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51. The Memories of Happiness (2017 TV Movie)
Drama
Taro's business failed and he got divorced. He also left his family's home. 5 years later, his oldest daughter Natsumi, second daughter Yuka and ex-wife Junko still live in the same house ... See full summary »
Director: Hajime Takezono | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Yumi Asô, Keiko Kitagawa, Fumi Nikaidô
Votes: 49
52. Sanga moyu (1984)
Drama, History
NHK Japan Taiga drama about Japanese Americans in LA during WWII. Taiga dramas are year long and broadcast Sunday evenings.
Stars: Kôshirô Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Nishida, Kenji Sawada, Reiko Ôhara
Votes: 18
53. Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
202 min | Drama
A drama based on the 1985 plane crash that caused 520 deaths, the worst aviation event in Japanese history.
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Shun Sugata, Tae Kimura, Tomokazu Miura
Votes: 252
54. Hanzo, the Razor (1993 TV Movie)
93 min | Action, Drama, History
During Tenpo period, Bakuhu announced a law regulating expenditures in order to improve the financial situation. However, Doshin of a government office Itami Hanzo, called Kamisori Hanzo, ... See full summary »
Director: Akira Inoue | Stars: Keiko Oginome, Masahiko Tsugawa, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 7
55. Godzilla: Force of Nature (2014 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Josh Oreck | Stars: Gareth Edwards, Bryan Cranston, Thomas Tull, Owen Paterson
Votes: 28
56. Space Travelers (2000)
125 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
What happens when ambitious robbery - to clear out a futuristic bank outside Tokyo in 5 minutes - gone wrong.
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eri Fukatsu, Masanobu Andô, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Votes: 523
57. Kizuna (1998)
123 min | Crime, Drama
Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a ... See full summary »
Director: Kichitarô Negishi | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe, Yumi Asô, Yôsuke Saitô
Votes: 63
58. 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: 26
59. Gonenme no hitori (2016 TV Movie)
108 min | Drama
Junior high school student Matusnaga Ami is on her way home from a cultural festival when she is stopped by a middle-aged male stranger at an overhead bridge. The man says he saw her dance ... See full summary »
Director: Tonkô Horikawa | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Etsuko Ichihara, Katsumi Takahashi, Toshirô Yanagiba
Votes: 18
60. Live Earth (2007 TV Special)
1,320 min | Documentary, Music
Rock and pop superstars perform live to raise awareness of environmental issues.
Directors: Chel White, Bruce Gowers, Nick Levitt, Michael Dempsey, Paul Flattery, Bob McKinnon | Stars: AFI, Akon, Ayaka, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 206
61. Takeda Shingen (1990– )
Drama
During the 16th Century Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of Civil Wars and the powerful Warlords who fought them. One of the earliest and strongest of these men was the ... See full summary »
Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Mao Daichi, Shohei Hino, Kimiko Ikegami
Votes: 49
62. It's Okay to Laugh! (1982–2014)
Comedy, Game-Show, Talk-Show
Morita Kazuyoshi Hour: Waratte Iitomo. (Morita Kazuyoshi Hour: It's Okay to Laugh!) was a Japanese variety show aired every weekday on Fuji TV. The show was hosted by Tamori (Kazuyoshi ... See full summary »
Stars: Tamori, Yuki Nozawa, Yûma Sanada, Adeyto
Votes: 147
63. Kita no zeronen (2005)
170 min | Drama
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the... See full summary »
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Ken Watanabe, Etsushi Toyokawa, Toshirô Yanagiba
Votes: 173
64. Makete, katsu: Sengo wo tsukutta otoko Yoshida Shigeru (2012– )
73 min | Biography
Yoshida Shigeru was a proud, stubborn man who stuck to his own principles even when tossed into jail during wartime. He also held his own against General MacArthur, the supreme commander of... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Steinebach, Eric Bossick, Cynthia Cheston, Yoshiki Arizono
Votes: 34
66. Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima' (2007 Video)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Steven Spielberg, Paul Haggis
Votes: 34
67. Moonlight in Tokyo (2005)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
"Swan Lake," "The Ugly Duckling," magical realism, and two Chinese men in Tokyo. Jun is mildly mentally disabled, in his late 20s, living with his siblings after his mother has died. ... See full summary »
Directors: Felix Chong, Alan Mak | Stars: Leon Lai, Chapman To, Kuei-Mei Yang, Michelle Ye
Votes: 208
68. Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012)
136 min | Drama
Based on the true story of the Hayabusa asteroid probe, which collected samples from the asteroid Itokawa in the world's first-ever sample return after landing on a solid-surfaced celestial body outside Earth's gravisphere.
