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1. Unnatural (2018)
54 min | Drama, Mystery
Stories of Unnatural Death Investigation, a Japanese non-governmental organization as they work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths.
Stars: Satomi Ishihara, Masataka Kubota, Yutaka Matsushige, Mikako Ichikawa
Votes: 1,992
2. Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Princess Shizu was born under a terrible curse. Only the eight legendary samurai, hailing from across Japan, can protect her from an ancient supernatural clan to fulfill their destinies as foretold by prophecy.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi
Votes: 1,311
3. 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: 903
4. Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Not only is Kamakura-based Masakazu Isshiki a mystery novelist, but he is also a good detective himself. His wife Akiko and he are acquainted with all manners of creatures and gods who are ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Masato Sakai, Mitsuki Takahata, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Min Tanaka
Votes: 1,404
5. The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Hisashi and Mai are set to have their wedding ceremony in three months. Unfortunately, Mai falls ill and lapses into a coma.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Tao Tsuchiya, Tetta Sugimoto, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Votes: 1,103
6. I Want To (1979)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the ... See full summary »
Director: Kôsei Saitô | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Jun Etô, Moeko Ezawa, Ryô Hayami
Votes: 1,117
7. Tiger & Dragon (2005– )
Comedy, Drama
The show revolves around Rakugo, a traditional Japanese comedy that can look back on a 400 year long history. It tells about a Yakuza who goes to a Rakugo performer to collect debts, and a talented comedian who tries to change his destiny.
Stars: Yû Aoi, Jun'ichi Okada, Tomoya Nagase, Gen Hoshino
Votes: 506
8. 1 Litre of Tears (2005–2007)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a 15-year-old high school student, Ikeuchi Aya, who soon discovers she has an incurable disease that affects the cerebellum of the brain. Aya lived her life to the fullest until her death at 25.
Stars: Erika Sawajiri, Ryô Nishikido, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Takanori Jinnai
Votes: 2,878
9. Dearest (2021)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Romance
In 2006, Sanada Rio (Yoshitaka Yuriko) becomes entangled in a crime. Fifteen years later, she is the president of a successful drug development company when she is involved in a murder case.
Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kôhei Matsushita, Arata Iura, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Votes: 425
10. Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
133 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Maki Horikita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki
Votes: 2,461
11. Dogwood Tree (2010)
128 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
This is a love story of a couple over the span of 10 years. Kouhei fell in love with Sae at first sight and soon they became a couple. But they had to part as Sae aims to go to a college in Tokyo while Kouhei is an aspiring fisherman.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Tôma Ikuta, Nichola Grant, Manatsu Hayashi
Votes: 1,306
12. Café Funiculi Funicula (2018)
117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a specific cafe and chair in Japan, one can travel back in time while drinking a cup of coffee. There are, however, 5 rules/restrictions. It opens for closure and changing one's future but not present.
Director: Ayuko Tsukahara | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Motoki Fukami, Haru, Kento Hayashi
Votes: 1,300
13. Lost Man Found (2022– )
48 min | Comedy, Drama
Satoru matsudo moves to tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has troubles breaking into the industry, but his luck begins to change when he finds an airplane ticket belonging to a talent agency CEO. (Source: MyDramaList, Disney+)
Stars: Aaron Yamawaki, Nicole Fong, David Chen, Taiga Nakano
Votes: 81
14. Riverside Mukolitta (2021)
120 min | Drama, Family
Takeshi Yamada arrives in a small village in the Hokuriku region. There, he begins to work at a small factory which makes shiokara (salted fish paste). Through the introduction of the CEO ... See full summary »
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Noriko Eguchi, Tasuku Emoto, Daisuke Kuroda, Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Votes: 324
15. School in the Crosshairs (1981)
90 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mitamura Yuka (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills by stealing the student ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Masami Hasegawa, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 499
16. Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
146 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Chagawa finds it increasing difficult to support his young ward Junnosuke in his store across the street from the Suzuki garage on Third Street. Unless he can provide a better life, ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Shin'ichi Hatori, Maki Horikita, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kazuki Koshimizu
Votes: 1,107
17. Tantei monogatari (1983)
111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.
Director: Kichitarô Negishi | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yûsaku Matsuda, Lisa Akikawa, Chû Arai
Votes: 218
18. Amachan (2013)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A young girl from Tokyo moves to the Tohoku region to become a female diver. A so-called 'Ama' diver.
