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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. VS Arashi (2008–2020)
31 min | Game-Show
In this highly physical game and variety show, Japanese pop idols Arashi pit their wits, strength and courage against a different team of entertainers or sportspeople every week.
Stars: Arashi, Shô Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya
Votes: 85
3. Manga michi Vol.2 (1987– )
Drama
Stars: Makoto Akatsuka, Tsunehiro Arai, Tôru Emori, Fujiko Fujio A.
Votes: 6
4. London Hearts (1999– )
54 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Stars: Atsushi Tamura, Ryô Tamura, Rondon Bûtsu 1 Gô 2 Gô, Hiroiki Ariyoshi
Votes: 15
5. Funny or Spank: Newspaper Co. For 24 Hours (2008 TV Special)
473 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Five comedians are faced with a game of no laughing in a journalist themed building. Laughing earns a punishment of which other comedians appear to deliberately make them laugh.
Director: Yûichi Ohtomo | Stars: Masatoshi Hamada, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Shôzô Endô, Hôsei Tsukitei
Votes: 15
6. Sleepeeer Hit! (2016– )
54 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman who used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team had to give up on her dream due to an injury. She ends up working at manga magazine when the publishing industry is going through a turbulent time.
Stars: Haru Kuroki, Joe Odagiri, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Votes: 511
7. Tales of the Bizarre (1990–1992)
54 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Stars: Tamori, Junji Takada, Ryô Iwamatsu, Toshiya Sakai
Votes: 65
8. Homecoming (2011)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Toshihiro Iijima | Stars: Junji Takada, Keiko Takahashi, Reina, Taisaku Akino
Votes: 9
9. The Way of the Hot & Spicy (2021–2023)
Drama
Influenced by his new boss in Tokyo, a beverage company sales promoter from Osaka awakens to the cathartic, life-affirming powers of fiery hot food.
Stars: Akito Kiriyama, Kanro Morita, Yasuyuki Maekawa, Mitsuru Hirata
Votes: 95
10. Going My Home (2012– )
54 min | Drama
Ryota Tsuboi is a producer for a CM production company. His wife Sae is a food stylist. She is also enthusiastic about her daughter Moe's education and her work. Ryota goes to Nagano to see his father. There he has a strange meeting.
Stars: Aoi Tatsumi, Hiroshi Abe, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Aoi Miyazaki
Votes: 483
11.
Going My Home (2012– )
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(2012)
120 min | Drama
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Aoi Miyazaki, You
Votes: 8
12. Piano no mori (2007)
101 min | Animation, Drama, Family
The son of a prostitute and the son of a professional musician develop a bond of friendship through their love of playing the piano.
Director: Masayuki Kojima | Stars: Aya Ueto, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Amano, Mayuko Fukuda
Votes: 1,749
13. The History of Our Family (2010– )
Drama
Set after WW II, "Wagaya no Rekishi" (The History of Our Family) follows the Yame family and its 7 members over the next two decades. The drama will provide a mixture of laughter, romance, drama, and suspense.
Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Kôichi Satô, Toshiyuki Nishida, Sumiko Fuji
Votes: 638
14. Jônetsu tairiku (1998– )
30 min | Documentary
Stars: Hitoshi Kubota, Kenta Maeda, Ryôta Murata, Yûji Tanaka
Votes: 21
15. Downtown DX (1993– )
54 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Masatoshi Hamada, Dauntaun, Cha Katô
Votes: 9
16. Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (2006)
131 min | Comedy, Drama
Bussan refuses to accept his death and returns to Kisarazu as a ghost to make peace with his friends. Unfortunately his reappearance brings unforeseen consequences.
