Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Ken'ichi Yajima

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: 36,788 | Gross: $1.92M

2. Fireworks (1997)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima

Votes: 33,243 | Gross: $0.23M

3. Sonatine (1993)

R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura

Votes: 23,321

4. The Great War of Archimedes (2019)

130 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

In 1933, a young naval officer and math prodigy uncovers a conspiracy regarding the construction of Japanese warships for the ongoing World War 2.

Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Masaki Suda, Jun Kunimura, Min Tanaka

Votes: 1,207

5. High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)

124 min | Action

The most brutal new gangs appear. These gangs are Doubt and Prison gang, and they try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD. They also go up against other gangs in the area and challenge White Rascals to fight.

Directors: Shigeaki Kubo, Tsuyoshi Nakakuki | Stars: Takanori Iwata, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Keita Machida, Kenjirô Yamashita

Votes: 586

6. MIU404 (2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A new detective in the Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department who does not trust other people works with an inexperienced detective and attempts to solve cases within 24 hours.

Stars: Gô Ayano, Koshi Mizukami, Philip Hersh, Kumiko Asô

Votes: 709

7. One Million Yen Girl (2008)

121 min | Drama

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

Director: Yuki Tanada | Stars: Yû Aoi, Mirai Moriyama, Pierre Taki, Terunosuke Takezai

Votes: 1,723

8. Gemini (1999)

84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A successful doctor, Yukio's picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his lover who is now Yukio's wife.

Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryô, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Masako Motai

Votes: 2,887

9. The Blood of Wolves II (2021)

139 min | Crime, Drama

Set several years after The Blood Of Wolves and Ogami Shogo's death in the Western city of Hiroshima, the detective's plan to surround and control the yakuza low-lives has been implemented ... See full summary »

Director: Kazuya Shiraishi | Stars: Shô Aoyagi, Miwako Kakei, Hiroto Kanai, Rino Katase

Votes: 816

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, Takumi Saitô, Riho Yoshioka

Votes: 3,379

11. Trillion Game (2023)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama

Two old friends go into business together - one's a master communicator, and the other's a great engineer. Their goal? To make a trillion dollars.

Stars: Jun Kunimura, Ren Meguro, Mio Imada, Hayato Sano

Votes: 385

12. The Blood of Wolves (2018)

R | 126 min | Crime, Drama

Hiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, ... See full summary »

Director: Kazuya Shiraishi | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Junko Abe, Yôsuke Eguchi, Gorô Ibuki

Votes: 1,653

13. 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: 1,555

14. 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

15. Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000–2023)

110 min | Drama

Detective Ukyo Sugishita and his partner solve cases by just the two of them as "Special Task Unit" of MPD where demoted people belong.

Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Atsushi Yamanishi, Kazuhisa Kawahara, Ryo Ono

Votes: 136

16. High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission (2017)

118 min | Action, Drama

In order to conceal past corruption by the government, the Kyuryu gang proceeds on a plan to destroy a street and build a casino. To stop the Kyuryu gang, members of the SWORD begin to move.

Directors: Shigeaki Kubo, Tsuyoshi Nakakuki | Stars: Ryôhei Abe, Akira, Shintarô Akiyama, Kôsei Amano

Votes: 792

17. Red Eyes (2021)

Kyosuke Fushimi is a former detective from Kanagawa Prefectural Police First Division who currently works as a special agent of KSBC (Kanagawa Prefectural Police Investigation and Analysis ... See full summary »

Stars: Hiro Shimono, Hokuto Matsumura, Shuri, Kazuya Kamenashi

Votes: 17

18. Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom (2019)

54 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

10 days away from graduation, homeroom teacher Hiiragi, stands in front of his students and tells them they have now become his hostages. He says that no one can leave unless someone can tell him the reason behind a past student's suicide.

Stars: Masaki Suda, Mei Nagano, Ryôta Katayose, Rina Kawaei

Votes: 1,540

19. Trick (2000– )

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Quirky professor Jiro Ueda and struggling magician Naoko Yamada investigate and unmask the fraudulent people who claim to have supernatural abilities.

Stars: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Katsuhisa Namase, Yôko Nogiwa

Votes: 552

20. Flying Colors (2015)

117 min | Comedy, Drama

Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.

Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Nanami Abe, Morio Agata, Atsushi Itô

Votes: 4,013

21. Our Textbook (2007– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery

Tamako, an elite lawyer with a promising future, works for a reputable law firm. She is recently given an opportunity to take a case involving a young child who has been bullied at a local ... See full summary »

Stars: Yôko Maki, Mirai Shida, Hiro Mizushima, Mitsuki Tanimura

Votes: 29

22. The Emperor in August (2015)

135 min | Drama, History

The War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.

Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi

Votes: 715

23. Summer Nude (2013– )

54 min | Drama, Romance

Asahi Mikuriya who works at a photo studio located near the sea dreamed of becoming a famous photographer, but now he works as a cameraman for weddings and school events. He was also in love with a woman, but she suddenly left him.

Stars: Tomohisa Yamashita, Karina, Erika Toda, Mizuki Yamamoto

Votes: 873

24. Sword of Desperation (2010)

114 min | Action, History

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, ... See full summary »

Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa, Tsumami Edamame

Votes: 853

25. Angel Flight (2023– )

Drama

A story about specialists who transport the deceased back home. The company Angel Hearse is run by Nami Izawa and Kashiwagi . A drama that portrays love between the deceased and the bereaved.

Stars: Ryôko Yonekura, Yûma Yamoto, Yu Shirota, Honoka Matsumoto

Votes: 59

26. Sen wa, boku wo ekaku (2022)

106 min | Drama

Sousuke Aoyama attends a university. His parents died in an accident and he is still unable to get pass his sadness over their deaths. While working his part-time job at an exhibition ... See full summary »

Director: Norihiro Koizumi | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Kanata Hosoda, Sora Inoue, Yumi Kawai

Votes: 138

27. How to Eliminate My Teacher (2020)

24 min | Mystery, Thriller

Teichi Gakuen is an advanced school in Tokyo with a high rate of students going on to the University of Tokyo. The 3rd year "D" group of students has an excellent academic record. However ... See full summary »

Stars: Yuki Yamada, Fumiya Takahashi, Marika Matsumoto, Kei Tanaka

Votes: 113

28. Akira and Akira (2022)

128 min | Drama

Akira Yamazaki and Akira Kaido are new employees at Industrial Central Bank. They are both outstanding at their jobs and fierce rivals, but they come from totally different backgrounds. ... See full summary »

Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Takeaki Abe, Yôsuke Eguchi, Kanji Ishimaru, Moka Kamishiraishi

Votes: 110

29. Fueled: The Man They Called 'Pirate' (2016)

145 min | Drama, History

The grand story of Japan's post-war reconstruction is based on the actual story of an oil company's president, namely Tetsuzo Kunioka, who believed in the power of oil, as opposed to coal, ... See full summary »

Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shôta Sometani, Tôru Nomaguchi

Votes: 310

30. Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan (2006)

PG-13 | 135 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Japan will sink down to the deep sea. The governments only hope is evacuate all Japanese to some other countries.

Director: Shinji Higuchi | Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kô Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Mao Daichi

Votes: 1,546

31. Furuhata Ninzaburô (1994– )

46 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The cases of Furuhata Ninzaburô, a Japanese detective inspired by Columbo who solves inverted mysteries with the help of his bumbling sidekick Shintaro Imaizumi.

Stars: Masakazu Tamura, Masahiko Nishimura, Takashi Kobayashi, Masanori Ishii

Votes: 277

32. 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

33. Special Investigation Nine (2018–2023)

Crime, Drama

The #9 investigation team has been disbanded and members of the #9 investigation team have been scattered around. One year later, the Chief of the National Police Agency, Sojiro Kandagawa, ... See full summary »

Stars: Yuki Yamada, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Noriko Nakagoshi, Yoshihiko Inohara

Votes: 14

34. I Just Didn't Do It (2006)

143 min | Drama

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.

Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Ryô Kase, Asaka Seto, Kôji Yamamoto, Masako Motai

Votes: 1,908

35. Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015)

125 min | Action, Comedy

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015) is about the story of Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen who love derby race want to do the last battle with Yakuza guys.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takayuki Akaike, Kiyomi Aratani, Masahiro Asano, Makoto Ashikawa

Votes: 2,123

36. Atsuhime (2008)

45 min | Drama, History

The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Stars: Takehiro Hira, Aoi Miyazaki, Yumiko Takahashi, Marina Kozawa

Votes: 254

37. Killing for the Prosecution (2018)

123 min | Mystery

Mogami Takeshi works at the Tokyo prosecutor's office focusing on violent criminal cases. Okino Keiichiro admires him and is happy to be assigned to work with Mogami. When a money lender is... See full summary »

Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Takehiro Hira

Votes: 1,021

38. Samurai's Promise (2018)

111 min | Action, History, Romance

Driven away by a corruption scandal, a samurai returns years later, causing consternation among both the guilty and the innocent.

Director: Daisaku Kimura | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Haru Kuroki, Sôsuke Ikematsu

Votes: 243

39. The Ginger Tree (1989– )

240 min | Drama

In 1903, a young Scotswoman goes to join her diplomat fiancé in Manchuria. She marries him, and finds herself in a war zone. Disenchanted with her husband, she falls in love with a married ... See full summary »

Stars: Samantha Bond, Daisuke Ryû, Fumi Dan, Joanna McCallum

Votes: 154

40. 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

41. Get Ready! (2023)

Drama

This dark medical drama examines the meaning of human life, centering on a team of unidentified black-market doctors who undertake any kind of surgery with superhuman surgical skills and exorbitant medical expenses.

Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kotono Mitsuishi, Takeshi Kaga

Votes: 7

42. Shôri no hôteishiki (2023)

Drama, Mystery

A legal mystery drama showing a lawyer exposing the dark side of the modern society with the help of a mysterious genius screenwriter. Ran Kagura is a lawyer who falsely accused her best ... See full summary »

Stars: Mirai Shida, Shunsuke Kazama, Yuto Takahashi, Ryôko Yûi

Votes: 6

43. CSI: Crime Scene Talks (2011– )

Drama

"CSI: Crime Scene Talks" depicts the work of a group of detectives who solve murder cases by looking for clues in the articles left by victims.

Stars: Takaya Kamikawa, Masahiro Kômoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Masaru Nagai

Votes: 31

44. Kamikaze Taxi (1995)

169 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A revenge-seeking man and his foolish friends plan to rob a yakuza gang.

Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Kazuya Takahashi, Mickey Curtis, Reiko Kataoka

Votes: 724

45. Shomuni (1998– )

Comedy, Drama

Tsukahara Sawako, a newcomer in a big company, starts going out with a superior, only to realise that the latter is married. Due to this scandal, she is demoted to Shyomu ni, a department ... See full summary »

Stars: Makiko Esumi, Kotomi Kyôno, Yumiko Takahashi, Keiko Toda

Votes: 280

46. Raifu (2007)

36 min | Drama

Ayumu passes an entrance exam of an elite school, but loses her best friend because of that. There she makes new friends, but after a misunderstanding the bulling begins. With nobody to turn to she is pushed to the limit of losing herself.

Stars: Miki Maya, Tomoya Nakamura, Satoshi Nikaido, Asaka Seto

Votes: 175

47. Cop Seven (2015– )

54 min | Drama

Yu Amagi was working at the lost and found center of The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) when he was re-assigned to Division 12. Within the MPD, Division 12 is known as the ... See full summary »

Stars: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Kôtarô Yoshida, Takashi Tsukamoto

Votes: 17

48. The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013)

130 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due... See full summary »

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Ryôhei Abe, Yoshiki Arizono, Ken'ichi Endô

Votes: 1,083

49. Half Blue (2018)

15 min | Drama, Family, History

After losing her hearing in one ear because of a disease, Suzume Nireno's family and her childhood friend always motivate her and help her during life's twists and turns.

Stars: Mei Nagano, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Jun Fubuki, Takeru Satoh

Votes: 71

50. Dôki no Sakura (2019)

Drama, Comedy

A woman who's dream to build a bridge affects her colleagues.

Stars: Mitsuki Takahata, Mackenyu, Ai Hashimoto, Kippei Shîna

Votes: 82