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1. 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
2. Aogeba Tôtoshi (2016)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, Music
A former musician becomes the advisor of a small brass band at a run down high school.
Stars: Akira Terao, Mikako Tabe, Mackenyu, Nijirô Murakami
Votes: 64
3. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,112 | Gross: $4.14M
4. Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (1976– )
54 min | Action, Drama
Sergeant Raisuke Kuroiwa (Tetsuya Watari) and the Kuroiwa Force, a special Flying Squad-esque division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police solves crimes and cracks down on their perpetrators.
Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Kaku Takashina, Takehiko Ono, Yûjirô Ishihara
Votes: 10
5. The Last Man: The Blind Profiler (2023– )
Mystery
Hiromi Minami (Masaharu Fukuyama) is a blind investigator for the FBI in the United States. He solves and finishes the most difficult cases and is called Last Man by the FBI. For the aim of... See full summary »
Stars: Kenjirô Tsuda, Yoh Yoshida, Mio Imada, Masaharu Fukuyama
Votes: 73
6. Hiroshima (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 190 min | Drama, War
The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.
Directors: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Lynne Adams, Wesley Addy, Allen Altman, Bernard Behrens
Votes: 985
7. Dreams (1990)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy
A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada
Votes: 29,158 | Gross: $1.96M
8. After the Rain (1999)
91 min | Drama
During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirô Mifune, Fumi Dan
Votes: 4,460
9. Awakening (2006)
125 min | Drama
If one is going to have an affair try to cover the tracks regardless whether one is married with a son or daughter or otherwise. On the other hand, should one care if one is dead and the ... See full summary »
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Jun Fubuki, Yoshiko Mita, Haruko Katô, Marina Kozawa
Votes: 81
10. Gunshi Kanbee (2014)
Drama, History
Gunshi Kanbei (Strategist Kanbei) is a-year long taiga drama by NHK in 2014. This fictional series consists of 50 episodes and follows the journey of Kuroda Kanbei, a historical figure who ... See full summary »
Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Gaku Hamada, Miki Nakatani, Mokomichi Hayami
Votes: 119
11. 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
12. Yasashii jikan (2005– )
This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido. Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for... See full summary »
Stars: Gen Hoshino, Tae Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 85
13. Rock Requiem (1988)
100 min
Director: Shunichi Nagasaki | Stars: Kenichi Okamoto, Shoji Narita, Kazuya Takahashi, Kôyô Maeda
Votes: 13
14. Madadayo (1993)
134 min | Drama
Following World War II, a retired professor approaching his autumn years finds his quality of life drastically reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair, he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with his adoring students.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Tatsuo Matsumura, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro, Masayuki Yui
Votes: 6,152 | Gross: $0.05M
15. Hakase no aishita sûshiki (2006)
117 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The story of a single mother housekeeper and a mathematics professor, who has a brain damage.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Eri Fukatsu, Takanari Saito, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 878
16. Amida-do dayori (2002)
127 min | Drama
An urban Japanese couple decide to move to the country.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Shoji Arano, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 297
17. The Village (1975)
127 min | Drama
A quasi-docu-drama pertaining to the monumental process to bring a performance troupe to a small Japanese village to perform for one night.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Akira Terao, Atom Shimojô, Kiyoshi Atsumi
Votes: 105
18. Mom, Is That You?! (2023)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Akio's job as a human resources supervisor has been a daily nerve wracking experience, and to make matters worse, he is on the brink of divorce from his wife, and his relationship with the ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yô Ôizumi, Mei Nagano, You
Votes: 78
19. Rikuô (2017)
54 min | Drama
Kouichi Miyazawa runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese socks). He is the CEO of the fourth generation company with about 20 employees. Due to a ... See full summary »
Stars: Koji Yakusho, Kento Yamazaki, Ryoma Takeuchi, Mone Kamishiraishi
Votes: 304
20. Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)
109 min | Comedy
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kiwako Taichi, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 117
21. Jônetsu tairiku (1998– )
30 min | Documentary
Stars: Hitoshi Kubota, Kenta Maeda, Ryôta Murata, Yûji Tanaka
Votes: 21
22. The Greatest Gift of Life (2021)
90 min | Family
A widower makes a living as a translator in Tokyo after retiring as a college instructor. His only daughter has married and moved to a different part of the country, so he is surprised when... See full summary »
Director: Kan Ishibashi | Stars: Satomi Ishihara, Takuzô Kadono, Ryô Katsuji, Midoriko Kimura
Votes: 56
23. Nobunaga moyu (2016 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
Director: Akihiko Shigemitsu | Stars: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kanji Ishimaru, Yoshimi Ashikawa, Yoshikazu Ebisu
Votes: 9
24. The Imaginary (2023)
105 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
An imaginary friend must return to his creator before he is forgotten or captured by an evil man who can see imaginary friends.