Director: Fuminori Kaneko | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Shô Sakurai, Wakana Sakai, Yoshinori Okada
Votes: 187
17. 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
18. Tetsuko no heya (1976– )
35 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meiko Nakamura, Makoto Ôtake, Tomio Umezawa
Votes: 33
19. Mikaiketsu no Onna (2018– )
Crime, Mystery
After waking up from a month-long coma due to injuries sustained in a reckless, heated investigation, detective Yashiro Tomo quickly returns to work at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police ... See full summary »
Stars: Ken'ichi Endô, Haru, Asuka Kudô, Kyôka Suzuki
Votes: 46
20. Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! (1985)
Action, Drama
The "Hissatsu!" band of assassins gets involved in an old mansion with a secret weapon.
Director: Joe Hirose | Stars: Makoto Fujita, Izumi Ayukawa, Masaki Kyômoto, Hiroaki Murakami
Votes: 30
21. Gal Circle (2006– )
Comedy
Kitajima Shinnosuke, a cowboy from the USA who goes to Shibuya to find a group of girls to dance Para-Para. Along the way, he becomes a new type of hero, helping to solve problems that afflict Shibuya-Gals.
Stars: Naohito Fujiki, Erika Toda, Emi Suzuki, Mari Yaguchi
Votes: 62
22.
La cuisine (1992–1993)
Episode:
Ghost Soup
(1992)
58 min | Drama
Agreeing to move out of his old apartment early to help out others, Ichiro shows up unexpectedly to move into his new place on Christmas Eve, a couple of weeks ahead of schedule. As he ... See full summary »
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Ranran Suzuki, Hiroyuki Watari, Dave Spector, Ken Mitsuishi
Votes: 217
23. Jittemai (1986)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action
After their executions are faked by the authorities, three criminals are forced to become assassins under the Shogun's command
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Mariko Ishihara, Masanori Sera, Mari Natsuki, Takuzô Kawatani
Votes: 254
24. The Gorgeous Spy (2009– )
54 min | Comedy, Thriller
Yoroi Kyosuke is a convicted swindler who is recruited by the government to serve as a spy against terrorists. Dorothy, also a member of Kyosuke's team, has been established as an elite spy... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Moore, Rie Minemura, Nattsu Tanahashi, Mayu Ohya
Votes: 26
25. Bokuno onna ni teodasuna (1986)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A financially desperate young woman gets a job tutoring a rich young boy only to get forced into a kidnapping and ransom scheme.
Director: Shun Nakahara | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Ryo Ishibashi, Teppei Yamada, Aiko Morishita
Votes: 35
26. Don ni natta otoko (1991)
110 min | Drama
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Yukiyo Toake, Yûko Natori, Masahiko Kondô
Votes: 8
27. Big Magnum Kuroiwa Sensei (1985)
102 min | Comedy
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Yasushi Yokoyama, Norio Nishikawa, Mari Shirato, Hiroyuki Watanabe
Votes: 24
28. Yôkoso, Wagaya e (2015– )
54 min | Drama
Kurata Kenta lives with his father, Taichi, his mother, Keiko, and his younger sister, Nana in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kurata Kenta ... See full summary »
Stars: Masaki Aiba, Kasumi Arimura, Kaho Minami, Akira Terao
Votes: 42
29. Invisible Man (1996– )
Drama, Mystery
A photographer accidentally gets hold of a drink that enables him to become invisible, and while getting rapped up in stories in which he never expected to find himself, winds up being the hero.
Stars: Shingo Katori, Eri Fukatsu, Maiko Yamada, Hitomi Kuroki
Votes: 8
30. Mr. Dilemma Man: Lunatic for Lust (1979)
Comedy
Director: Masaru Konuma | Stars: Akira Emoto, Yukiko Tachibana, Yuka Asagiri, Rie Akagi
Votes: 10
31.
