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1. Bokura no jidai (2007– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Shun Oguri, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Sawako Agawa
Votes: 25
2. Miroku (2013)
84 min | Drama
Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life.
Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Shiori Doi, Seizô Fukumoto, Michiko Furumoto, Iori Harada
Votes: 11
3. Fantasmagorie - The Ghost Show (2021)
72 min | Fantasy
Ena is a computer graphics artist. Working like a machine, she ultimately suffers from the rare digital disease "01," which leaves a strange mark on one half of her face. Ena goes back to ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Nikai | Stars: Manon Aubron, Marius Aubron, Hyde, Masatoshi Nagase
Votes: 7
4. Mama wa aidoru! (1987– )
Drama
A high school teacher marries a popular idol despite the disapproval of his three children and the idol's management.
Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Miho Nakayama, Jun Fubuki, Kumiko Goto
Votes: 11
5. Lost in Translation (2003)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris
Votes: 488,031 | Gross: $44.59M
6. The Naked Director (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 48 min | Biography, Drama
Follows the story of Toru Muranishi's unusual and dramatic life filled with big ambitions as well as spectacular setbacks in his attempt to turn Japan's porn industry on its head.
Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Misato Morita, Tokio Emoto
Votes: 6,925
7. 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: 7,193 | Gross: $0.04M
8. Kano (2014)
Not Rated | 185 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.
Directors: Umin Boya, Te-Sheng Wei | Stars: Takao Osawa, Togo Igawa, Masatoshi Nagase, Ken Aoki
Votes: 2,453
9. Kanata no ko (2013– )
60 min | Drama
Miyako participates in a 1 night and 2 days hiking tour of Mount Fuji. Ryoichi Nozawa is the guide for the hiking tour team of Miyako, Shintaro Kondo, Someno Aoyama and Ai Mitsuke. While ... See full summary »
Stars: Yû Hirukawa, Hikari Mitsushima, Shiho Fujimura, Masatoshi Nagase
Votes: 6
10. Tales of the Bizarre (1990–1992)
54 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Stars: Tamori, Junji Takada, Ryô Iwamatsu, Toshiya Sakai
Votes: 64
11. Dreaming Awake (2008)
106 min | Drama
A university art professor who is about to be promoted becomes friends with a student who, in turn, respects and admires his teacher. The two become involved in each others lives and the ... See full summary »
Director: Takeo Kimura | Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Ineko Arima, Yoshio Inoue, Rie Miyazawa
Votes: 24
12. Mystery Train (1989)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Yûki Kudô, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cinqué Lee
Votes: 30,799 | Gross: $0.37M
13. My Sons (1991)
121 min | Drama, Romance
Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college- educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase, Emi Wakui, Mieko Harada
Votes: 352
14. Kamiya Etsuko no seishun (2006)
111 min | Drama, Romance, War
Before taking off on a kamikaze suicide bombing mission, Second Lieutenant Nagayo arranges a marriage between his girlfriend Etsuko and Second Lieutenant Akashi, his navy officer friend.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki | Stars: Tomoyo Harada, Masatoshi Nagase, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Manami Honjô
Votes: 85
15. Sweet Bean (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno
Votes: 12,692 | Gross: $0.12M
16. Abunai Deka (1986–1987)
54 min | Action
This series revolves around the investigations of Detectives Toshiki Takayama and Yuji Oshita. Famous for their unique personalities and unorthodox methods of catching the criminals, this ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroshi Tachi, Kyôhei Shibata, Tôru Nakamura, Bengal
Votes: 18
17.
The Naked Director (2019–2021)
Episode:
Diamond in the Rough
(2021)
TV-MA | Biography, Drama
Sapphire Pictures is rebranded into the more upscale Diamond Visual. A shy woman named Miyuki responds to a casting call and winds up shadowing Kaoru.
