5. The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
133 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
The Fable/Akira Sato killed 5 men 4 years ago. He meets the girl injured back then in a wheelchair. She's staying with the 6th on his kill list canceled last moment. The 6th is now scamming/extorting people.
Director: Kan Eguchi | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Yurina Hirate, Masanobu Andô
Votes: 2,438
6. Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
R | 121 min | Action, Western
A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Hideaki Itô, Kôichi Satô, Quentin Tarantino, Yûsuke Iseya
Votes: 15,859 | Gross: $0.05M
7. Kingdom II: Harukanaru Daichi e (2022)
TV-14 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, History
It follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto, Nana Seino
Votes: 1,627
8. 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
9. Spiral (1998)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.
Director: Jôji Iida | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Miki Nakatani, Hinako Saeki, Shingo Tsurumi
Votes: 3,997
10. Fukushima 50 (2020)
TV-PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Riho Yoshioka, Takumi Saitô
Votes: 3,387
11. Love Hotel (1985)
88 min | Drama
In a fit of despair, Muraki decides to kill himself and a prostitute he has picked up. However, he loses his nerve and doesn't go through with it. Two years later he runs into her again.
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Noriko Hayami, Minori Terada, Kiriko Shimizu, Nobutaka Masutomi
Votes: 388
12. Infection (2004)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
INFECTION takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where a doctor's mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient.
Director: Masayuki Ochiai | Stars: Michiko Hada, Mari Hoshino, Tae Kimura, Yôko Maki
Votes: 5,769
13. A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)
121 min | Drama
When eighth grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo becomes enthralled with his sophisticated world.
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Kaho, Masaki Okada, Elisa Yanagi, Shôko Fujimura
Votes: 1,522
14. Sekai no Okiku (2023)
90 min | Drama
In 19th century Japan, a young lady develops an interest in a manure man.
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Haru Kuroki, Kan'ichirô Satô, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Renji Ishibashi
Votes: 129
15. Antarctica (1983)
G | 143 min | Adventure, Drama
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Masako Natsume
Votes: 1,770
16. Inugami (2001)
Unrated | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Akira, the young new schoolteacher in town falls for secretive Miki, an older woman who takes care of her family's urn that supposedly holds a forest wolf-spirit, inugami. People soon start disappearing and the town blames Akira.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Yûki Amami, Atsuro Watabe, Eugene Harada, Shiho Fujimura
Votes: 909
17. The Box Man (2024)
120 min | Drama
A nameless man gives up his identity to live with a large cardboard box over his head, to meet a range of characters as he wanders in Tokyo.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Masatoshi Nagase, Kôichi Satô, Ayana Shiramoto
Votes: 52
18. Kamui Gaiden (2009)
Unrated | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventurous story of a fugitive ninja.
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Koyuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kôichi Satô
Votes: 1,116
19. The Last Ronin (2010)
R | 133 min | Drama
An army of loyal samurai plot to revenge their unjustly executed lord.
Director: Shigemichi Sugita | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Kôichi Satô, Nanami Sakuraba, Kôji Yamamoto
Votes: 411
20. When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, History
A samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Kôichi Satô, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata
Votes: 5,370
21. The Five (1995)
Unrated | 109 min | Action, Drama, Crime
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.
Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Masahiro Motoki, Jinpachi Nezu, Kippei Shîna
Votes: 2,650
22. Família (2023)
121 min | Drama
A moving story depicting people trying to create a "family" overcoming differences in circumstances.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Ryô Yoshizawa, Lucas Sagae, Fadile Waked
Votes: 92
23. Crest of Betrayal (1994)
106 min | Action, Drama, Horror
When Tamiya Iyemon joins the Asano Clan, he brings with him a legacy of death. Aside from Horibe Yasubei, he is the only one with fighting experience and could help the group carrying out their long-awaited vendetta against Lord Kira.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Saki Takaoka, Keiko Oginome, Renji Ishibashi
Votes: 281
24. Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari (1985)
102 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Returning from the Delta War, Mike Davis is left traumatized and adrift in life. Leaving his home town, he eventually winds up in Lake City and takes a quiet job in the local library. There... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Kimura | Stars: Takeshi Aono, Kai Atô, Yumiko Fujita, Tako Hachirô
Votes: 180
25. Heaven's Story (2010)
Not Rated | 278 min | Drama
(Japanese with English subtitles) Part revenge story, part existential meditation, Heaven's Story is 100% modern epic, gracefully threading together multiple suburban tales of lost souls seeking retribution and redemption.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Noriko Eguchi, Akira Emoto, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Kanji Furutachi
Votes: 159
26. Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
108 min | Drama
Follow the stories of ordinary individuals with a lot on their plates. As they pore over their worries, Master serves up homely delights and timely life advice. And as other customers begin to console one another, a family is born.
Director: Joji Matsuoka | Stars: Tamae Andô, Toshiki Ayata, Mansaku Fuwa, Kaoru Hirata
Votes: 1,116
27. Shinsengumi! (2004– )
45 min | Drama, History, War
Japan, July 1853. Scores of people lined the beaches at Uraga Harbor near the Shogunate Capitol of Edo. They came to get a glimpse of the American Fleet of Commodore Perry's infamous Black ... See full summary »
Stars: Kôji Yamamoto, Shingo Katori, Takayuki Takuma, Kôen Okumura
Votes: 157
28. KT (2002)
138 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In 1973, while exiled in Japan, South Korea's Kim Dae-Jung is kidnapped. Five days later he mysteriously reappears in Seoul. He will go on to become president of a democratic South Korea ... See full summary »
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Kim Byeong-se, Akira Emoto, Kyôko Enami, Yang Eun-yong
Votes: 207
29. Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (2016– )
45 min | Crime, Mystery
A Japanese remake of the American television series Cold Case, featuring a young detective and her team who investigate cases which have been buried and ignored for years in an attempt to solve them.
