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1. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A teenager becomes a major competitor in the world of drift racing after moving in with his father in Tokyo to avoid a jail sentence in America.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan, Shad Moss, Damien Marzette
Votes: 300,468 | Gross: $62.51M
2. The Grudge (2004)
PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Clea DuVall, William Mapother
Votes: 150,959 | Gross: $110.36M
3. Ride or Die (2021)
TV-MA | 142 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Rei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Kiko Mizuhara, Honami Satô, Shinya Niiro, Shunsuke Tanaka
Votes: 2,544
4. Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Lily Franky
Votes: 28,195 | Gross: $0.28M
5. After the Storm (2016)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi, Lily Franky
Votes: 12,772 | Gross: $0.27M
6. Jigen Daisuke (2023)
120 min | Action, Adventure
The legendary gunman Daisuke Jigen comes to Japan to have his pistol examined.
Director: Hajime Hashimoto | Stars: Tetsuji Tamayama, Mitsuko Kusabue, Kotoka Maki, Yôko Maki
Votes: 432
7. Battle Royale II (2003)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students is sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.
Directors: Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayana Sakai
Votes: 21,459
8. 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, Yumi Kawai, Yôko Maki
Votes: 1,445
9. Kamikaze Girls (2004)
102 min | Comedy
Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Sadao Abe
Votes: 8,100
10. Michiko to Hatchin (2008–2009)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Michiko is a free-willed "sexy diva" who escaped from prison, while Hatchin is a run away girl fleeing from her strict catholic foster family. The two join forces and set off on an unpredictable road trip seeking their own freedom.
Stars: Brandon Potter, Jad Saxton, Terri Doty, Toru Kusano
Votes: 1,182
11. Kansen (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: 5,766
12. 6 Jikango ni kimi wa shinu (2008 TV Movie)
114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
"You will die six hours later." Keishi, a youth who proclaims himself a seer, suddenly says this to Mio, who is walking along the streets of Shibuya. At first, Mio scoffs at it as nonsense ... See full summary »
Directors: Kazuya Konaka, Kazuaki Takano | Stars: Jûdai Ikeshita, Takeshi Katô, Yôko Maki, Eiko Nashizawa
Votes: 22
13. Bitter Honey (2016)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
Based on novelist Muro Saisei's 1959 book, Bitter Honey narrates the story of a poet who informed by his physician of his impending death finds renewed flights of fantasy. He is visited by ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Ren Ôsugi, Seiko Iwaidô, Hanae Kan
Votes: 198
14. 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: 1,652
15. Kiss in the Dark (2005 Video)
24 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The protagonist of the story happens to be stuck in his classroom a derry cold night. Well as per the title of the story he just kisses his rival a.k.a antagonist who happens to be a senior... See full summary »
Directors: Asumi Matsumura, Wataru Araki | Stars: Susumu Chiba, Rainer Fritzsche, Masako Katsuki, Takehito Koyasu
Votes: 150
16. The Trusted Confidant (2007– )
Drama, History
2007's Japanese NHK Taiga drama Furin Kazan (meaning 'Wind, Forest, Fire & Mountain' NOT The Trusted Confidant as stated above) contains everything you could want in this type of series- ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Issei Takahashi, Seiyô Uchino, Fusako Urabe, Ennosuke Ichikawa IV
Votes: 179
17. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
Kiryu takes Haruto to the last place Haruka was spotted. There, a new and merciless world of Yakuza awaits the unlikely pair.
Directors: Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Toshihiro Nagoshi | Stars: Takaya Kuroda, Rie Kugimiya, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Shun Oguri
Votes: 712
18. Moribito (2016–2018)
Drama, Fantasy
A mysterious spear-wielding woman named Balsa arrives in the New Yogo Kingdom. After saving Prince Chagum from a thinly veiled assassination attempt, ordered by his own father, Balsa is tasked to protect him from his father.
Stars: Haruka Ayase, Masahiro Higashide, Fumino Kimura, Kento Hayashi
Votes: 261
19. Miyamoto Musashi (2014– )
Drama
Miyamoto Musashi left his village and ended up fighting in the battle of Sekigahara with his friend Matahachi, but Miyamoto Musashi lost Matahachi. He goes back to the village to inform ... See full summary »
Stars: Takuya Kimura, Ikki Sawamura, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yôko Maki
Votes: 295
20. Ryômaden (2010– )
45 min | Drama, History, War
The story focuses on the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, who lived from 1835 to 1867. He was an important leader in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa Bakufu, eventually bringing about the Meiji Restoration.
Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Shimba Tsuchiya, Masaomi Kondô, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 364
21. Mix (2017)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tamiko used to be a very good ping pong player as a child, but she is now twenty-eight years old and left the sport behind. Her mother Hanako had taught her how to play imposing discipline ... See full summary »
Director: Jun'ichi Ishikawa | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Eita Nagayama, Ryôko Hirosue, Kôji Seto
Votes: 1,167
22. Summer Time Machine Blues (2005)
107 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A sci-fi club concocts a plan to repair a remote by using a time machine that suddenly appears.
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Eita Nagayama, Yoshiaki Yoza, Daijirô Kawaoka, Munenori Nagano
Votes: 1,690
23. Great Absence (2023)
152 min | Drama
Follows the story of the reconciliation of a father and son who had been estranged for a long time among lost memories and dispersed pieces of lives.
Director: Kei Chika-ura | Stars: Mirai Moriyama, Tatsuya Fuji, Yôko Maki, Hideko Hara
Votes: 63
24. Undercurrent (2023)
143 min | Drama
Kanae runs a bathhouse. Suddenly, her husband Satoru Sekiguchi disappears. Kanae goes through a lot because of this and temporarily closes the bathhouse. When she reopens for business, a ... See full summary »
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Noriko Eguchi, Lily Franky, Arata Iura, Suon Kan
Votes: 50
25. Dark Tales of Japan (2004 TV Movie)
92 min | Horror
Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors.
Directors: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai, Takashi Shimizu, Kôji Shiraishi, Norio Tsuruta | Stars: Kayoko Shiraishi, Shôzô Endô, Yoshinori Okada, Kanako Fukaura
Votes: 598
26. My Uncle (2016)
110 min | Comedy
What do part-time philosophy professors do other than loaf about, philosophize part-time, be dolts, stay in a spare room in the home of the brother and an annoyed sister-in-law? How ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Riku Ônishi, Yôko Maki, Shigeyuki Totsugi
Votes: 224
27. The Princess Blade (2001)
R | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Yumiko Shaku, Hideaki Itô, Yôichi Numata, Shirô Sano
Votes: 3,084
28. School Police (2021)
Drama
Tokyo decides to introduce a police system for schools. The school police will reside on campus at middle schools. Ryuhei Shimada (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is a detective for the Investigation ... See full summary »
Stars: Mau, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yôko Maki, Yuki Yamada
Votes: 35
29. The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A child's horrific murder brings to light the haunted truth of an affair between her mother and a neighbor. As a magazine reporter investigates the case, he finds that nothing is as it seems.
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Hirofumi Arai, Joe Hyûga, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Arata Iura
Votes: 504
30. Sway (2006)
120 min | Crime, Drama
On the anniversary of the death of the mother of a hip and happening Tokyo-based photographer, the son returns to his hometown for the funeral. What follows is a return to the past that is ... See full summary »
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masatô Ibu, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 1,208
31. 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
32. The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero (2022)
120 min | Drama
Dako, Boku-chan, and Richard commit their next con on Malta Island.
Director: Ryô Tanaka | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Masahiro Higashide, Shinya Kote
Votes: 505
33. Genji monogatari: Sennen no nazo (2011)
136 min | Drama, Fantasy
"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Hakaru Genji. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Miyasutokoro Ryokuzono is obsessed with Genji and eventually ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuo Tsuruhashi | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Miki Nakatani, Yôko Maki, Mikako Tabe
Votes: 174
34. Voice: Emergency Control Room 110 (2019– )
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A woman with an uncanny ability to recognize sounds and voices and a cop share a common thread. They both have had a loved one murdered. They are connected to an operation centre coming to ... See full summary »
Stars: Yôko Maki, Yûya Endô, Toshiaki Karasawa, Yoshinori Miyata
Votes: 34
35. Detective Novice: Midnight Runner (2020)
Drama
Kai Honma and Jiro Ichinose are cadets at the police academy. Kai is smart, diligent and has excellent memory. At the police academy, he works on criminal profiling. Unlike Kai, Jiro is in ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûsuke Iseya, Kento Nakajima, Michiko Kichise, Shôno Hayama
Votes: 56
36. MOZU (2014– )
Action, Crime, Drama
Kuraki (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is a police superintendent. He lost his beloved wife in a bomb incident. Kuraki, Detective Osugi (Teruyuki Kagawa) and Miki (Yoko Maki) from the Secret Police ... See full summary »
Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yôko Maki, Yusuke Hirayama
Votes: 149
37. 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
38. Pacchigi! (2004)
118 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Kyoto 1968. Several high school students deal with their life as Korean-Japanese trying to earn each other's love and respect. But the times are not kind to them.
