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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: 77,600
2. Perfect Days (2023)
PG | 124 min | Drama
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Miyako Tanaka
Votes: 39,267
3. Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 1,531 min | Horror
Anchor Bay's collection, which has amassed some of the best horror film anthologies.
Stars: Karen Elizabeth Austin, J. Winston Carroll, Miho Ninagawa, Anthony Harrison
Votes: 13,292
4. Antiporno (2016)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Horror
Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Fujiko, Sayaka Kotani
Votes: 5,021
5. Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
138 min | Drama, Romance
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Takao Osawa, Kô Shibasaki, Masami Nagasawa, Mirai Moriyama
Votes: 3,897
6. Waterboys (2001)
91 min | Comedy, Sport
In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura, Kôen Kondô
Votes: 3,062
7. Go (2001)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Sugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school. His boxer dad teaches him boxing - skills used a lot.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kô Shibasaki, Tarô Yamamoto, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 3,020
8.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
Dream Cruise
(2007)
TV-MA | 87 min | Horror
Absolutely terrified of the sea, an American lawyer reluctantly goes on an ocean cruise to be near the wife of a client, with no idea of the grim situation that awaits them all.
Director: Norio Tsuruta | Stars: Daniel Gillies, Thom Irvine, Ethan Amis, Maky Soler
Votes: 1,771
9. Himitsu (1999)
119 min | Drama, Fantasy
A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transferred into their daughter's body.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Ryôko Hirosue, Kaoru Kobayashi, Ken Kaneko, Yuriko Ishida
Votes: 782
10. Parade (2009)
118 min | Drama
Four youths share a two bedroom apartment in a corner of Tokyo. A series of assault cases occur in the same district. Eighteen year old Satoru, a male prostitute, joins them as a new house mate. Their daily life slowly starts to change.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Karina, Shihori Kanjiya, Kento Hayashi
Votes: 674
11. White Lily (2016)
80 min | Drama, Horror
Tokiko, a renowned ceramic artist, and her husband encounter Haruka, a teenage runaway, and take her into their home, where Tokiko teaches her about ceramics.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Rin Asuka, Kaori Yamaguchi, Shôma Machii, Kanako Nishikawa
Votes: 576
12. Jam Films (2002)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
"The Messenger" is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground to tell him about his ultimate fate. A bag with a "Kendama" ball and string toy gets mixed up with a bag of... See full summary »
Directors: Daizaburo Hanada, Jôji Iida, Shunji Iwai, Ryûhei Kitamura, Rokuro Mochizuki, Tetsuo Shinohara, Yukihiko Tsutsumi, Isao Yukisada | Stars: Morio Agata, Natsuko Akiyama, Samuel Pop Aning, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 570
13. Smuggler (2011)
TV-MA | 114 min | Drama
This live-action film adaptation of Shohei Manabe's Smuggler manga is not to be missed! Ryosuke Kinuta is a failed actor with big time debts. His loan shark scores him a gig smuggling dead ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhito Ishii | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masatoshi Nagase, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Hikari Mitsushima
Votes: 557
14. Gacchaman (2013)
113 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Hostile forces are taking over the planet, plotting to exterminate human life. Young children with special powers are recruited to lead the fight. 13 years later, 5 special people must come together as one to save the day for humanity.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Tôri Matsuzaka, Gô Ayano, Ayame Gôriki, Tatsuomi Hamada
Votes: 518
15. Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012)
141 min | Biography, Drama
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Yasunari Takeshima, Shôta Sometani, Jun'ichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki
Votes: 354
16. Kyô no dekigoto (2003)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Seven friends gather at a party in Kyoto to celebrate Masamichi's entry to graduate school. Maki & her boyfriend Nakazawa join the party and get drunk easily after the friendship reunion. ... See full summary »
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Rena Tanaka, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ayumi Ito, Shûji Kashiwabara
Votes: 290
17. Sideways (2009)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
A middle-aged Japanese man travels to California to attend the wedding of his American-based friend. Prior to the big event, they take one last trip to Napa Valley, where they taste wine, dally with romance.
Director: Cellin Gluck | Stars: Fumiyo Kohinata, Katsuhisa Namase, Rinko Kikuchi, Kyôka Suzuki
Votes: 272
18. Hakuchi: The Innocent (1999)
146 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible for all of Japan's entertainment.
Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Miyako Koda, Reika Hashimoto, Masao Kusakari
Votes: 269
19. Snow Flower (2019)
125 min | Drama, Romance
A terminally ill girl, who dreams of going to Finland to see the northern lights, falls in love.
Director: Kôjirô Hashimoto | Stars: Hiroomi Tosaka, Ayami Nakajô, Kenta Hamano, Sini Pesonen
Votes: 253
20. Kita no zeronen (2005)
170 min | Drama
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the... See full summary »
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Ken Watanabe, Etsushi Toyokawa, Toshirô Yanagiba
Votes: 173
21. Maruyama, the Middle Schooler (2013)
119 min | Comedy, Family
Of what does a fourteen-year-old boy often think and fantasize? Well, supposedly the answer is mostly of an erotic nature and, more particularly, quite often self-eroticism. In this case ... See full summary »
Director: Kankurô Kudô | Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Takuma Hiraoka, Kenji Endo, Fumina Hara
Votes: 132
22. Luxurious Bone (2001)
107 min | Drama
Two young women and a sex date who turns out to be an alright guy. What follows is a classic love triangle, however so skillfully played that most of it comes out rather fresh.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Kumiko Asô, Tsugumi, Masatoshi Nagase, Hirofumi Asamoto
Votes: 91
23. Kondo wa aisaika (2009)
128 min | Drama
The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Haruka Igawa
Votes: 88
24. The Blue Tower (2008)
85 min | Thriller
An illicit romance leads to betrayal and crime. Smita Bhide's micro-budget contemporary B-movie is a refreshingly dark, character-driven vision of British Indian life.
Director: Smita Bhide | Stars: Paul Chowdhry, Sonnell Dadral, Abhin Galeya, Indira Joshi
Votes: 76
25. Jôhatsu tabinikki (2003)
85 min | Drama, Fantasy
Director: Isao Yamada | Stars: Cosmosco, Kinue Fuji, Ginpachi Ginza, Daisuke Iijima
Votes: 54
26. Anmonaito no sasayaki wo kiita (1992)
70 min
A fantasy story based on the relationship between Kenji Miyazawa and his younger sister Toshi.
Director: Isao Yamada | Stars: Hiroko Ishimaru, Reina Oshibe, Kenzo Saeki
Votes: 28
27. Sennen tabito (1999)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Knowing that he has only a month to live, a pianist goes back to his beloved ocean. He meets a girl with a broken leg. She is the daughter of his former love who died many years ago. The ... See full summary »
Director: Jinsei Tsuji | Stars: Etsushi Toyokawa, Takao Osawa, Misako Watanabe, Yuma
Votes: 28
28. Rokkun rouru mishin (2002)
120 min
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Urara Awata, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Ryô Kase, Kenji Mizuhashi
Votes: 24
29. Circus Sam (2019)
Short, Drama
A young girl befriends a mute circus clown, who offers his guidance to help her win the heart of her high school crush.
Director: Rayner Wang | Stars: Cary Elwes, Annie Wood, Ellery Sprayberry, Edward Zo
Votes: 11
30. Ichi, ni no sanshiro (1996)
Director: Ichikawa | Stars: Masaaki Satake, Eriko Tamura, Naomasa Musaka, Shinobu Sakagami
31. Noma Dojo 'For the 21st Century Samurai' (2009)
28 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Mizuho Kudô