Stars: Non, Kyôko Koizumi, Tetta Sugimoto, Ai Hashimoto
Votes: 583
19. Operetta tanuki goten (2005)
111 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Amechiyo (The banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised to human). This is an Operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Joe Odagiri, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Mikijirô Hira
Votes: 817
20. Megane (2007)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Taeko is a stressed career woman who leaves her life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what she expected as everyone on the island is strange.
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Mikako Ichikawa, Ryô Kase, Ken Mitsuishi
Votes: 1,886
21. 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
22. Tonda kappuru (1980)
106 min | Drama
Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrols in a prestigious high school in Tokyo. Plans are made for him to live... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Shingo Tsurumi, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Mieko Harada, Mariko Ishihara
Votes: 124
23. Tetsuko no heya (1976– )
35 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meiko Nakamura, Makoto Ôtake, Tomio Umezawa
Votes: 33
24. Cabaret (1986)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Music
University student sax player gets a lesson in the hard-boiled noir life.
Director: Haruki Kadokawa | Stars: Hironobu Nomura, Takeshi Kaga, Mitsuko Baishô, Junko Mihara
Votes: 72
25. Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
142 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki, Maki Horikita
Votes: 740
26. Terra e... (1980)
113 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.
Director: Hideo Onchi | Stars: Jun'ichi Inoue, Masaya Oki, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Tarô Shigaki
Votes: 367
27. Baburu e go!! Taimu mashin wa doramu-shiki (2007)
116 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a brilliant researcher accidentally turns an ordinary washing machine into a time-machine, the Japanese government convinces her to travel back to 1990 and prevent the announcement of ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuo Baba | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Ryôko Hirosue, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kazue Fukiishi
Votes: 443
28. Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story (2019)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A drama about the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Stars: Mirai Moriyama, Kankurô Nakamura, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Koji Yakusho
Votes: 106
29. Sinbad: The Flying Princess and the Secret Island Part 1 (2015)
50 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A hardworking and curious boy named SINBAD dreams of becoming a sailor and traveling around the world. One day, he encounters a mysterious girl on a flying wooden horse and a group of men ... See full summary »
Director: Shinpei Miyashita | Stars: Michael Adamthwaite, Yutaka Aoyama, Don Brown, Michael Dobson
Votes: 54
30. Kisarazu Cat's Eye (2002– )
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Twenty-one year old former high school baseball player, Kohei (nickname: Bussan), learns that he is dying from cancer. He is told that he only has six months to live, and decides that he ... See full summary »
Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Shô Sakurai, Wakana Sakai, Yoshinori Okada
Votes: 208
31. Main Theme (1984)
101 min | Drama, Romance
A former kindergarten teacher has quit her job. One day she meets a magician at the beach and undertake to travel together in his car. She wants to travel to Osaka to meet a man - whose son... See full summary »
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kaori Momoi, Hironobu Nomura, Kazuo Zaitsu
Votes: 91
32. Tonbi (2022)
139 min | Drama, Family
Yasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira (later played by Takumi Kitamura). Yasuo's life seemed great at the time, but his life totally... See full summary »
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Takumi Kitamura, Anne Watanabe, Ken Yasuda
Votes: 126
33. Byôin e ikô (1990)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yasuo Daichi, Chû Arai
Votes: 40
34. Heaven's Door (2009)
106 min | Drama
"Heaven's Door" starts off with rugged Katsuhito Aoyama (Tomoya Nagase) getting canned from his job as a car mechanic. While leaving work, he suffers from a migraine that causes him to ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Arias | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Mayuko Fukuda, Keishi Nagatsuka, Kôji Ohkura
Votes: 264
35. Q.10 (2010)
54 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
High school student Heita discovers an android girl only identified with a tattoo Q10 (Kyuuto) and the pair gets into all sorts of trouble at school. But was his discovery really accidental or part of a larger plan?
