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1. House of the Owl (2024– )
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama
At the height of his career and powers, Japan's master fixer, who has guided politicians and business heads through some of Japan's biggest scandals, discovers that fixing his family is harder than fixing a country.
Stars: Mackenyu, Min Tanaka, Masanobu Andô, Heidi Berger
Votes: 59
2. Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014)
TV-14 | 13 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist takes us back to the formative years of the iconic characters, Ryu and Ken, as they live a traditional warrior's life in the secluded mountain wilderness of Japan.
Stars: Togo Igawa, Christian Howard, Mike Moh, Shogen
Votes: 10,681
3. 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: 15,839 | Gross: $0.05M
4. Death Note (2015)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Light Yagami, an ordinary university student, receives a death note which changes his life. The death note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius.
Stars: Masataka Kubota, Kento Yamazaki, Mio Yûki, Hinako Sano
Votes: 1,895
5. Detective Chinatown 3 (2021)
R | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A major crime occurs in Tokyo when detectives Tang Ren and Qin Feng are invited to investigate the crime. A battle between the strongest detectives in Asia is about to break out with bursts of laughter.
Director: Sicheng Chen | Stars: Baoqiang Wang, Haoran Liu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Tony Jaa
Votes: 2,621
6. Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)
130 min | Drama
Kaiji, a young gambler who is constantly in debt, enters a deadly gambling competition in order to wipe away his loans.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Kei Satô, Yûki Amami
Votes: 2,051
7. December (IV) (2022)
99 min | Drama
A divorced husband and wife reunite to fight the release of their daughter's murderer.
Director: Anshul Chauhan | Stars: Shingo Fujimori, Takashi Kawaguchi, Tôru Kizu, Ryô Matsuura
Votes: 100
8. Ramen Shop (2018)
89 min | Drama
A young man who is curious about his deceased parents' past takes a food journey to Singapore where he uncovers more than just delicious meals.
Director: Eric Khoo | Stars: Takumi Saitô, Seiko Matsuda, Mark Lee, Jeanette Aw
Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $0.09M
9. 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: 587
10. Transit Girls (2015– )
25 min | Comedy, Romance
Despite high school student Sayuri's reluctance to accept her father's fiancee and her daughter Yui, she begins to develop feelings for the girl.
Stars: Sairi Itô, Yui Sakuma, Kentarô Itô, Ai Yoshikawa
Votes: 285
11. Sexual Drive (2021)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
A Japanese triptych about sex, aphrodisiac foods and secret desires.
Director: Kôta Yoshida | Stars: Tateto Serizawa, Ryô Ikeda, Manami Hashimoto, Honami Satô
Votes: 697
12. Enemy Within (2019)
TV-14 | 109 min | Action, Drama, History
When a Japanese pilot crash-lands on the tiny remote Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau, he is met with courtesy and traditional Hawaiian hospitality from the locals - until they discover he was part of the recent attack on Pearl Harbor.
Director: Gabriel Robertson | Stars: Joseph Naufahu, Kazuma Sano, Beulah Koale, Takashi Yamaguchi
Votes: 1,066
13. Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Drama
Seizo Fukumoto has reportedly died 50,000 times in a career that has spanned half a century. His work catches the eye of Satsuki, who requests that he mentor her into becoming as good a fighter as he.
Director: Ken Ochiai | Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Chihiro Yamamoto, Masashi Gôda, Hirotarô Honda
Votes: 918
14. 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: 35
15. 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: 791
16. Kakera (I) (2009)
107 min | Drama
The story of the relationship between a college student whose relationship with her boyfriend is going nowhere and a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts.
Director: Momoko Andô | Stars: Hikari Mitsushima, Eriko Nakamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Tasuku Nagaoka
Votes: 392
17. Yae no sakura (2013)
Drama, History
This historical biopic follows the life of Japanese heroine Yae Niijima. As Yae dedicates her life to helping others, she becomes a role model for modern women everywhere.
Stars: Haruka Ayase, Mitsuko Kusabue, Jun Fubuki, Hidetoshi Nishijima
Votes: 238
18. Samurai Sensei (2015– )
54 min | Comedy
Takechi Hanpeita, a samurai of Tosa domain who campaigned for the expulsion of foreigners, unwittingly travels 150 years in time from the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate to present day ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryô Nishikido, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Manami Higa, Ryusei Fujii
Votes: 71
19. Kurohyo: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho (2010– )
30 min | Drama
From the yakuza world of the video game series Like a Dragon, the series is based on the characters in the franchise's first handheld game and released in conjunction with it.