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Yôsuke Eguchi, Yui Natsukawa, Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Votes: 82
69. The Fugitive (2020 TV Movie)
Crime
Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yui Natsukawa, Izumi Inamori
70. Bokura no jidai (2007– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Shun Oguri, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Sawako Agawa
Votes: 25
71. Bakumatsu jyunjyoden (1991)
105 min | Romance
In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto. Very few knew that Souji was not a boy, but a ... See full summary »
Director: Mitsuyuki Yakushiji | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Riho Makise, Tetta Sugimoto, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 29
72. Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)
108 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Ken Watanabe, Naoto Ogata, Kyôko Maya
Votes: 97
73. The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015 TV Special)
Documentary
Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Jason Alexander, Annaleigh Ashford
Votes: 53
74. Mezamashi TV (1994– )
News
Stars: Shin'ichi Karube, Yôko Shôno, Masaharu Miyake, Yuki Yamasaki
Votes: 115
75. 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004 TV Special)
Talk-Show
Special awards ceremony.
Director: Ron de Moraes | Stars: Brooke Adams, Lauren Ambrose, Ashley L. Anderson, Sean Astin
Votes: 94
76. Abroad in Japan (2012– )
Documentary, Comedy, Talk-Show
A sarcastic British man documents his weird and wacky exploits as he travels and discovers everything Japan has to offer.
Stars: Chris Broad, Natsuki Aso, Aki, Asami
Votes: 128
77. Silver Jack (2014 TV Movie)
Drama
A ski resort is held to ransom, for some reason this cannot be reported to the police. The key to it all is in the forbidden slopes which were stained with blood the previous year.
Director: Meiji Fujita | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Ryôko Hirosue
Votes: 31
78. Chushingura 1/47 (2001 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, History
During Japan's feudal period, a noble lord was treacherously killed by a rival. His 47 samurai retainers took their revenge on their master's killer after scattering into society for ... See full summary »
Director: Shunsaku Kawake | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Kôichi Satô, Eri Fukatsu, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
Votes: 69
79. Hoshi hitotsu no yoru (2007 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
The story unfolds as Nonoyama, a loner staff of a janitorial services, finds a coat with 470,000 yen in a concert hall. He eventually finds the owner of the coat and they become friends. As... See full summary »
Stars: Miyoko Akaza, Saki Fukuda, Hisashi Igawa, Ayumi Ishida
Votes: 25
80. Making of 'Tampopo' (1986 Video)
87 min | Documentary
Director: Toshirô Uratani | Stars: Toshiya Fujita, Isao Hashizume, Seigo Hosogoe, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 29
81. Janela Indiscreta (2010– )
30 min | News
A portuguese show where Mario Augusto presents the new films of the week and interviews actors, actresses and directors.
Stars: Mário Augusto, Paulo Branco, Nicolau Breyner, Afonso Pimentel
Votes: 231
82. Kekkon annai misuterî (1985)
91 min | Mystery
Director: Yoshikuni Matsunaga | Stars: Noriko Watanabe, Ken Watanabe, Aiko Nagayama, Bengal
Votes: 36
83. Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera - (2011 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
The drama is set in Shinjuku's Kabukicho district and is inspired by Gen Hidemori, who runs the Japan Social Minority Centre, an NPO rescue center in Kabukicho that has served more than 10,000 people in trouble in its 9 years of operation.
