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1. Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
R | 92 min | Horror
A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Megumi Okina, Misaki Itô, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa
Votes: 48,148 | Gross: $0.33M
2. Pulse (I) (2006)
PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
Director: Jim Sonzero | Stars: Kristen Bell, Rick Gonzalez, Christina Milian, Ian Somerhalder
Votes: 30,717 | Gross: $20.26M
3. Pulse (2001)
R | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka
Votes: 25,668 | Gross: $0.05M
4. Cure (1997)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masato Hagiwara, Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Votes: 23,230 | Gross: $0.09M
5. Tokyo Sonata (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki
Votes: 11,850 | Gross: $0.28M
6. Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary
Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.
Director: Kent Jones | Stars: Wes Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher, Bob Balaban
Votes: 7,191 | Gross: $0.30M
7. 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: 6,768
8. Creepy (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred six years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yûko Takeuchi, Toru Baba, Ryôko Fujino
Votes: 5,995
9. Retribution (2006)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An experienced police detective has to investigate the murder of an unknown woman dressed in a scarlet dress.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Hiroyuki Hirayama
Votes: 3,268
10. Wife of a Spy (2020 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama, History, War
A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Yû Aoi, Issei Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide, Ryôta Bandô
Votes: 3,118
11. Bright Future (2002)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji, Sayuri Oyamada
Votes: 3,008 | Gross: $0.00M
12. Before We Vanish (2017)
R | 129 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Masahiro Higashide
Votes: 2,829 | Gross: $0.05M
13. Charisma (1999)
104 min | Drama, Mystery
A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Ren Ôsugi, Yoriko Dôguchi
Votes: 2,055
14. Séance (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A psychic housewife and her husband become burdened with a kidnapped girl who escaped her assailant. Junko will not let her husband call the hospital or the police for purely selfish ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Hikari Ishida
Votes: 1,997
15. Journey to the Shore (2015)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Mizuki's husband Yusuke drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu, Mika Muraoka
Votes: 1,956
16. The Funeral (1984)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki
Votes: 1,854
17. Occult (2009)
110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Koji Shiraishi is interested in strange indiscriminate murder at a sightseeing resort. He goes behind the camera to investigate the circumstances surrounding strange occurrences and interview the survivors.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Mika Azuma, Horiken, Kôen Kondô, Shinobu Kuribayashi
Votes: 1,853
18. To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
120 min | Drama
A young Japanese woman finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Atsuko Maeda, Shôta Sometani, Tokio Emoto, Adiz Rajabov
Votes: 1,848
19. Doppelganger (2003)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiromi Nagasaku, Yûsuke Santamaria, Duncan
Votes: 1,466
20. The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.
Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Kenji Sawada, Kimiko Ikegami, Kazuo Kitamura
Votes: 1,300
21. Loft (2005)
R | 115 min | Horror
Reiko, a prize-winning writer, moves to a quiet isolated house to finish up her new novel. One night she sees the man next door transporting an object wrapped in cloth. She finds out he is ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Miki Nakatani, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yumi Adachi
Votes: 1,224
22. Penance (2012)
270 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
The murder of a young girl is never solved. Her mother who is torn by grief puts a curse on the four of the girl's classmates. These four girls are forced into adulthood which eventually triggers a tragic chain of events.
Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Hazuki Kimura, Manatsu Kimura, Kyôka Shibata
Votes: 1,200
23. Sweet Home (1989)
Not Rated | 100 min | Horror
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Shingo Yamashiro, Nokko, Fukumi Kuroda
Votes: 1,124
24. Real (2013)
127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A man decides to use a new technology to go inside the mind of his comatose lover.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Haruka Ayase, Joe Odagiri, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 1,120
25. Daguerrotype (2016)
131 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When an assistant to a daguerreotypy photographer falls in love with the latter's daughter the relationship mirrors the art form as love and pain combine.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Constance Rousseau, Olivier Gourmet, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 1,001
26. 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: 907
27. Serpent's Path (1998)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man enlists a friend to help him identify and exact revenge upon his daughter's murderer.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûrei Yanagi, Shirô Shimomoto
Votes: 845
28. Cut (I) (2011)
133 min | Drama, Thriller
Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own ... See full summary »
Director: Amir Naderi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Takako Tokiwa, Takashi Sasano, Shun Sugata
Votes: 806
29. Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 77 min | Documentary
Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films often ... See full summary »
Director: Kent Jones | Stars: Martin Scorsese, Orson Welles, Val E. Lewton, Alexander Nemerov
Votes: 699
30. Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013)
Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Action, Drama
A company president (Emoto Tasuku) is pursued by a Kung fu fighting co-worker (Mita Moa) after he steals her nameplate from the staff board.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Mao Mita, Tasuku Emoto, Jinsei Morishita, Atsushi Abe
Votes: 696
31. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
100 min | Music, Comedy
In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.
Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay
Votes: 626
32. Eyes of the Spider (1998)
83 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man discovers a darker side of himself after exacting revenge on his daughter's killer.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Duncan, Ren Ôsugi, Sadao Abe
Votes: 618
33. Seventh Code (2013)
60 min | Mystery, Thriller
Akiko travels to Vladivostok Russia to meet Matsunaga who she first met in Tokyo and is unable to forget. Even though Akiko meets Matsunaga again, Matsunaga does not remember her. Matsunaga... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Atsuko Maeda, Ryohei Suzuki, Aissy, Hiroshi Yamamoto
Votes: 607
34. License to Live (1998)
109 min | Drama, Comedy
Yoshi, aged 24, awakes after 10 years in a coma, goes on to start a new life and rebuild his family.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shun Sugata, Lily, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 569
35. The Guard from Underground (1992)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A woman begins working at the same company as a security guard that she believes might be a former sumo wrestling serial killer.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Makiko Kuno, Yutaka Matsushige, Hatsunori Hasegawa, Tarô Suwa
Votes: 470
36. Barren Illusions (1999)
95 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In future Japan, a dangerous pollen falls upon Tokyo, endangering its populace. Two people volunteer to become tests subject for a drug that could possibly provide a cure.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Shinji Aoyama, Shirô Atami, Shingo Ichizawa, Kazushige Inami
Votes: 435
37. Foreboding (2017)
140 min | Sci-Fi
Something's wrong and Etsuko is one of the first to notice. It's not just the sky that looks different, Etsuko suddenly begins hearing strange noises and an increasing number of inexplicable things are happening around her.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Kaho, Shôta Sometani, Masahiro Higashide, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 390
38. The Depths (2010)
121 min | Drama
Be-hwan is a famous Korean fashion photographer visiting Japan at the request of his friend Gil-su to take pictures of his wedding. On the day of Gil-su's wedding, however, the bride ... See full summary »
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Kim Min-joon, Hôshi Ishida, Soji Arai, Ryôtarô Yonemura
Votes: 376
39. Gakkô no kaidan G (1998 TV Movie)
71 min | Horror
Features four short horror films, among those are "Katasumi" and "4444444444".
Directors: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tetsu Maeda, Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Medaka Ikeno, Aki Maeda, Masashi Muta, Shungiku Uchida
Votes: 353
40. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
41. Mr. X, a Vision of Leos Carax (2014)
Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary, Biography, Mystery
The image of a mysterious, solitary filmmaker - a cineaste maudit - who flees from both the media and the public, is unrelentingly bound to the figure of Leos Carax, in France. Elsewhere, ... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Louise-Salomé | Stars: Leos Carax, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Richard Brody, Caroline Champetier
Votes: 303
42. Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005)
51 min | Horror
A husband and wife each believe that the other is cheating on them. The upstairs room in their house becomes a point of bizarre physical transformations.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tamaki Ogawa, Hisako Shirata
Votes: 300
43. Modern Love Tokyo (2022– )
40 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Each story, which depicts various forms of love in a variety of expressive ways, will bring laughter and tears and move the hearts of people everywhere.
Stars: Ren Hanami, Asami Mizukawa, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Atsuko Maeda
Votes: 275
44. Kandagawa Pervert Wars (1983)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Two sexually energized young women who live in a high-rise apartment building happen one day to spy from their window a mother and son making love in the apartment across from theirs. They ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Usagi Asô, Makoto Yoshino, Yûichi Kishino, Mimi Sawaki
Votes: 271
45. Bumpkin Soup (1985)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Musical
A country girl visits Tokyo in search of her college heartthrob. Here she meets horny students, a psychology professor in search of the theory of shame, and Yoshioka who has become a campus nobody.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Yoriko Dôguchi, Jûzô Itami, Kensô Katô, Usagi Asô
Votes: 258
46. Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014)
109 min | Documentary
A tribute from filmmakers and critics around the world to the Taiwan New Cinema movement in the 1980s.
Director: Chinlin Hsieh | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Olivier Assayas, Jingjing Bao, Wang Bing
Votes: 253
47. Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Documentary
"Cinema of Our Time" is a documentary series about contemporary filmmakers from around the world, created by Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe, as a follow-up to the acclaimed initial series "Filmmakers of Our Time" (1964-1972).
Stars: Jean-Claude Dauphin, André S. Labarthe, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean Douchet
Votes: 193
48. Door III (1996)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An ambitious insurance saleswoman is stalked by by the strange and supernatural after meeting a mysterious man named Mitsuru.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Minako Tanaka, Akihiro Nakazawa, Rinko Mayumi, Ryô Amamiya
Votes: 183
49. Mikadoroido (1991)
73 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo a process that would turn them into ... See full summary »
Directors: Satoo Haraguchi, Tomoo Haraguchi | Stars: Hiroshi Atsumi, Sandayû Dokumamushi, Yoriko Dôguchi, 'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken
Votes: 180
50. Chime (2024)
45 min | Horror, Thriller
A school teacher is woken by a sound that fills him with dread.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Mutsuo Yoshioka, Tomoko Tabata, Ikkei Watanabe
Votes: 124