La cuisine (1992–1993)
Episode:
Omelette
(1992)
21 min | Drama
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Junji Takada, Yûta Yamazaki, Aya Nakagawa, Aya Katsuragi
Votes: 13
32. Pavillion sanshouo (2006)
98 min | Comedy
Four beautiful sisters of the Ninomiya family are entrusted with taking care of Kinjiro, a giant salamander and resident national treasure. On the eve of the reptile's 150th birthday, ... See full summary »
Director: Masanori Tominaga | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Yû Kashii, Junji Takada, Yumi Asô
Votes: 110
33. Furaingu rabittsu (2008)
116 min | Comedy, Sport
Yukari always wanted to become a flight attendant and has just been hired by Japan Airlines. However, due to an unexpected mistake, she has also been recruited to the company's basketball ... See full summary »
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Satomi Ishihara, Yôko Maki, Arina Watanabe, Yayoi Shikatani
Votes: 52
34.
Tales of the Bizarre (1990–1992)
Episode:
Kani kan/Samurai ga kiru/Higaisha no kao
(1992)
16 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Junji Takada, Ryô Iwamatsu, Toshiya Sakai
Votes: 9
35. Stigmatized Properties (2020)
111 min | Drama, Horror
Yamame Yamano (Kazuya Kamenashi) is an unpopular comedian. His senior informs him that "...it will air on TV, if you stay at the stigmatized property where a murder took place." That is how... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Kazuya Kamenashi, Nao Honda, Kôji Seto, Shin'ya Arino
Votes: 272
36. Private Lessons II (1993)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An insecure young Asian man, played by Japanese pop star Goro Inagaki, meets an interesting sensual European woman who teaches him the secrets of love and life.
Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Gorô Inagaki, Joanna Pacula, Masahiro Nakai, Akira Emoto
Votes: 135
37. Scrap: A Love Story (1984)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Mio Tanaka, Kazuo Andô, Seiji Kurasaki, Kozaburo Arashiyama
38. 11pm (1965–1990)
60 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Jun'ichi Yaoi, Miyoko Asada, Haruhiko Saitô, Tôru Yuri
39. La cuisine (1992–1993)
25 min | Drama
Stars: Ken Mitsuishi, Junji Takada, Tsutomu Tôdô, Ranran Suzuki
40. Tottochan! (2017– )
20 min | Short, Biography, Comedy
Stars: Hana Toyoshima, Nao Matsushita, Kôji Yamamoto, Junji Takada
41. Nishimura Kyôtarô toraberu misuterî: Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa 129 gô no onna (2012 TV Movie)
111 min | Mystery
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Hideki Takahashi, Miki Sakai, Mariko Tsutsui, Kôichi Igawa
42. Sekai fushigi hakken! (1986– )
54 min | Game-Show
Stars: Hitoshi Kusano, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Makoto Nonomura, Yôko Moriguchi
43. Sawako no asa (2011– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Sawako Agawa, Ayano Toyoda, Ken Watanabe, Kumiko Asô
44. Poruno joyû sayako no bôken (1987 TV Movie)
112 min | Drama
Director: Tonkô Horikawa | Stars: Reiko Nanjô, Akira Emoto, La Salle Ishii, Yoneko Matsukane
45. Oretachi Hyokin zoku (1981–1989)
54 min | Comedy
Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Yukihiro Takahashi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono
46. Kurianesu (2007)
112 min | Romance
Sakura is a 20-year-old college student who has sex for money to fund her shopping addiction. After her customers leave her apartment, she spends her time spying on Leo, a male escort service across the street.
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Kiki Sugino, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Shô Aikawa, Yû Koyanagi
47. Secret Waltz (1996)
105 min
Director: Akira Nobi | Stars: Mamiko Asô, Mitsunori Isaki, Natsuo Ishidô, Junji Takada
48. Ai no epuron (1999–2008)
30 min | Game-Show
Stars: Shigeru Jôshima, Kiriko Isono, Norika Fujiwara, Tetsuya Watari
49. Efu (1998)
102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A love story between a timid woman and frustrated ballet dancer.
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Sadao Abe, Hideyo Amamoto, Michiko Hada, Masami Hisamoto
50. Itoshi no Chi-Pappa (1986)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Tomio Kuriyama | Stars: Chika Takami, Hitoshi Ueki, Akira Fuse, Michiko Hayashi