Director: Yoshiyuki Momose | Stars: Kokoro Terada, Rio Suzuki, Sakura Andô, Riisa Naka
Votes: 33
25. Fragments of the Last Will (2022)
134 min | Drama, History, War
Hatao Yamamoto was a Japanese prisoner of war detained in a post second World War Siberian gulag. He believed that he would be able to reunite with his wife and children in Japan and fought to keep hope alive for his fellow POWs.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Keiko Kitagawa, Tôri Matsuzaka, Kento Nakajima
Votes: 175
26. Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)
106 min | Comedy
Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi's sad, bar hostess mother for another woman, so together they decide to confront him in Oita. Meanwhile, Izumi's mother ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mari Natsuki, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 86
27. Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)
99 min | Comedy
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kyôko Maya, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 109
28. Tokyo Marigold (2001)
97 min | Romance
Based on a novel by Hayashi Mariko, Tokyo Marigold is the story of a modern relationship in modern Tokyo under modern circumstances. Eriko (Rena Tanaka) has no definite plans, but is ... See full summary »
Director: Jun Ichikawa | Stars: Rena Tanaka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Yôichirô Saitô, Michelle Grondine
Votes: 191
29. The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
196 min | Drama
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel ... See full summary »
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûjirô Ishihara, Osamu Takizawa, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 120
30. Lost Paradise (1997)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hitomi Kuroki, Akira Terao, Toshio Shiba
Votes: 747
31. Kain to Aberu (2016)
54 min | Drama, Romance
Yu Takada works at a company. Since he was a kid, his father has always favored his smarter, older brother. His father doesn't seem to care much about Yu, but Yu craves affection from his ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryôsuke Yamada, Kenta Kiritani, Kana Kurashina, Hôka Kinoshita
Votes: 27
32. It's Okay to Laugh! (1982–2014)
Comedy, Game-Show, Talk-Show
Morita Kazuyoshi Hour: Waratte Iitomo. (Morita Kazuyoshi Hour: It's Okay to Laugh!) was a Japanese variety show aired every weekday on Fuji TV. The show was hosted by Tamori (Kazuyoshi ... See full summary »
Stars: Tamori, Yuki Nozawa, Yûma Sanada, Adeyto
Votes: 147
33. Delivery of Death (2014 TV Movie)
110 min | Mystery
Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor tells them to monitor Okase Shohei who is an ex-bureaucrat and was recently released from ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Kunimoto | Stars: Mayumi Asaka, Bengal, Manami Higa, Yûko Itô
Votes: 12
34. Satorare (2001)
128 min | Drama
"Satorare" - The patient of disease indicating the symptom that every thought becomes the pneumatron wave, and spreads in the neighborhood. They don't know their own disease for the suicide... See full summary »
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Masanobu Andô, Kyôka Suzuki, Rina Uchiyama, Yutaka Matsushige
Votes: 279
35. Han-ochi (2004)
121 min | Drama, Mystery
Soichiro Kaji killed his wife who suffers from Parkinson's disease, he surrenders to police two days later. Tops of the police wish an early settlement of the affair by fair means or foul ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe | Stars: Akira Terao, Mieko Harada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Mayu Tsuruta
Votes: 149
36. Kigeki: Otoko wa aikyo (1970)
87 min | Comedy
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Mitsuko Baishô, Ichirô Zaitsu, Akira Terao
Votes: 15
37. The Politicians (1983)
136 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal murder ensue. And the existence of secret love letters changes the situation.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Yukiji Asaoka, Shinsuke Ashida, Mitsuru Hirata, Ayumi Ishida
Votes: 10
38. Riyû (2012 TV Movie)
Mystery
On a winter day, a young man's body is found on the grounds of a high-rise building. It appears he fell off a high rise floor. It is impossible to identify him. Detective Tatsuo Yoshida goes to the accident scene and investigates.