Director: Kazuyuki Izutsu | Stars: Shun Shioya, Sôsuke Takaoka, Erika Sawajiri, Kyôko Yanagihara
Votes: 436
39. The Best Divorce (2013– )
54 min | Drama
A romantic home comedy about 30-year-olds with an immature view on marriage that focuses on themes related to married couples and families in general.
Stars: Eita Nagayama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Gô Ayano
Votes: 537
40. Genome Hazard (2013)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
Ishigami comes home from work and discovers his wife dead. Just then, he receives a phone call from his wife and falls in utter confusion. Unexplainable things keep happening as Ishigami ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Seong-soo | Stars: Takumi Bando, Kim Hyo-jin, Masatô Ibu, Risa Kameda
Votes: 355
41. Eiga Nemesis: Ougon Rasen no Nazo (2023)
99 min | Mystery
Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Naoki Kazama works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able to solve the most difficult of cases, ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Katagiri | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Eishin, Kanna Hashimoto, Suzu Hirose
Votes: 54
42. Nemesis (2021)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Naoki Kazama (Sho Sakurai) is a private detective and he works at Private Detective Office Nemesis in Yokohama. The private detective office is run by Kazuaki Kurita. Naoki Kazama is known ... See full summary »
Stars: Suzu Hirose, Shô Sakurai, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tôru Nakamura
Votes: 35
43. Ame no machi (2006)
95 min | Horror
A young reporter is covering the mysterious case of a child found dead with missing internal organs. Suspecting a case of organ trafficking, he visits the doctor who was responsible for the... See full summary »
Director: Makoto Tanaka | Stars: Sôkô Wada, Yôko Maki, Riko Narumi, Tsutomu Takeshige
Votes: 253
44. Ryuu ga gotoku Online (2018 Video Game)
M | Animation, Action
Ryu ga Gotoku Online is a free-to-play collectible card gacha game and as a spin-off title of the Like a Dragon franchise. The game features both Kazuma Kiryu and the succeeding protagonist Ichiban Kasuga.
Stars: Shô Aikawa, Masuo Amada, Kinryû Arimoto, Sarah Emi Bridcutt
45. Udon (2006)
134 min | Comedy, Drama
A dramedy about the relationship between an aspiring comic and his stubborn noodlemaker father.
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Yûsuke Santamaria, Manami Konishi, Tortoise Matsumoto, Takeshi Masu
Votes: 465
46. The Grudge: Deleted Scenes (2005 Video)
Short, Horror
Deleted scenes from 'The Grudge'.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Jason Behr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Yôko Maki, Yuya Ozeki
Votes: 8
47. Love Strikes! (2011)
118 min | Comedy, Romance
31 years old, broke, single and lonely Yukio encounters four beautiful women suddenly appearing in his life. Will he be able to escape his "Moteki" status?
Director: Hitoshi Ône | Stars: Mirai Moriyama, Masami Nagasawa, Kumiko Asô, Riisa Naka
Votes: 1,192
48. Mozu the Movie (2015)
116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Set six months after Naotake (Hidetoshi Nishijima) learned the truth behind his wife's death. Naotake works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau, but feels ... See full summary »
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yûsuke Iseya, Yuriko Ishida
Votes: 260
49. Veronika wa shinu koto ni shita (2005)
103 min | Drama
Towa lives in a peculiar sanatorium after committing suicide. Convalescing in sanatorium, she is informed that she has only 7 days to live. Isolated within their worlds, strange people live... See full summary »
Director: Kei Horie | Stars: Yôko Maki, Wan Lee, Jun Fubuki, Tomoko Nakajima
Votes: 119
50. Poison Berry in My Brain (2015)
121 min | Comedy
Ichiko Sakurai, a 30 years old novelist, has a crush on Saotome, who is only in his twenties. This caused a heated discussion between the 5 personas controlling Ichiko's brain every time she is around Saotome.
Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Yôko Maki, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kazuyuki Asano
Votes: 299