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1. Princess Mononoke (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
Votes: 433,525 | Gross: $2.38M
2. The Wind Rises (2013)
PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 98,696 | Gross: $5.21M
3. Godzilla 2000 (1999)
PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An independent group of researchers actively track Godzilla as a giant meteor is discovered. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as its true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.
Director: Takao Okawara | Stars: Takehiro Murata, Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida, Mayu Suzuki
Votes: 9,302 | Gross: $10.04M
4. Nodame Cantabile (2006)
47 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Two musicians united in talent, divided by nature - the upper-class perfectionist Chiaki and the sloppy middle-classer Nodame - fall in love.
Stars: Juri Ueno, Hiroshi Tamaki, Eita Nagayama, Asami Mizukawa
Votes: 2,418
5. Tokyo Family (2013)
146 min | Drama
In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 2,236
6. Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
103 min | Comedy
Just before the live airing of a radio play, an actress decides to change the name of her character. This cascades into a battle of egos by all involved that causes continual script changes while the play is on-air live.
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Kyôka Suzuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Keiko Toda
Votes: 2,093 | Gross: $0.01M
7. 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009)
139 min | Drama, Fantasy
Childhood friends continue their battle against a dangerous cult.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Muneyoshi Abiko
Votes: 1,972
8. Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
112 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Conan and his friends must prevent Kid from stealing a famous painting.
Director: Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Cristina Valenzuela, Kira Buckland, Erika Harlacher, Jennie Kwan
Votes: 1,821
9. What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
108 min | Comedy
For her birthday, the grandma of a traditional Tokyo family asks her apathetic husband a gift: divorce. This shocks not only the incredulous husband, but the whole family, and they all will try to prevent the catastrophe at any cost.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 1,284
10. Zen (2009)
127 min | Biography, Drama
'Zen' Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago. After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a ... See full summary »
Director: Banmei Takahashi | Stars: Kankurô Nakamura, Yuki Uchida, Ryushin Tei, Kengo Kôra
Votes: 1,174
11. Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Nodame (Juri Ueno) is still pining for the affections of Chiaki (Hiroshi Tamaki), but Chiaki wants them to concentrate on their musical careers and moves out. Chiaki then gets the ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Yasuhiro Kawamura, Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Juri Ueno, Hiroshi Tamaki, Eita Nagayama, Asami Mizukawa
Votes: 984
12. Karei naru ichizoku (2007)
Drama
Set in the late 1960s decade of Japan and follows the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke, a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei, the executive managing director of a steel firm.
Stars: Takuya Kimura, Kyôka Suzuki, Kyoko Hasegawa, Toshiyuki Nishida
Votes: 904
13. What a Wonderful Family (2017)
113 min | Comedy
In this sequel to the first It's A Wonderful Family, the characters who are still based on those in Tokyo Family (which itself was based on Tokyo Story), are a couple of years older with ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Shôzô Hayashiya
Votes: 781
14. The Floating Castle (2012)
144 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the year 1590, powerful daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi nears his plan to unify all of Japan, but he comes across a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika must use his army to defend the castle.
Directors: Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudô | Stars: Takehiro Hira, Takayuki Yamada, Hiroki Narimiya, Mana Ashida
Votes: 613
15. The Magnificent Nine (2016)
129 min | Comedy, History
It is eighteenth century Japan and the residents of a poor town lead a typically meagre life. Then nine residents, which include Juzaburo, hatch a scheme to improve their lots by running a ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Eita Nagayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yûko Takeuchi
Votes: 564
16. Trick (2000– )
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Quirky professor Jiro Ueda and struggling magician Naoko Yamada investigate and unmask the fraudulent people who claim to have supernatural abilities.
Stars: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Katsuhisa Namase, Yôko Nogiwa
Votes: 549
17. Best Wishes for Tomorrow (2007)
110 min | Drama, War
A Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Makoto Fujita, Robert Lesser, Fred Spiker, Richard Neil
Votes: 531
18. Change (2008– )
Drama
Keita Asakura, 35, a primary school teacher from rural Nagano Prefecture whose recently deceased father had been a dietman from Kyushu.