Director: Kan Ishibashi | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Hiromi Nagasaku, Kaho Minami, Jun Fubuki
Votes: 11
84. Fathers (2014– )
54 min | Drama
A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.
Stars: Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Machiko Ono, Maki Horikita
Votes: 23
85. Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi (1992 TV Movie)
119 min | Action
In the 16th Year of Keityo (1611), the lord of Ogura Castle in Kyushu admitted Sasaki Kojiro's because of his great sword techniques. However, a group within the feudal clan which supported... See full summary »
Director: Yuji Murakami | Stars: Takaaki Enoki, Ken Watanabe
86. Half Kenneth (2009)
22 min | Short, Drama
Kenneth Handa, a 12 year old bi-racial boy, has been imprisoned for three years at the Manzanar Relocation Center -- a World War II concentration camp for Japanese Americans. After his ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Ochiai | Stars: Avery Dennis, Hunter Dennis, Chris Tashima, Sab Shimono
Votes: 391
87. Drowning Fish (2001)
101 min | Thriller
When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate "Oboreru Sakana". The "big guns" are a misfit... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Yukie Nakama, Nobuyuki Katsube
Votes: 79
88. The 51st Annual NHK kôhaku uta gassen (2000 TV Special)
250 min | Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Aiko, Namie Amuro, Atsuko Asano, Kazuki Enari
89. Izakaya Chôji (1992 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: Haruhiko Mimura | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Junko Sakurada, Jun Miho, Kenzô Kaneko
90. Suna no utsuwa (2004– )
Mystery
Eiryo Waga(Nakai Masahiro) is a famous pianist hiding a dark past. A man from Waga's childhood appears before him after one of his performances and to prevent his secrets from being ... See full summary »
Stars: Masahiro Nakai, Ken Watanabe, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Hiroo Ôtaka
Votes: 53
91. The Whispered City (2000)
105 min
Director: Jun Ichikawa | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Tomoko Kitakawa, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Sadao Abe
Votes: 34
92. T.R.Y. (2003)
104 min | Action, Comedy
At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He steals arms from the Japanese military and sells them to the rich Chinese.
Director: Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Yûji Oda, Hitomi Kuroki, Ken Watanabe, Bing Shao
Votes: 81
93. Tom Cruise: A Warrior's Journey (2004 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary for Tom Cruise's film, The Last Samurai (2003).
Stars: Tom Cruise, Edward Zwick, Paula Wagner, Marshall Herskovitz
94. Unite for Japan (2011)
Short
Celebrities join there voices to spread the word about the 2007 devastation of Japan. There hope is to inspire people to support and donate.
Director: Satch Watanabe | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Jamie Lee Curtis, Apolo Ohno, Paula Abdul
Votes: 41
95. Kochira Daisanshiyakaibu (2001– )
Drama
Because of an incident three years ago, Jiro Shimizu was transferred from the Social Affairs Department of a major Japanese newspaper company to its subsidiary's advertising department and ... See full summary »
Stars: Ken Watanabe, Yumi Asô, Masato Hagiwara, Keiko Toda
97. Hei no naka no chûgakkô (2010 TV Movie)
Drama
"Hei no Naka no Chuugakou" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture - the only public school in ... See full summary »
Director: Makoto Kiyohiro | Stars: Seiji Chihara, Isao Hashizume, Takuzô Kadono, Akio Kaneda
Votes: 28
98. Mibu gishi den: Shinsengumi de ichiban tsuyokatta otoko (2002 TV Movie)
498 min | Drama, War
The story of a man who was feared by Isami Kondo, respected by Toshizo Hijikata, admired by Soji Okita, and loved by everyone.
Director: Shingo Matsubara | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Naoto Takenaka, Reiko Takashima, Takashi Naitô
99. Shikakenin Fujieda Baian (1990– )
Drama
"Shikakenin", they have a double life and live inconspicuously in Edo. Baian Fujieda is an acupuncturist. Hikojirou is craftsman who makes toothpicks. They believe that fixer said "Kill the... See full summary »
Star: Ken Watanabe
Votes: 17