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1. Ringu (1998)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô
Votes: 77,594
2. Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
TV-MA | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kenshin Himura goes up against pure evil Makoto Shishio who is attempting to overthrow the Meiji government. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as Kenshin Himura takes up the sword that he vowed to never draw again.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yôsuke Eguchi
Votes: 18,361
3. Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
TV-MA | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Shishio has set sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the Meiji government and return Japan to chaos, carrying Kaoru with him. In order to stop him in time, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki
Votes: 14,615
4. The Hidden Blade (2004)
R | 132 min | Drama, History, Romance
A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Votes: 7,208 | Gross: $0.04M
5. Reincarnation (2005)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Yûka, Karina, Kippei Shîna, Tetta Sugimoto
Votes: 6,767
6. 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, Riho Yoshioka, Takumi Saitô
Votes: 3,379
7. Radiance (II) (2017)
101 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate writer of film versions for visually impaired people meets an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight.
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Shirakawa
Votes: 2,000
8. Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kippei Shîna, Teruyuki Kagawa, Keiko Toda
Votes: 1,767 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Hero (2001– )
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor who possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.
Stars: Takuya Kimura, Takashi Ukaji, Shingo Ippongi, Aki Hayakawa
Votes: 1,081
10. Garireo (2007– )
Drama, Mystery
Yukawa Manabu, also known as Detective Galileo, is a genius physicist and university professor who solves unusual mysteries. His partner, Utsumi Kaoru, is a rookie cop.
Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Ikkei Watanabe, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kô Shibasaki
Votes: 1,069
11. Mr. Brain (2009– )
58 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A Japanese crime scene investigation team recruits a neuroscientist to aid them as they try to solve cases. With his intelligence, he uses logic to deduce who commits the crime and how.
Stars: Takuya Kimura, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruka Ayase, Hiro Mizushima
Votes: 859
12. The Ending Planner (2012– )
54 min | Drama, Mystery
Ihara Masato takes over his family funeral parlor business which he has always hated. Masato has to face the dead bodies which have died of various causes, and the harsh reality of the world, together with a rookie detective Sakamaki Yuki.
Stars: Tomohisa Yamashita, Takashi Sorimachi, Atsuko Maeda, Yuri Chinen
Votes: 767
13. Todome no seppun (2018)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A man's past has made him detest love and human relationships. He has become single-mindedly materialistic and greedy for power. This jerk is faced with a woman who literally possesses a ... See full summary »
Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Mackenyu, Masaki Suda, Yûko Araki
Votes: 708
14. A Long Goodbye (2019)
127 min | Drama, Family
Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Yû Aoi, Elen, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Mansaku Fuwa
Votes: 543
15. Shôwa kayô daizenshû (2003)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Horror
One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer ..... and it escalates!
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Kayoko Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Yôichirô Saitô
Votes: 517
16. Nobunaga Concerto (II) (2014– )
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
After time-travelling to Japan's Sengoku Era and taking the identity of Oda Nobunaga, Saboru must fulfill Oda's destiny in unifying Japan. How will Saboru, a teenager from current-day Japan, fare in his duty?
Stars: Shun Oguri, Kô Shibasaki, Osamu Mukai, Takayuki Yamada
Votes: 514
17. The Hours of My Life (2014)
54 min | Drama, Romance
Sawada Takuto is an ordinary university student, who one day learns that he has A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig's disease) with not much time left to live. Instead of wallowing in despair, Takuto tries to live his life to the fullest.
Stars: Haruma Miura, Mikako Tabe, Shunsuke Kazama, Takumi Saitô
Votes: 496
18. 99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016– )
Drama
The conviction rate for criminal offenses in Japan is 99.9%. This is a drama about a team of criminal lawyers trying to find the truth that may have been hidden in the other 0.1%.
Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Mei Hata, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jin Katagiri
Votes: 470
19. Dear Friends (2007)
115 min | Drama
Rina is the it girl. She is thin, has long hair, is flaunting and dresses attractively. Every man wants to be with her and every woman wants to be like her. She also happens to be ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuyuki Morosawa | Stars: Kentaro Arai, Avery Fane, Masaya Kikawada, Keiko Kitagawa
Votes: 444
20. Platonic Sex (2001)
104 min | Drama
On her seventeenth birthday Aoi is raped by her friends. Her family rejects her and she runs away from home. Because money and materialistic wealth is now all she cares for, she ends up working in the sex industry.
Director: Masako Matsuura | Stars: Saki Kagami, Joe Odagiri, Maho Nonami, Kenjirô Ishimaru
Votes: 386
21. Atenshon purîzu (2006– )
Comedy, Drama
A young woman struggles against the odds in achieving her dream of becoming a Japan Airlines Cabin Attendant.
Stars: Aya Ueto, Ryô Nishikido, Saki Aibu, Misa Uehara
Votes: 375
22. 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
23. CRISIS: Special Security Squad (2017)
TV-MA | 54 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Special Investigation Unit, Tokyo's top-secret police force of highly-skilled specialists, dabble in espionage as they confront irregular cases with the power to shake up the country at large.
Stars: Shun Oguri, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuriko Ishida, Hidekazu Mashima
Votes: 305
24. Boss (2009– )
54 min | Drama
This series revolves around a group of peculiar detectives in a new division created to fight against an increase in atrocious crimes. Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûki Amami, Yutaka Takenouchi, Tetsuji Tamayama, Yôichi Nukumizu
Votes: 292
25. The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022– )
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follow Kindaichi Hajime, a high school student and a private detective with an IQ of 180 solves murder cases that are riddled with difficult clues with his friend, Nanase Miyuki and Kenmochi Isamu.
Stars: Shunsuke Michieda, Moka Kamishiraishi, Taisho Iwasaki, Ikki Sawamura
Votes: 285
26. Kiiroi namida (2007)
128 min | Drama
They famously say that all the hippies of the '60s ended up becoming nothing more than bankers. Amidst a resurgent Japan of the 1960s four young men aspire to respectively become a singer, ... See full summary »
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Masaki Aiba, Satoshi Ohno, Shô Sakurai
Votes: 269
27. My Friend 'A' (2018)
128 min | Drama
Aspiring journalist Masuda is working a menial job where he grows suspicious of the loner and mysterious Suzuki. Masuda decides to write an article on his co-worker and new acquaintance ... See full summary »
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Eita Nagayama, Munetaka Aoki, Kanji Furutachi
Votes: 263
28. 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
29. The Tokyo Wind Orchestra (2016)
75 min | Drama
Director: Yûichirô Sakashita | Stars: Miho Nakanishi, Mantarô Koichi, Daisuke Matsuki, Keisuke Hoshino
Votes: 260
30. The King of Fighters '97 (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
This version introduces the dual mode play system: Advanced and Extra. Advanced allows for a faster, offensive play while Extra allows for a more defensive, special-intensive play.
Director: Toyohisa Tanabe | Stars: Masahiro Nonaka, Monster Maetsuka, Masaki Usui, Satoshi Hashimoto
Votes: 242
31. 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
32. The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest (1998 Video Game)
T | Action
The King of Fighters '98 takes a break from the Orochi plot line and instead is presented as a "Dream Match" game where the KOF roster duke it out for the top spot.
Director: Toyohisa Tanabe | Stars: Masahiro Nonaka, Masaki Usui, Satoshi Hashimoto, Monster Maetsuka
Votes: 223
33. Tsurugidake: Ten no ki (2009)
139 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Director: Daisaku Kimura | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Votes: 220
34. Antena (2003)
117 min | Drama
Yuichiro is a college student whose sister went missing 15 years ago. That traumatic event hangs over him as he wanders Japan's S&M clubs. But his younger brother claims to be able to sense their sister with his "antenna."
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Stars: Megumi Asaoka, Makiko Emoto, Kôji Enokido, Minoru Fukuda
Votes: 206
35. Perfect World (2018)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Kawana Tsugumi works at an interior design company. She happens to meet her first love Ayukawa Itsuki from her high school days. He is now an architect and in a wheelchair because of an accident.