Director: Kôtarô Gotô | Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Misato Morita, Tokio Emoto
Votes: 82
18. Paterson (2016)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Nellie, Rizwan Manji
Votes: 88,843 | Gross: $2.14M
19. Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou (2021)
Comedy
Aoba Ippei, an officer from the Forensics Division, takes on a series of odd cases along with his trusty police dog, Oliver. Yet what others see as a lovable furry friend, Ippei inexplicably sees as a full-grown man in a dog suit.
Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Joe Odagiri, Masatoshi Nagase, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 22
20. Autumn Moon (1992)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
Twentysomething Japanese tourist, Tokio, comes to Hong Kong looking for good cuisine. He does all that the tourist is expected to do, but is disappointed with the food so far. By chance, he... See full summary »
Director: Clara Law | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Pei-Hui Li, Siu Wan Choi, Maki Kiuchi
Votes: 375
21. Bakayarô! 3: Henna yatsura (1990)
94 min | Comedy
Directors: Yasuo Hasegawa, Tsutomu Kashima, Naoto Yamakawa | Stars: Mitsuru Hirata, Hideko Hara, Rikako Murakami, Katsunobu Ito
Votes: 13
22. They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
137 min | Drama
Why does one need a ferryman? One needs a ferryman where there is a body of water and a bridge does not exist. The village high in the hills has a ferryman, but a bridge is in the works. ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Odagiri | Stars: Akira Emoto, Ririka Kawashima, Nijirô Murakami, Masatoshi Nagase
Votes: 242
23. Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers! (2007)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
Traumatic incidents, conflicts, and bloody quarrels awaits the Wago family members who return home to bury their parents.
Director: Daihachi Yoshida | Stars: Eriko Satô, Aimi Satsukawa, Hiromi Nagasaku, Masatoshi Nagase
Votes: 926
24. Cold Fever (1995)
Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens, Gísli Halldórsson
Votes: 1,895 | Gross: $0.34M
25. The Sea Is Watching (2002)
R | 119 min | Romance, Drama
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tôno, Masatoshi Nagase, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 1,605
26. 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
27. Original Sin (1992)
117 min | Drama, Romance
The story about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.
Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Shinobu Ôtake, Masatoshi Nagase, Hideo Murota, Ryô Iwamatsu
Votes: 100
28. The Furthest End Awaits (2014)
118 min | Drama
Misaki returns to the hometown of her father, after he is reported to be dead. There she opens a coffee shop on the isolated beach. A relationship with her neighbour Eriko and her children evolves.
Director: Hsiu-Chiung Chiang | Stars: Hiromi Nagasaku, Nozomi Sasaki, Hiyori Sakurada, Asami Usuda
Votes: 301
29. Jônetsu tairiku (1998– )
30 min | Documentary
Stars: Hitoshi Kubota, Kenta Maeda, Ryôta Murata, Yûji Tanaka
Votes: 21
30. Glassy Ocean: Kujira no Chôyaku (1998)
23 min | Animation, Short, Drama
On what apparently is a parallel world, time flows in a much slower pace than normal. The ocean remains on a solid state of matter as the eccentric individuals who inhabit this land casually wander over it.
Director: Shigeru Tamura | Stars: Hiroyuki Aoki, Eric Jacobsen, Noboru Mitani, Ichirô Nagai
Votes: 214
31. Miyuki (1983)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Story of Miyuki, who falls in love with the same boy as her half-sister. Soon, this love triangle brings a lot of confusion to the lives of the three and their families.
Director: Kazuyuki Izutsu | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Yukari Usami, Hiroko Mita, Daisuke Shima
Votes: 18
32. The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of ... See full summary »
Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Shirô Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Hai-Ping Yang
Votes: 432
33. Aiki (2002)
119 min | Drama, Sport
A wheelchair-bound drop-out becomes a martial arts pupil.
Director: Daisuke Tengan | Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Rie Tomosaka, Chiaki Hara, Akiko Kinouchi
Votes: 119
34. Last Shadow at First Light (2023)
107 min | Drama
Ami, haunted by recurring apparitions, embarks on a journey from Singapore to Japan in search of her missing mother. Amidst the transforming landscapes, Ami's dreams, hauntings and lost mother unveil their true form.