Stars: Takuya Kimura, Eri Fukatsu, Akira Terao, Rosa Katô
Votes: 522
19. The Black House (1999)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes progressively more frightened.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Seiyô Uchino, Shinobu Ôtake, Masahiko Nishimura, Misato Tanaka
Votes: 513
20. Sanadamaru (2016– )
Drama, History
The life of Japan's last great battlefield commander is chronicled in this historical drama. In war-torn 16th century Japan, Sandana Masayuki bravely leads his small clan to survival during a brutal time through cunning strategy.
Stars: Masato Sakai, Yô Ôizumi, Seiyô Uchino, Masami Nagasawa
Votes: 494
21. What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (2018)
123 min | Comedy, Drama
Not everyone values the housewife enough. When the local friendly neighbourhood burglar hits their house, the husband and wife descend into a quarrel that ends up with the woman departing ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 467
22. Bitter Blood (2014)
54 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Story of two detectives and their relationship as father and son.
Stars: Takeru Satoh, Atsuro Watabe, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tetsushi Tanaka
Votes: 409
23. Woman in Witness Protection (1997)
131 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A vain actress who witnessed a serious crime is guarded by 2 cops as she goes about her daily affairs.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Yuji Murata, Kazuya Takahashi
Votes: 330
24. Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002 Video)
G | 24 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Ghiblies are back!, and we get to see the Ghibli staff eating extra hot curry for lunch and more of Nonaka's first love all in a sequel of one of Studio Ghibli's most unique set of shorts.
Director: Yoshiyuki Momose | Stars: Masahiko Nishimura, Kyôka Suzuki, Arata Furuta, Satoru Saitô
Votes: 291
25. Samurai Shifters (2019)
120 min | Comedy, History
The noble Katagiri Harunosuke is both a warrior and a scholar. He is a samurai in the employment of his lord or Daimyo and also a bookworm. His newest and somewhat surprising task is to ... See full summary »
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Gaku Hamada, Gen Hoshino, Yutaka Matsushige, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 291
26. Mission Impossible: Samurai (2014)
119 min | Action, Comedy, History
During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyôko Fukada, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 286
27. 252: Seizonsha ari (2008)
128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A massive earthquake strikes off mainland Japan causing the temperature of the Pacific Ocean to rise meteorically, leading to a massive storm to hit Tokyo and for it to be inundated with ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuo Mizuta | Stars: Hideaki Itô, Seiyô Uchino, Takayuki Yamada, Yû Kashii
Votes: 280
28. Furuhata Ninzaburô (1994– )
46 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The cases of Furuhata Ninzaburô, a Japanese detective inspired by Columbo who solves inverted mysteries with the help of his bumbling sidekick Shintaro Imaizumi.
Stars: Masakazu Tamura, Masahiko Nishimura, Takashi Kobayashi, Masanori Ishii
Votes: 277
29. Clover (2014)
120 min | Drama, Romance
A woman chooses between her childhood best friend and her stoic boss.
Director: Takeshi Furusawa | Stars: Emi Takei, Mark Chinnery, Kento Nagayama, Natsuna
Votes: 252
30. Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
202 min | Drama
A drama based on the 1985 plane crash that caused 520 deaths, the worst aviation event in Japanese history.
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Shun Sugata, Tae Kimura, Tomokazu Miura
Votes: 252
31. Kôshônin: Mashita Masayoshi (2005)
127 min | Action
Japan's #1 negotiator Mashita Masayoshi is called into action again as a mysterious train terrorizes Tokyo's underground railway network. But this time his opponent is gunning for him personally.
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Yûsuke Santamaria, Susumu Terajima, Yusuke Hirayama, Masanori Ishii
Votes: 235
32. My Story Is Long (2019– )
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An unemployed guy who gets pushed into real life by his sister.
Stars: Mieko Harada, Kaya Kiyohara, Yôsuke Sugino, Ken Yasuda
Votes: 231
33. Abacus and Sword (2010)
129 min | Drama
A low-income samurai struggling to survive when the philosophy and their reason of existence is being questioned and phased out.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Masato Sakai, Yukie Nakama, Keiko Matsuzaka, Mina Fujii
Votes: 208
34. Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie (2004)
102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice ninja, leaves his hometown of Iga to go to Edo (Tokyo). There, for his final training, he must find himself a master, and protect his master with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code.