Stars: Takumi Saitô, Yûki Satô, Takuya Ishida, Shogen
Votes: 11
20. Joint (II) (2020)
118 min | Crime, Drama
After serving 2 years in prison, Ishigami Takeshi spent two years working on a construction site and building up his funds before he returned to Tokyo with the help of Yasu, his best friend... See full summary »
Director: Oudai Kojima | Stars: Ikken Yamamoto, Jin-Cheol Kim, Chang-bak Kim, Keisuke Mitsui
Votes: 274
21. TAP: Perfect Education (2013)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A middle-aged yakuza, Sanada claims that the problematic daughter of his boss, Yui is his biological daughter. He kidnaps Yui and locks her up in order to teach her how to be a good educated girl.
Director: Kazuki Katashima | Stars: Narimi Arimori, Seiji Chihara, Kosei Kato, Reisa Maekawa
Votes: 40
22. Gensan Punch (2021)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
From the award-winning Cannes/Venice/Toronto-elected director Brillante Mendoza, "GENSAN PUNCH" is inspired by the true story of a Japanese man with a prosthetic leg, who travelled to the ... See full summary »
Director: Brillante Mendoza | Stars: Shogen, Ronnie Lazaro, Beauty Gonzalez, Kaho Minami
Votes: 89
23. Neo Ultra Q (2013)
TV-14 | Mystery
Ultra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monsters appearances and strange ecological phenomenons.
Stars: Seiichi Tanabe, Rin Takanashi, Hiroyuki Onoue, Masahiko Shimada
Votes: 64
24. Tori (2004)
62 min
An episode film in five parts: 1. "Tori" is a cartoon on the theme of birds. 2. "Heart of sword" is a fantasy-like, stylized triangle drama. 3. "Ato" is a silent documentary about graffiti ... See full summary »
Director: Tadanobu Asano | Stars: Shogen, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, Masaru Miyazaki
Votes: 49
25. 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
26. Stay (II) (2018)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After losing his job, a recovering addict struggles to survive and meets a free spirited woman, who changes his world, but cannot stay in his life.
Director: Darryl Wharton | Stars: Shogen, Ana Tanaka, Shima Ônishi, Kenji Iwaya
Votes: 164
27. Everything, Everywhere (2023)
Sci-Fi
Plot under wraps
Director: Kah-Wai Lim | Stars: Ying Jiang, Shogen, Adela Sou
28. Intimate Stranger (2021)
96 min | Thriller
"Intimate Stranger" is a psychological thriller set in the post-COVID world in Tokyo. The film follows a woman looking for her missing teenage son, and a shady young man who approaches her, claiming to know her son's whereabouts.
Director: Mayu Nakamura | Stars: Asuka Kurosawa, Fûju Kamio, Yû Uemura, Shogen
Votes: 18
29. The Room (2012)
84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Yumi moves into her boyfriend's Tokyo apartment but on the night of the move, he is called away for business in New York. The couple communicates over Skype and over the course of four ... See full summary »
Director: David Shin | Stars: Ayumi Ito, Shogen, Shûgo Oshinari
Votes: 69
30. AI: Watashi to kanojo to jinkou chinou (2017)
Drama
Stars: Jun Shison, Elaiza Ikeda, Shogen, Karina
Votes: 5
31. Inumukoiri (2017)
245 min | Drama
Ninomiya Azusa is a depressed elementary school teacher in Tokyo, who has problems both at work and in her personal life. One day, she suddenly hears a voice saying "If you go to Imore ... See full summary »
Director: Ikki Katashima | Stars: Narimi Arimori, Shôhei Mutô, Noriko Eguchi, Shogen
32. Fancy (2020)
102 min | Crime, Family
Akira lives and works in a small town and works different vocations like being the local postman. Then there is the very young local poet Penguino who has a following among whom is the ... See full summary »
Director: Masaoki Hirota | Stars: Motoki Fukami, Tomoharu Hasegawa, Daisuke Iijima, Takayuki Imanara
Votes: 29
33. Anonymous Detective (2012– )
54 min | Crime, Drama
Although he is not a formal private detective, the main character takes various investigating jobs (mostly in strip clubs). His customers are generally women and he constantly gets into trouble because of them.
Stars: Katsunori Takahashi, Nana Katase, Kôji Moritsugu, Ryôsei Tayama
Votes: 13
34. Shinobidô (2012)
93 min | Action, Drama, Romance
This is a historical drama about a small village that is troubled by a band of shinobi. But some of the villagers are harboring secrets of their own.