Stars: Takeru Satoh, Atsuko Maeda, Misako Renbutsu, Kento Kaku
Votes: 188
36. Smap×Smap (1996–2016)
Comedy, Game-Show, Music
SMAP×SMAP is a Japanese iconic television show hosted by boy band SMAP. Debuting on April 15, 1996(produced by Kansai TV and Fuji TV, aired on Fuji TV) until it ended on December 26, 2016. ... See full summary »
Stars: Masahiro Nakai, SMAP, Takuya Kimura, Gorô Inagaki
Votes: 191
37. Twinkle (1992)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college ... See full summary »
Director: Joji Matsuoka | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michitaka Tsutsui, Kai Atô
Votes: 153
38. Unubore deka (2010– )
54 min | Comedy
A 30-year-old single detective, who is under the illusion that he is popular with females is called 'Unubore' by friends. He is an ultra romantic and susceptible to conceitedness. He has ... See full summary »
Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Mika Nakashima, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Tôma Ikuta
Votes: 209
39. Kondo wa aisaika (2009)
128 min | Drama
The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Haruka Igawa
Votes: 89
40. Passion for Punchlines (2023– )
Drama
This drama shares the stories of two popular comedians - Masayasu Wakabayashi from Audrey, and Ryota Yamasato from Nankai Candies.
Stars: Shintarô Morimoto, Kaito Takahashi, Junki Tozuka, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Votes: 8
41. W no higeki (1984)
108 min | Drama
Young college student Shizuka is given the opportunity to act in a stage play with professionals. Shizuka is willing to go to great lengths to master this role of a lifetime, but as the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Shin'ichirô Sawai | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yoshiko Mita, Masanori Sera, Seiji Endô
Votes: 292
42. Red Medaka (2015 TV Movie)
145 min | Comedy, Drama
When 17-year-old high school student Danshun is acquainted by the doodling and drawing art, known as Rakugaki, of Tatekagwa who is at the school for an educational session, he determines ... See full summary »
Director: Hideta Takahata | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kazunari Ninomiya, Hirofumi Arai, Tokio Emoto
Votes: 211
43. Yowakutemo katemasu: Aoshi-sensei to heppoko kôkôkyûji no yabô (2014– )
54 min | Comedy
Backdrop of drama series is at a fictions school which sends many students to Tokyo University every year. Aoshi (Kazunari Ninomiya) is a new teacher. He becomes the baseball coach for the ... See full summary »
Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Sôta Fukushi, Kento Yamazaki, Yûto Nakajima
Votes: 48
44. Mio's Cookbook (2020)
131 min | Drama
When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. ... See full summary »
Director: Haruki Kadokawa | Stars: Honoka Matsumoto, Nao Honda, Mayumi Wakamura, Atsuko Asano
Votes: 366
45. Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Akira Emoto, Etsushi Toyokawa
Votes: 278
46. Byakkotai (2007– )
240 min | Drama, History
This TV-drama follows Sakai Shintaro, descendant of Sakai Mineji -a Byakkotai samurai-, and traces the tragedy of the Byakkotai, a military force composed of 340 16 to 17 years old boys during the Boshin War (Aizu war).
Stars: Shun Sugata, Tomohisa Yamashita, Meisa Kuroki, Yutaka Matsushige
Votes: 557
47. Sinbad: The Magic Lamp and the Moving Islands (2016)
49 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Sinbad and his friends run afoul of a storm while riding on the ship Bahal. Ali sights an island, which the ship heads toward to make repairs. Sinbad and Sana board a dinghy and land on the... See full summary »
Director: Shinpei Miyashita | Stars: Michael Adamthwaite, Yutaka Aoyama, Michael Dobson, Cole Howard
Votes: 42
48. Tetsujin niju-hachigo (2005)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Shin Togashi | Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yû Aoi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ayako Kawahara
Votes: 167
49. Sinbad: Night at High Noon and the Wonder Gate (2016)
51 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The search for Sana's comrades continues. Sara who opens up her heart to Sinbad reveals her horrible story of how her father's apprentice Galip destroyed the peaceful kingdom and her family... See full summary »
Director: Shinpei Miyashita | Stars: Michael Adamthwaite, Yutaka Aoyama, Michael Dobson, Cole Howard
Votes: 42
50. Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (2003)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A TV special aired after a very successful series "Kisarazu Cat's Eye". Bussan learns that he has just a year to live and decides to spend that time with his band "Kisarazu Cat's Eye" enjoying various funny adventures with his friends.
Director: Fuminori Kaneko | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Shô Sakurai, Wakana Sakai, Yoshinori Okada
Votes: 185