Director: Nicole Midori Woodford | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Mihaya Shirata, Mariko Tsutsui, Peter Yu
Votes: 91
35. Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)
55 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Yoshiki Arizono, Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase
Votes: 2,709
36. Just Remembering (2021)
115 min | Romance
A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again.
Director: Daigo Matsui | Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Sairi Itô, Kalen Anzai, Toshiki Hirose
Votes: 584
37. We Are Little Zombies (2019)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Four orphans meet at a funeral home and none of them are sad about the recent deaths of their parents. They decide to become friends and live on their own.
Director: Makoto Nagahisa | Stars: Keita Ninomiya, Mondo Okumura, Satoshi Mizuno, Sena Nakajima
Votes: 946
38. Three Businessmen (1998)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in Liverpool. Similarly, a very proper British art dealer (Alex Cox), who specializes in ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Miguel Sandoval, Robert Wisdom, Alex Cox, Andrew Schofield
Votes: 544
39. 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: 268
40. Tracing Her Shadow (2020)
97 min | Drama
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1945, a large number of Japanese orphans were adopted by families in Northeast China. With the normalization of diplomatic ... See full summary »
Director: Peng Fei Song | Stars: Yanshu Wu, Ze Ying, Jun Kunimura, Masatoshi Nagase
Votes: 154
41. Rabudo gan (2004)
111 min | Drama, Thriller
A story about a hitman named Hayamada who carries a distinctive red gun and his reason for his work, and how he came to be alone. His aim right now is to reach a destination, but he's late.... See full summary »
Director: Kensaku Watanabe | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Aoi Miyazaki, Hirofumi Arai, Ittoku Kishibe
Votes: 267
42. The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
101 min | Drama, Mystery
Mike Hama is a private investigator who has been reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle.
Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Haruko Wanibuchi, Shirô Sano
Votes: 217
43. Ringo nouka no shoujo (2013)
42 min | Short, Drama
Director: Satoko Yokohama | Stars: Hiroko Akimoto, Gareth Burns, Yûki Kudô, Ryûichirô Kurotaki
Votes: 6
44. Mountain Woman (2022)
100 min | Fantasy
Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the spirits of humans ascend after passing.
Director: Takeshi Fukunaga | Stars: Masaaki Akahori, Ayame, Denden, Osamu Imai
Votes: 65
45. Sakuran (2006)
111 min | Drama, History
A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan).
Director: Mika Ninagawa | Stars: Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shîna, Yoshino Kimura, Hiroki Narimiya
Votes: 2,138
46. Kaasan Mom's Life (2011)
114 min | Comedy
Reiko is a mother of two children and works as a cartoonist. She divorces her alcoholic husband, but when she finds out that he's seriously ill, she decides to take him back.
Director: Shôtarô Kobayashi | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Masatoshi Nagase, Shinta Furuta, Akira Hokuto
Votes: 75
47. P. P. Rider (1983)
118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Three high-school students tangle with the Yakuza and the police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Michiko Kawai, Masatoshi Nagase, Shinobu Sakagami
Votes: 140
48. Talking the Pictures (2019)
126 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Set in early 20th Century Japan, the movie follows the adventures of a young man who wants to get into the movie business -- but in a job unique to his country: a dramatic narrator for ... See full summary »
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Ryo Narita, Yuina Kuroshima, Kengo Kôra, Mao Inoue
Votes: 441
49. Wana (1996)
106 min | Drama, Mystery
Japan's favorite hard-boiled detective Maiku Hama (Masatoshi Nagase) returns for the third time in this crime drama. A crazed killer has been poisoning women around the city and planting ... See full summary »
Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Yui Natsukawa, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kiyotaka Nanbara
Votes: 152
50. Yukai (1997)
112 min | Action, Drama
The director of a large Tokyo trading company is kidnapped and held for ransom. A young but experienced detective is put on the case while being at the center of a nation-wide television sensation.
Director: Takao Okawara | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Masatoshi Nagase, Miki Sakai, Katsutoshi Atarashi
Votes: 47