Stars: Yoh Yoshida, Kento Nagayama, Tomokazu Miura, Ken'ichi Takitô
Votes: 113
30. 64: Part I (2016)
121 min | Mystery
1989 is 64 Shouwa year in Japanese calendar, thus unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in Prefectural Police Department.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Gô Ayano, Nana Eikura, Eita Nagayama
Votes: 398
31. Lovers Lost (1982)
123 min | Drama, Romance
A love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kôichi Satô
Votes: 173
32. The Floating Castle (2012)
144 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the year 1590, powerful daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi nears his plan to unify all of Japan, but he comes across a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika must use his army to defend the castle.
Directors: Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudô | Stars: Takehiro Hira, Takayuki Yamada, Hiroki Narimiya, Mana Ashida
Votes: 614
33. Haru ni Chiru (2023)
133 min | Drama, Sport
For the first time in decades Jinichi returns to Japan. There, by chance, he encounters Shogo, a young boxer whose heart's been broken after an unfair call cost him a match. The two pair up, aiming to fight at the World Championship.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Ryôta Bandô, Kanna Hashimoto, Tsurutarô Kataoka
Votes: 39
34. 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
35. Samurai Resurrection (2003)
106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
37,000 Peasants perished in the Shimbara Revolt: among them, the leader of that uprising, Shiro Amakusa. Amakusa is resurrected from hell bent on revenging the death of his fellow comrades ... See full summary »
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kumiko Asô, Tetta Sugimoto, Tomoka Kurotani
Votes: 445
36. Desu pawuda (1986)
63 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
Two people, a man and a woman enters a warehouse that will change their life and minds forever.
Director: Shigeru Izumiya | Stars: Shigeru Izumiya, Takichi Inukai, Rikako Murakami, Mari Natsuki
Votes: 366
37. Kamakuradono no 13-nin (2022)
Drama, History
A story of Hojo Yoshitoki, and 12 other lords who supported Minamoto no Yoritomo as he became the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate.
Stars: Shun Oguri, Eiko Koike, Kôji Yamamoto, Yô Ôizumi
Votes: 78
38. VS Arashi (2008–2020)
31 min | Game-Show
In this highly physical game and variety show, Japanese pop idols Arashi pit their wits, strength and courage against a different team of entertainers or sportspeople every week.
Stars: Arashi, Shô Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya
Votes: 85
39. The Sun Does Not Move (2021)
110 min | Sci-Fi
Mr. Takano and Mr. Taoka are spies and work for an industrial espionage organization going by the name An Tsushin. Their current mission is obtainment of sensitive and cutting edge ... See full summary »
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ryoma Takeuchi, Han Hyo-joo, Byun Yo-han
Votes: 133
40. Daimyo-Tousan (2023)
121 min | History
A commoner inherits lordship of debt-ridden Tanjousan Bun. Officials inform him of new role and substantial debts. He learns he is son of retired Daimyo when position becomes vacant.
Director: Tetsu Maeda | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shinsuke Kato, Fumiyo Kohinata
Votes: 38
41. Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2020)
113 min | Drama
Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the... See full summary »
Director: Daihachi Yoshida | Stars: Lily Franky, Elaiza Ikeda, Yoshino Kimura, Satomi Kobayashi
Votes: 293
42. Shadow of China (1989)
PG-13 | 131 min | Drama
A Chinese political refugee tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism. His past comes back to haunt him.
Director: Mitsuo Yanagimachi | Stars: John Lone, Kôichi Satô, Sammi Davis, Vivian Wu
Votes: 169
43. The Magic Hour (2008)
136 min | Comedy
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman -- an assassin the hustler has ... See full summary »
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Eri Fukatsu, Haruka Ayase
Votes: 1,743
44. The Human Trust (2013)
140 min | Drama, Thriller
Yuichi Mafune is known as a finance broker, but he's actually a conman. One day, two men show up in front of Yuichi. One man is "M" and the other is his underling Yuki Seki. They ask Yuichi... See full summary »
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Shingo Katori, Mirai Moriyama, Alisa Mizuki
Votes: 131
45. Hit Me Anyone One More Time! (2019)
127 min | Comedy, Drama
Keisuke Kuroda (Kiichi Nakai) wakes up in a hospital bed and he is unable to remember who he is. He sneaks out of the hospital and happens to see the news on TV.
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Dean Fujioka, Yuriko Ishida, Masao Kusakari
Votes: 620
46. Murder on the Orient Express (2015– )
280 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Japanese adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".
Stars: Mansai Nomura, Nanako Matsushima, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Kazunari Ninomiya
Votes: 199
47. Kita no hotaru (1984)
125 min | Drama
During the Meiji era, a brutal prison warden terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Kôichi Satô, Ai Saotome
Votes: 124
48. 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
49. Battle Anthem (1983)
131 min | Drama, War
The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tadashi Yokouchi, Hiroyuki Okita, Junko Mihara
Votes: 82
50. Gyoei no mure (1983)
140 min | Drama
A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend's father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the older man to teach him the secrets of his dangerous trade.
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Ken Ogata, Masako Natsume, Kôichi Satô, Yukiyo Toake
Votes: 169