Stars: Chika Arakawa, Yumi Asô, Kyôko Enami, Kazue Fukiishi
Votes: 5
39. Casshern (2004)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Yûsuke Iseya, Kumiko Asô, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi
Votes: 13,790
40. The Hovering Blade (2009)
112 min | Drama, Thriller
A middle school aged girl is dragged into a car while her screams fades away into the darkness of the night. The next day, the young girl's body is discovered along the Arakawa river. ... See full summary »
Director: Shoichi Mashiko | Stars: Akira Terao, Yutaka Takenouchi, Shirô Itô, Miki Sakai
Votes: 179
41. The Big White Tower (2019)
Drama
An esteemed lecturer and surgeon at a university hospital not only has earnt himself a stellar reputation, but also is liked by his students. He has worked hard to get to where he is. He is... See full summary »
Stars: Erika Sawajiri, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun'ichi Okada
Votes: 26
42. Special Investigation Nine (2018–2023)
Crime, Drama
The #9 investigation team has been disbanded and members of the #9 investigation team have been scattered around. One year later, the Chief of the National Police Agency, Sojiro Kandagawa, ... See full summary »
Stars: Yuki Yamada, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Sachie Hara, Hiromasa Taguchi
Votes: 14
43. Darkness in the Light (2001)
118 min | Drama
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Akira Terao, Naomi Hosokawa, Nagiko Tôno
Votes: 69
44. 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
45. Chicken Race (2013 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
Story of friendship between an old man who slept for 45 years and his nurse who woke him up.
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Akira Terao, Masaki Okada, Kasumi Arimura, Takemi Fujii
Votes: 27
46. Bôkoku no îjisu (2005)
126 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A biological weapon is smuggled aboard a high tech battleship named Aegis. Militants are determined to unleash it on Japan. But a brave Chief Petty Officer has other ideas. He and an undercover agent attempt to stop them.
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Akira Terao, Kôichi Satô, Kiichi Nakai
Votes: 298
47. Tsuribaka nisshi 7 (1994)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later, Hama-chan sees her again at a dentist's office.
Director: Tomio Kuriyama | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Miyoko Asada, Rentarô Mikuni, Yûko Natori
Votes: 15
48. Kiken na onnatachi (1985)
122 min | Mystery
Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is shot and Noriko with a gun stands near him. Tanase calls one of the guest's name and dies.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Mariko Fuji, Tomoe Hiiro, Kimiko Ikegami, Kôji Ishizaka
Votes: 10
49. Into the Sun (2005)
R | 97 min | Action, Thriller
When a government official is killed, an American operative with experience in the Yakuza culture is brought in to investigate.
Director: mink | Stars: Steven Seagal, Takao Osawa, Juliette Marquis, Matthew Davis
Votes: 8,027
50. Cat's Eye (1997)
91 min | Action, Comedy
Three cat burgling sisters have to go up against the police and a Chinese crime syndicate in order to rescue their kidnapped father.
Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Yuki Uchida, Izumi Inamori, Norika Fujiwara, Kenta Harada
Votes: 221