Director: Masayuki Suzuki | Stars: Shingo Katori, Rena Tanaka, Gori, Yuri Chinen
Votes: 206
35. Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge (2006–2011)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Meitantei Conan is the live-action prequel to the current Meitantei Conan franchise. It's set before Shinichi was shrunk, or ever knew of the black organization. Shinichi Kudou is a famous ... See full summary »
Stars: Junpei Mizobata, Shioli Kutsuna, Hironobu Nomura, Tôri Matsuzaka
Votes: 183
36. Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story takes place when Shinichi was still a high school student. The talented young detective Kudo Shinichi receives a message: "I will kidnap one of your classmates during your class trip". Shinichi is going to find out the truth.
Director: Koichi Okamoto | Stars: Becky, Ryo Fukawa, Masatô Ibu, Mayuko Iwasa
Votes: 172
37. Kung Fu Kid (2007)
98 min | Action
A young martial arts student gets caught up in a series of Kung Fu adventures with a woman who manages a Chinese restaurant.
Director: Issei Oda | Stars: Zhuang Zhang, Ken Ayugai, Nanami Fujimoto, Arata Furuta
Votes: 170
38. You Taught Me All the Precious Things (2011– )
Drama
Shuji is a young teacher whose confidence and honesty has made him popular with the students. He is engaged to Natsumi, also a teacher at the same high school. At the morning of the new ... See full summary »
Stars: Haruma Miura, Erika Toda, Emi Takei, Masaki Suda
Votes: 151
39. Yamato nadeshiko (2000– )
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being teased and bullied by the other children in school because of her family's poverty, young Sakurako makes a pledge to her mother that, no matter what, she will never be poor when... See full summary »
Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Masahiko Nishimura, Akiko Yada
Votes: 149
40. Osen (2008– )
Comedy
Handa Sen is the "okami" (proprietress) of a long-standing restaurant in one of the lower parts of Tokyo. Though she is normally air-headed and loves to drink, she has an impressive mastery... See full summary »
Stars: Orie Tôjô, Yû Aoi, Ranran Suzuki, Hiroki Uchi
Votes: 139
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. Samurai Hustle Returns (2016)
119 min | Action, Comedy, History
Masaatsu Naito (Kuranosuke Sasaki) successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyôko Fukada, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 133
43. AIBOU: The Movie (2008)
117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Somewhere a television presenter is murdered. Somewhere else, a member of the Japanese Diet (parliament) is saved from almost-certain death by two policemen assigned to her detail. The ... See full summary »
Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Yasufumi Terawaki, Yutaka Mizutani, Sawa Suzuki, Ikue Masudo
Votes: 128
44. The 47 Ronin in Debt (2019)
125 min | Comedy, History
Following a nefarious plot by Kozukenosuke Kira Takuminokami Asano Tono is ordered to take the blade and commit suicide. he has loyal foot soldiers however. Kuranosuke is one. He vows ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yûdai Chiba, Gaku Hamada, Keisuke Horibe
Votes: 127
45. Moonlight Serenade (1997)
110 min | Drama
Opens with a journalist reporting on the 1997 Kobe earthquake, as he remembers a trip made as a young boy. Then, he and family took a boat trip from Awaji to Beppu in order to bury the ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Hideyuki Kasahara, Jun Toba, Shima Iwashita
Votes: 127
46. Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)
121 min | Drama
Iwane, Kinpei and Shinnosuke are childhood friends. They also trained at the same dojo, hung out together and dreamt together. Iwane, Jinpei and Shinnosuke also become relatives through ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Tôri Matsuzaka, Fumino Kimura, Kyôko Yoshine, Tasuku Emoto
Votes: 122
47. The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter (2017 TV Movie)
73 min | Biography, Drama, History
Dramatized telling of the story of Katsushika Oei, daughter of the great Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). A great artist in her own right, but never satisfied with her own ... See full summary »
Director: Taku Katô | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hiroki Miyake, Kimiko Yo
Votes: 116
48. Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel (2006)
123 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A boy suddenly can see a ghost after an accident, that will reveal the secret of his life.
Director: Nobuo Mizuta | Stars: Kenta Suga, Ryôko Shinohara, Masahiko Nishimura, Masako Motai
Votes: 110
49. Watashi wa kai ni naritai (2008)
139 min | Drama, War
One relatively peaceful post-war day in Japan, a barber and good family man, is unexpectedly arrested by the Prefectural Police, declared a suspected war criminal, and subsequently sued for murder by the American occupation forces.
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa | Stars: Masahiro Nakai, Yukie Nakama, Yuki Shibamoto, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 108
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, Yûto Nakajima
Votes: 107