Director: Toshiyuki Morioka | Stars: Aimi Satsukawa, Ryôichi Yuki, Ayaka Kikuchi, Shogen
Votes: 164
35. Zettai reido: Tokushu hanzai sennyû sôsa (2011– )
Drama
Stars: Aya Ueto, Kenta Kiritani, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Tomomi Maruyama
Votes: 33
36. Tokyo Living Dead Idol (2018)
83 min | Action, Horror
One day an idol is bitten by a zombie and before she is taken into custody, she runs away. She only has 72 hours left until she becomes one, so she tries to find the zombie serum, but high ... See full summary »
Director: Yûki Kumagai | Stars: Yumeri Abe, Nana Asakawa, Asami, Yû Fukuda
Votes: 113
37. Smokin' on the Moon (2017)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
Two slackers work at a midnight bar while also selling marijuana; when they get dangerously close to some unhinged yakuza, they follow wildly divergent fates.
Director: Yûichirô Tanaka | Stars: Ryôhei Abe, Honoka Ishibashi, Arata Iura, LiLiCo
Votes: 25
38. Okinawan Blue (2019)
121 min | Drama
This is a tale of three families on a remote island. A foreign couple who end up staying at an old inn; a man comes back to the island to abduct his own son despite being a fugitive on the ... See full summary »
Director: Tsukasa Kishimoto | Stars: Shogen, Masaya Katô, Rino Nakasone, Takashi Nishina
Votes: 11
39. Chameleon (XVIII)
Filming
A Filipino transgender woman, Marie, who is drawn into the Yakuza gangster life after befriending Ai, the rebellious daughter of a powerful Yakuza boss. Set against the pulsating background of the 1990s nightlife in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Director: Brillante Mendoza | Stars: Tsuyoshi Ihara, Shogen, Rina Takeda, Eiji Okuda
40. 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
41. Anata no hohoemi (2022)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
An indie filmmaker (with indie filmmaker Watanabe Hirobumi playing himself) tries to get a film screened in Japan's so called mini theaters.
Director: Kah-Wai Lim | Stars: Hirobumi Watanabe, Shogen, Hikaru Hirayama, Hironobu Tanaka
Votes: 42
42. Come and Go (2020)
158 min | Drama
Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the ... See full summary »
Director: Kah-Wai Lim | Stars: J.C. Chee, Seiji Chihara, Mousam Gurung, Jakujaku Katsura
Votes: 13
43. Kafû o machiwabite (I) (2009)
121 min | Drama
One day Akio receives a strange letter from a woman named Sachi. It turns out that the letter was a response to a joke wish he hung up at a Shinto shrine months earlier. Then one day, Sachi shows up and the two begin a relationship.
Director: Yu Nakai | Stars: Tetsuji Tamayama, Maiko, Honkon, Iconiq
Votes: 76
44. Samurai of the Dead (2014)
72 min | Comedy, Horror
Director: Kazushi Watanabe | Stars: Yuki Himura, Daijirô Kawaoka, Chad Mullane, Kazushi Watanabe
Votes: 24
45. Sennyu Sosakan Matsushita Kohei (2023)
Drama
Stars: Teppei Arita, Fumika Baba, Arata Furuta, Ayaka Hironaka
Votes: 6
46. Zero: Black Blood (2014– )
Action, Drama, Fantasy
Rei Suzumura, Zero the Silver Fanged Knight, is patrolling on his own when he encounters the white Horror Ring, who has created a commune where Horrors and humans live together in harmony, ... See full summary »
Stars: Shogen, Rintarô Nishi, Riria Baba, Rei Fujita
Votes: 21
47. Supagetikôdo rabu (2021)
96 min | Drama
Thirteen disparate young people connected by chance or circumstance intersect as they ponder their place in the world and deal with the pressures and heartaches of modern life in Japan's busy capital.
Director: Takeshi Maruyama | Stars: Yuki Kura, Tôko Miura, Hiroya Shimizu, Rikako Yagi
Votes: 25
48. Actresses (2012)
Mystery
Director: Kazuhiro Teranishi | Stars: Maria Ozawa, Shogen, Mayuko Iwasa, Kumiko Akiyoshi
Votes: 13
49. Hard Nuts!: Sûgaku Girl no jikenbo (2013– )
Comedy
Kurumi Nanba is a student majoring in math at prestigious university. She's viewed as a weirdo due to her poor communication skills, but having a genius level intellect. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Kengo Kôra, Masanobu Katsumura, Kazuki Namioka
Votes: 59
50. Akôkurô (2007)
97 min | Horror
Misaki visits her boyfriend Koichi in Okinawa. To welcome her arrival, Koichi's friend Jinsei holds a welcoming party at his house. At the party, Misaki learns from the granny about the legend behind the bag hanging from the fig tree.
Director: Tsukasa Kishimoto | Stars: Maki Tamaru, Shûgo Oshinari, Erika Oda, Takehiro Murata
Votes: 42