Director: Kenji Shibayama | Stars: Hana Sugisaki, Takanori Iwata, Sei Ashina, Aya Ohmasa
Votes: 201
36. 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
37. Love You as the World Ends (2021–2023)
60 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A car mechanic fights to survive an invasion of the living dead while holding onto the hope that he'll be reunited with the woman he loves.
Stars: Marie Iitoyo, Ryoma Takeuchi, Ayami Nakajô, Shô Kasamatsu
Votes: 178
38. The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle (1999 Video Game)
T | Action
Stars: Yûki Matsuda, Katsuyuki Konishi, Monster Maetsuka, Satoshi Hashimoto
Votes: 148
39. Shinigami kun (2014– )
Comedy, Fantasy
Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase "... See full summary »
Stars: Satoshi Ohno, Mirei Kiritani, Masaki Suda, Yutaka Matsushige
Votes: 146
40. The King of Fighters '96 (1996 Video Game)
T | Action
The third instalment in the series also sees the sprites of old discarded for an instantly familiar hand-drawn style, as well as folding in a series of much-welcomed gameplay tweaks.
Stars: Masahiro Nonaka, Monster Maetsuka, Masaki Usui, Satoshi Hashimoto
Votes: 145
41. 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
42. The King of Fighters 2000 (I) (2000 Video Game)
T | Action
the seventh game in the King Of Fighters series and one which builds on the major changes introduced in the '99 version.
Director: Region-Toyonaka | Stars: Yûki Matsuda, Kaori Minami, Katsuyuki Konishi, Eiji Takemoto
Votes: 134
43. The Negotiator: The Movie (2010)
123 min | Action, Drama
Director: Hidetomo Matsuda | Stars: Takashi Sorimachi, Ryôko Yonekura, Masatô Ibu, Hiroki Narimiya
Votes: 131
44. The King of Fighters 2002: Challenge to Ultimate Battle (2002 Video Game)
T | Action
The second plotless "dream match" in The King of Fighters series, this game sports 39 normal characters and 5 hidden characters, some of whom haven't appeared since KOF '98. The King of ... See full summary »
Director: Seon-ho Lee | Stars: Masahiro Nonaka, Monster Maetsuka, Masaki Usui, Satoshi Hashimoto
Votes: 127
45. The King of Fighters 2001 (2001 Video Game)
T | Action
Director: Seon-ho Lee | Stars: Yûki Matsuda, Katsuyuki Konishi, Shiho Kikuchi, Takaya Kuroda
Votes: 118
46. Koisenu Futari (2022)
Comedy, Drama
Set in modern-day Japan, two aromantic asexuals start living together and form a special bond.
Stars: Yukino Kishii, Issei Takahashi, Shôgo Hama, Kana Kita
Votes: 117
47. Mellow (2020)
106 min | Romance
An owner of an upscale flower shop enjoys his single life and one day, a married customer approaches the shop owner to confess her feelings for him.
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Kei Tanaka, Sae Okazaki, Sara Shida, Erena Matsuki
Votes: 114
48. Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (2016– )
45 min | Crime, Mystery
A Japanese remake of the American television series Cold Case, featuring a young detective and her team who investigate cases which have been buried and ignored for years in an attempt to solve them.
Stars: Yoh Yoshida, Kento Nagayama, Tomokazu Miura, Ken'ichi Takitô
Votes: 113
49. Miracle: Devil Claus' Love and Magic (2014)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The intertwined love story of four young people on Christmas night.
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Han Hyo-joo, Makiko Watanabe, Nana Eikura, Tôma Ikuta
Votes: 112
50. Suits: Sûtsu (2018–2020)
Comedy, Drama
Shogo Kai is a competent lawyer who works for one of the four major law firms in Japan. While he is generally recognized as a sharp mind, he is also quite arrogant and at times resorts to methods that pushes the limit of legality.
Stars: Yûko Araki, Honami Suzuki, Anne Nakamura, Yûji Oda
Votes: 107